A review by colorfulleo92
Captive in the Underworld by Lianyu Tan

1.0

I was excited to read this as it's my first dark lesbian romance and a Hades and Persephone retelling. However for me to enjoy an dark romance there need to be a clear show of both partners wanting, needing and loving each other. While I can accept a lot of " morally grayness" I do not like rape or can excuse such behavior.. Not only where Persephone abused by her mother, Hades where no better. Not only did they not have any chemistry but one: Persephone said no, multiple times yet Hades took what see wants because number two: Hades always get what she wants, and she wants Persephone. To me this wasn't a case of "darker themes" nor "morally grey personally traits". This was straight up abuse and rape.