Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Neon Gods by Katee Robert

136 reviews

bookboxbabe's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

hnghhhh or whatever other sounds i made while reading

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

just_one_more_paige's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

3.0

 

Remember a few years ago when I started the Psy-Changeling series while on vacation and the proceeded to read through all 15 books of the first wave of that series/world? Well, the time was again ripe for a steamy, escapist vacation series. Enter Dark Olympus. This one has been on the back burner for this exact situation for a bit now. And since this vacay included a lot of time in Greece, a hot romance series based on Greek mythology seemed *just right.* 

 

As these books are exactly as advertised, I am not going to waste my time (or yours) with long or in-depth reviews. Rather, I’ll just jump right into a couple major notes and thoughts about each and we’ll move along. 

 

This first book, Neon Gods, focused on Hades and Persephone. I have read a couple retellings of this story, it’s currently really popular for romance retellings especially (check out my review for St. Clair’s A Touch of Darkness as well). Anyways, in this one, Persephone escapes from a surprise and deeply unwanted engagement to Zeus and, pursued by his enforcers, flees across the River Styx, where she runs straight into the arms of Hades (who has been so long out of the public eye, everyone thinks he’s just a story). And thus begins their “fake dating to save Persephone and stick it to Zeus” plan that turns into something much deeper and more electric. 

 

This was a very solid retelling, for me (in context of it being a steamy romance situation at base, of course). I liked the set-up of the court of thirteen gods and goddesses that rule the city as a more “real life” situation. Still just as manipulating and dramatic and violent, but without an overabundance of magic or the other paranormal accoutrements of folklore/mythical life. The plot moved steadily and was reasonably complex. The emotions were all there. And the dialogue was solid enough that I didn’t cringe. I also loved some of the side characters (Hermes, in particular, is stellar and Persephone’s family details were nicely done). The overall reworking of relationships and backstories to be something more developed here, not leaning too heavily into popular mythology knowledge to fill gaps (and thus leaving the readers, in this case, annoyed by the lack of depth and/or plot holes).  

 

The main event, the romance, was as steamy as promised. There was so much sex. And it mostly leaned hot, as opposed to cringy, with the language Roberts used, which is a major selling point for me and mostly the reason I will be continuing the series (as the kink, in this case, was mostly exhibitionism and voyeurism based - with some incredibly light nods to BDSM - and I’m not usually have interest in the “watching” vibes, so I’m glad I liked this one anyways; it’s a good sign for the rest).  And there were some very sweet moments of connection built in as well, which gave it enough depth to be believable and to get me emotionally invested in the couple (important for me, as a reader). 

 

So yup, this delivered as advertised. And on to the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

jj7twin's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

daley_weekly_monthly's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

notsobinaryart's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cursing, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Gun violence, Infidelity, War, and Sexual harassment

booknerd_therapist's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Addiction, and War

Minor: Blood

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Death, Sexual content, Misogyny, Medical content, Grief, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Addiction, Murder, Gun violence, Vomit, Blood, Violence, Death of parent, Cursing, and Alcohol

smuttymcbookface's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence

ahen's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: War, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

filipallo's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Really enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Despite being a Hades and Persephone retelling there are very few elements of Greek mythology but i found it to be a really different and innovative way to write a retelling. Would say the book is definitely spicy and therefore would classifie it as 18+ only.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Death and Fire/Fire injury