Reviews with content warning for Violence - A Touch of Chaos

If the Greek gods were still around they would punish this woman (the author) in many, many ways for writing such a terrible book about them.

I have no issue with smut books and romances using Greek mythology as a base or whatever. That’s fine! And can be really good.

But this book is such a mess.

It tries to invoke way too many characters. It is the end of a series where the author went back halfway through and added in multiple other books from the male lead’s POV - so if you didn’t want to line her pockets by reading those additions then trying to understand what was going on in this one was like coming in halfway through a really intense, plot-driven movie with a huge cast.

Additionally, the writing was messy. The sex distracted from the actual movement of the book - EVEN FOR SMUT. And it wasn’t even good sex. It was repetitive and boring.

Her characters have no nuance.

Rape was used as…not even a casual plot device but a detail to throw in randomly to show how awful the antagonist was.

And things that didn’t need to take pages upon pages upon pages upon PAGES to happen took, you know, that long. Whereas the culmination of the final showdown had all sorts of buildup and then the ending was like 3 sentences.

There was no pacing in this entire book.

Like I’m sorry. I wanted to like this. And I liked the original few books…but this was a disaster. And needed a better editor. Or any editor at all, really.

Definitely do not recommend.

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shelbert's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I am so happy to be done with this series. It started out as a good read with the first book, but as it went on, I had a lot of conflicting feelings. This last book was a struggle to get through. There was so much happening that it was hard to understand what I was even reading at some points (especially the battle scenes).

I am intrigued by an upcoming new series about Aphrodite and Hephaestus by Scarlett, but I'm not sure if I'll actually read it or not yet. I really wanted to like these books, I didn't hate them, but it was cringy and overly sappy most of the time. Maybe it's just not meant for me lol. However I am happy it got me to read 7 books so far in this year.

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mmontgomery's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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celestial_bookdragon's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
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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elin247's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Check trigger warnings! A good conclusion to a retelling of Hades and Persephone that spans 4 books. A lot darker and longer than the previous books with many more characters POVs that shows the build up to the war and through it. Theusus' chapters were almost unbearable to read, his treatment to other characters made me despise him. I really enjoyed Dionysus' characterisation and his relationship with Ariadne. Some really hard deaths came from this book but I felt it was nesasary to develop Persophone from an innocent almost mortal to the powerful queen of the underworld. Hecates love and protection over Persephone was so great and Hermes humour really lifted this book in dark moments. Overall the characters really carried this world but the plot sometimes fell short with battles commencing fast and issues being resolved very fast

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renee_fae's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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belle13's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense slow-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

Amount of spice: 🔥🔥🔥

Explicitness: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

I actually had pretty low expectations with this book but I was pleasantly surprised! In terms of plot I think this is some of Scarlett’s best work. I liked Persephone so much more in ATOC and I loved her character growth. I also adored all the supporting characters and the whole found family feel this book had. It was even a little heartbreaking which I wasn’t expecting. I think this was a fantastic ending to a series that I’ve loved so much.

Now I want to see a Lexa and Thanatos story!

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jennaniho's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-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

3.0

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