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annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review
4.0
I love Rosemary A. Johns. I love the way she writes. I love how she always focusses on her characters and how she allows us in their heads. I love how emotional her writing is. How it's about what the characters feel and less about what they do. I love how she gives characters a unique depth. I love how she tells her stories. There is a plot. It's buried under the personal challenges and quests the characters take. It's worth searching for.
This book is everything I had hoped and wanted it to be and even more. Once more the writing touches something in my heart and refuses to let go. It's impossible to explain Johns' writing. You have to experience it. You have to let your own eyes go over the words and see if they speak to you as they speak to me. Her characters speak from the heart. We experience their emotions and what they feel. We live through their eyes.
In this book the harem is slowly growing. Not just because Autumn tightens the bonds she already formed, but also because the God of the Underworld stumbles upon them and falls in love. The story of Hades is heartbreaking and yet not even that unlikely. It fits what we know about Hades and Persephone. It fits what we know about the cruel Gods and the games they play. It fits what we know about Hades' heart, different from the hearts of his brothers.
I also love how Autumn grows in this book and not just because her Gods are willing to sacrifice whatever they have for her happiness, but also because she understands that love giving freely and wholeheartedly is worth everything. Her story is far from over. Actually, it feels like it has only just begun. Because to get the men she loves, to live the life she wants to live there are a lot of people to break free from clutches and trauma's.
I can't wait to read the next book!
This book is everything I had hoped and wanted it to be and even more. Once more the writing touches something in my heart and refuses to let go. It's impossible to explain Johns' writing. You have to experience it. You have to let your own eyes go over the words and see if they speak to you as they speak to me. Her characters speak from the heart. We experience their emotions and what they feel. We live through their eyes.
In this book the harem is slowly growing. Not just because Autumn tightens the bonds she already formed, but also because the God of the Underworld stumbles upon them and falls in love. The story of Hades is heartbreaking and yet not even that unlikely. It fits what we know about Hades and Persephone. It fits what we know about the cruel Gods and the games they play. It fits what we know about Hades' heart, different from the hearts of his brothers.
I also love how Autumn grows in this book and not just because her Gods are willing to sacrifice whatever they have for her happiness, but also because she understands that love giving freely and wholeheartedly is worth everything. Her story is far from over. Actually, it feels like it has only just begun. Because to get the men she loves, to live the life she wants to live there are a lot of people to break free from clutches and trauma's.
I can't wait to read the next book!
holly1345's review
5.0
This is a amazing sequel for Bad Loki , I love the characters dynamics and how they are growing as a group with new characters coming in to the story.
The plot to this book keeps you in your toes and has you clinging on after that shocking cliff hanger.
The plot to this book keeps you in your toes and has you clinging on after that shocking cliff hanger.
la_vampiresa's review
4.0
This series is soo good! This cannot be read as standalone. There's so much development and not only does Autumn have one of my favorite gods, but two. I'm kind of jealous lol. Autumn is such a fun FMC, she has such a great personality. This is definitely setting up for something amazing. Can't wait to read more! It's getting so good!
book_lover_97's review against another edition
4.0
Bad Hades is the second book in the Rebel Gods series and Autumn and her mates are back for more intense drama, suspense, danger and action. This has incredible world building and steamy scenes. This had my attention and kept me turning the pages.
belindaclemons_123's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book alot Mythology is my thing to read. Bad Hades was awesome to the max.
bookwormbunny's review against another edition
4.0
Bad Hades is book two in Rosemary A. Johns Bad Gods series and continues Autumn’s story with her growing collection of demons, gods, and shifters. This installment focuses on Hades as it seems that someone or something has managed to make him forget what he truly is – the Lord of the Dead. While he stalks Autumn, something is hunting him in an attempt to lay claim. Can Autumn survive the threats that are coming her way and keep all of her men safe?
Bad Hades has its good moments and its meh moments. Hades is quickly introduced at the beginning of the book in a confrontation with Autumn and some of her men. It’s intense, gripping, and had me eagerly page-turning. But then he leaves/disappears and doesn’t come back for almost half the book. There are a couple settling of scores and coming to terms in this book for Autumn, Loki, and Autumn’s sister in this book. I’ll count that as a good thing since it wasn’t really settled in the first book.
I had hoped for more from this book. For me, it gets stuck in minor shifts of scene – from the forest back into the tree that they call home/sanctuary. I felt that some more “domestic” scenes are simply filler because they don’t really add anything to the storyline or help move it along. I wanted more drama and sooner in this book. When I say that I mean with Hades since he is meant to be the main focus of this particular installment. Then there are the steamy scenes...they were a bit disappointing as well. The author seems to dance around them quite a bit, but with a reverse harem novel I have certain expectations and the scenes are becoming a bit of a miss.
I’m rating this book 4 out of 5 stars. I need more excitement with this book. I want more drama and the story to really capture my attention and keep me page-turning to the very end.
Bad Hades has its good moments and its meh moments. Hades is quickly introduced at the beginning of the book in a confrontation with Autumn and some of her men. It’s intense, gripping, and had me eagerly page-turning. But then he leaves/disappears and doesn’t come back for almost half the book. There are a couple settling of scores and coming to terms in this book for Autumn, Loki, and Autumn’s sister in this book. I’ll count that as a good thing since it wasn’t really settled in the first book.
I had hoped for more from this book. For me, it gets stuck in minor shifts of scene – from the forest back into the tree that they call home/sanctuary. I felt that some more “domestic” scenes are simply filler because they don’t really add anything to the storyline or help move it along. I wanted more drama and sooner in this book. When I say that I mean with Hades since he is meant to be the main focus of this particular installment. Then there are the steamy scenes...they were a bit disappointing as well. The author seems to dance around them quite a bit, but with a reverse harem novel I have certain expectations and the scenes are becoming a bit of a miss.
I’m rating this book 4 out of 5 stars. I need more excitement with this book. I want more drama and the story to really capture my attention and keep me page-turning to the very end.
majestyk's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
nessi_h's review
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
3.0
Yeh no, it didnt get any better...
The story just feels to dragged out. Not for me.
The story just feels to dragged out. Not for me.
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