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Neon Gods by Katee Robert

90 reviews

casdelvo's review

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

melodyw386's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Always love a good Hades x Persephone retelling. Is it the best retelling? No. Is it the worst? Also no. If you’re looking for a smutty retelling then this is the one for you. This book does contain voyeurism, which I’m not a fan of, but I was able to push past it. Some of the plot seemed rushed but it’s also easy to follow if you understand the general idea of Hades & Persephone’s story.  I’m curious to see how Demeter’s character develops over the next few books. The ending with her seemed too good to be true. I also wish we got more of the rest of the 13…Poseidon, Apollo, Aphrodite, etc. 

My rating would be slightly higher but I just could not stand the voice of one of the narrators, Zara Hampton-Brown.  I know this is trivial but it made me at times not want to finish the book. Persephone’s pov was fine until she attempted to do “Hades’” voice. It was honestly terrible. Everyone has their perception of what characters sound like in their head when they read & audiobook narrators can sound different than what you expect but in this case, it was horrible. She gave pauses in his sentences that made zero sense & it made Hades sound unsure of himself half the time. The way she perceived his character versus how the male narrator perceived his character were drastically different. And the way she pronounced Zeus…”zeeeeooooosss”…highly irritating to my ears. 

Overall the book was okay…I’d highly suggest reading it over listening to it though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

ekcd_'s review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

ckyoung's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

neonblaze's review

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

lorraine19's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Interesting modern twist on Greek mythology. There were some details left out of the world building that are bugging me a little bit but nothing I'd say that ruins the story. Interesting concept and enjoyable. 

As for the scenes, it is the very definition of "consent is sexy". It is a little heavy on the kink so maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but it is hands down the best portrayal I've seen of a healthy BDSM relationship. 

Overall, probably one of my favorite smut books. Looking forward to the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

louise_jayne99's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

thebookaddict's review

dark funny inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Voordat je aan dit boek begint, lees eerst even de trigger warnings. Ik dacht dat het een romance was, maar het is bijna puur spice. Er zit een verhaallijn in, maar hier ligt helaas de focus niet. Je volgt een verhaal van Persephone en Hades, twee van mijn favoriete personages. De andere goden, zijn ook echt goed beschreven zonder dat daar de focus op ligt. Hades is zoals altijd een donkere, duistere man met een klein gouden hartje. Hij beschermt alles wat hem lief is. Ik vond de manier hoe de romance zich ontwikkelde echt mooi om te lezen. Van een deal naar echte gevoelens. Hij laat duidelijk zien dat hij alles voor Persephone over heeft

zelfs het adopteren van drie puppy's 🤭

de schrijfstijl is ook erg prettig en hij leest vlot weg. Ik had het alleen fijner gevonden als het verhaallijn iets meer naar voren was gekomen.

ook was het vermoorden van de machtige Zeus wel erg makkelijk

. Ondanks alles heb ik toch genoten en wil alle andere delen ook lezen!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

biobeetle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Stalking

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

levilore_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this take on Greek gods and was very happy with how consent was a main plot point in the story.

All the characters were very interesting and I thought the author did a good job of showing the Persephone and Hades dynamic as equal. Also I enjoyed the mention of them both being queer (although not labeled)

I actually wanted more information on the overall world, so hopefully I will learn more in the other books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Suicide, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and War