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A Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair

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harvey7leah's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

I only finished this book because I had read the rest of the series, but this book was... fine. While I used to really enjoy the excessive spice, at this point I was just waiting for it to be over. There was a point in the book in which there was such a dramatic cut that I actually rewound my audiobook twice to make sure I didn't miss what happened, and it turned out that the event just wasn't included. Dionysus was by far the most interesting character, but the horrific torture of Ariadne was too much. Not a fan of this finale.

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mllesophie's review

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dark medium-paced

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

3.0

There is way to much rape in this book. It is suppose to be a fantasy romance, but at this point in is not.

All the rape scene were completely unnecessary. We already the guy is evil, we don't need to see him rape a girl 4 or 5 time to establish that. Also, by seeing it from is point of view it make it worst. There is no trauma, no added depths from those scenes. Without them the story still hold, so I really don't understand why those scene were added.

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thetaoakdown's review against another edition

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dark sad tense medium-paced

2.75

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tranvnguyen's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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ninahuynh's review

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Again, I think some of the sex scenes could be faded out or cut out and replaced with more soul-intimate scenes, if that makes sense. Some of the occurances just don't make sense holistically and I don't see Hades or Persephone going that route either. Like they just teleport from a horrid fight scene and then suddenly coitus 🤨😑 I skipped the Hades series as of this review, so it was my first encounter with the different povs and from characters other than Persephone and Hades. I enjoyed that. I think it was also a good way to transition out of this series to the next one!! I love the ending- it was sweet. I am excited to read more on Aphrodite and Hephaestus, and Dionysus and Ariadne.

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mary_catherine's review

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dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

This book was unnecessary graphic and delved into issues such as trauma, sexual assault, explicit rape, suicide, and more without true reason. None of this furthered the plot or was critical to character development. It was done without grace or tact. To add insult to injury, the plot was disappointing and slow. It didn’t feel like it was well thought out and didn’t really align with vibe from the previous books. Overall many aspects of this book felt forced.

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jesslynn544's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

this was quite the finale. i really could’ve done without the

descriptions of theseus graping people several times in horrific ways

but it was your standard series finale. a lot happened but it felt like more got talked about than actually happened. even with

hades in the labyrinth

it was like “she fell asleep she woke up she fell asleep she talked to some people about war and things and then she went to sleep again”. the ending was kind of confusing like i don’t know what happened? but overall i enjoyed this series as a whole and complete work of art and was sad to come to the end of these characters’ journey. in the end it was a fun ride.

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