A review by literaturesciencealliance
Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.5

This is a very dark sci-fi retelling of Persephone. There are on page graphic depictions of child abuse, there are children soldiers and the world itself is very dark. None of these things bothered, my issue was that although I found the world intriguing and the narrative structure compelling (although very convoluted and confusing) I was kept at a distance from the characters so I was never truly immersed in the story. I really appreciated the project of this work and wished it was the start of a series instead of a standalone to flesh out the global/intergalactic conflict a bit more. I did like this enough to try more works by this author because the ideas and world were extremely interesting to me and it was like nothing I have read before, which I am always looking for.