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A Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair

18 reviews

megthecatlady's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I am so sad that this series is over, but it is probably one of the best series I've read. The effort that the author put into these always amazes me when I read the author notes at the end to learn about the myths incorporated. 

I loved the character development for Hades and Persephone throughout the series and the development of their relationship as well. I felt like Persephone had a decent amount of growth in the last two or three books especially. I also loved her relationship development with all the side characters as well. This book definitely screams "found family trope" louder than the others in this series, however, I think it's a present theme throughout. 

I would have liked to learn more about Medusa, but I am thinking/hopeful the author is saving that for another series. I cannot wait to read about Aphrodite and Hephaestus.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy and Suicide

crystal689's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Kidnapping, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Rape, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Infertility and Alcohol

brianamorrison's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The story in this book was captivating however the smut was a bit distracting and unnecessary in this one. I mean, a little is fine but there was too much. This book had some really dark moments and the great battle seemed to wrap up way too easily. That said, it was an entertaining read and a great final book to the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death of parent, War, Violence, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Pregnancy, Murder, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Gore

thetaoakdown's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Infertility, Torture, Grief, Vomit, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicide, War, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Death

tranvnguyen's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Bullying, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual content, Gore, War, Violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

ninahuynh's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual violence, War, Cursing, Physical abuse, Death, Body horror, Confinement, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Ableism, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Suicide, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Chronic illness, Rape, and Sexism

shelbert's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Animal death, Violence, Blood, Rape, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, War, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

frantically's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

Sadly, not nearly as strong as the previous books and really disappointing in some aspects. 

I still love Hades and Persephone and they were definitely the highlight in this book for me but it didn't even feel like a Hades and Persephone a book at some point, just...a war book. I also feel like we've lost any aspect of a "modern" retelling – Persephone's media job seems non-existent and all the time is spent in the underworld anyway.

Hermes is reduced to nothing more than comic relief (and bad one at that) and Apollo doesn't appear until like 80% in.

Sooo many people and gods died in this and it all felt so inconsequential and basically noone mourned?? There's horrid things happening and we just don't get any satisfying conclusions.

Definitely my least favourite of the series 🥲 Still love the rest of them though 🫶🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Sexual violence, Medical content, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, War, Murder, Body horror, Gore, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Grief, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

amandascozycorner's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

2.0

Somehow there both too much and not enough going on in this book. I feel like there was enough material to cover two more books had it been given some proper due. Every challenge thrown at our darlings was horrible, the end of the world… until the solution was served up on a silver platter.  There seemed to be no consequences for serious actions, and it always worked out in the best possible way. Ugh. 

The series as a whole was lovely - I enjoyed watching the romance develop and deepen between Persephone and Hades. Watching a couple not only decide to be together but also work through differences to stay committed was refreshing and felt real. Unfortunately it seems that that level of story telling was left out of this book in favor of nonstop action that didn’t allow enough time between events to do anything other than the obligatory spicy scene. Speaking of spice - the scenes were definitely steamy but I just didn’t feel the same level of intensity that earlier books had, for all the reasons I’ve already mentioned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Torture, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Torture, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

sophiecountsclouds's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, Grief, Sexual harassment, Blood, Murder, and Death

Minor: Pregnancy