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clockworkbook's review
3.0
3.25 - I listened to part of the audiobook on Scribd and then switched to the ebook. This is a Hades and Persephone story and a second chance romance.
amy_sutt's review
4.0
This is a novella length Hades and Persephone story. Persephone was cursed keep her immortality but she doesn't keep her eternal youth or her memories, so every time she dies she forgets who she is and is reincarnated again. Hades has been searching for her and finally thinks he's found her in a woman named Jacelyn Miller, a PhD student studying Ancient Greek culture and mythology and focusing on Hades and Persephone. Unfortunately, finding Persephone isn't enough because someone is trying to kill her, and not just this life but truly kill her and eternally separate her from Hades.
Thankfully, there is a HEA with this one.
Thankfully, there is a HEA with this one.
erinnaissance's review
4.0
3.5 stars
The story of Hades and Persephone is what attracted me to the story. I found the premise intriguing but I also felt like everything was rushed. I would have enjoyed a longer tale with more adventures and more evenly paced world building.
The main character, teaching assistant and PhD candidate, Jacelyn Miller, is offered an opportunity to see a private collection of a new benefactor to the University where she is working on her thesis. The benefactor’s name is Greek for “notorious” but I have no idea how to spell it as I listened to the book rather than read it. “Mister Clyametrus?”is his phonetic name. It’s not really a spoiler to say that this man turns out to be Hades because that seems pretty apparent from the publisher’s book summary. And because I don’t know how to spell it, I’m just gonna call him Hades. Hades is a god with godly type powers. Jacelyn is allegedly Persephone in a human body with amnesia. The notion of her being a goddess is not well received by Jacelyn.
The audio version of this book was featured on SCRIBD. I’m not sure if I was listening to an abridged version of the book or if the story was complete but the total time of the narration was 3 hours and 13 minutes. The narrator was Veronica Worthington. There weren’t too many voices (characters) in the story but Worthington did a decent job with both the males and females. The professor appearing towards the beginning sounded like a Texan or Western cowboy. Hades sounded like a vampire (as voiced in paranormal stories.)
For the short length, the author seemed to spend too much time on Jacelyn being disbelieving about being Persephone but then suddenly, she’s all in. Despite being short in length, there were sexy times and steamy language.
Overall, I felt like this story had good bones but I would liked to have seen it fleshed out in a more complete way sorta like Percy Jackson adventures with mature theme.
The story of Hades and Persephone is what attracted me to the story. I found the premise intriguing but I also felt like everything was rushed. I would have enjoyed a longer tale with more adventures and more evenly paced world building.
The main character, teaching assistant and PhD candidate, Jacelyn Miller, is offered an opportunity to see a private collection of a new benefactor to the University where she is working on her thesis. The benefactor’s name is Greek for “notorious” but I have no idea how to spell it as I listened to the book rather than read it. “Mister Clyametrus?”is his phonetic name. It’s not really a spoiler to say that this man turns out to be Hades because that seems pretty apparent from the publisher’s book summary. And because I don’t know how to spell it, I’m just gonna call him Hades. Hades is a god with godly type powers. Jacelyn is allegedly Persephone in a human body with amnesia. The notion of her being a goddess is not well received by Jacelyn.
The audio version of this book was featured on SCRIBD. I’m not sure if I was listening to an abridged version of the book or if the story was complete but the total time of the narration was 3 hours and 13 minutes. The narrator was Veronica Worthington. There weren’t too many voices (characters) in the story but Worthington did a decent job with both the males and females. The professor appearing towards the beginning sounded like a Texan or Western cowboy. Hades sounded like a vampire (as voiced in paranormal stories.)
For the short length, the author seemed to spend too much time on Jacelyn being disbelieving about being Persephone but then suddenly, she’s all in. Despite being short in length, there were sexy times and steamy language.
Overall, I felt like this story had good bones but I would liked to have seen it fleshed out in a more complete way sorta like Percy Jackson adventures with mature theme.
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