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A review by bellebookcorner
Seeds of Sorrow by Elle Beaumont, Christis Christie
3.0
"Wit is certainly a sharp tool, but there is nothing wrong with learning how to defend yourself. Wit and defense have a place together."
I didn't know this one was a retelling, but as soon as you read it, it wasn't hard to guess this one is a Hades and Persephone retelling.
The world building is fascinating to know, about how people or animals change physically as they spend more time in the Draven's realm.
The dual POVs from our main character, Draven and Eden also provide better insight to get to know them better.
Draven is the vampire version of Hades, everyone knows him as the ruthless king, a monster who rules the dark realm which is the complete opposite of Eden, who is cheerful and full of life like a ray of sunshine.
I love the enemies to lovers relationship progress between the two of them, although I think the development on Eden's character from an innocent girl to a badass woman was slightly too fast.
However, the pacing was a bit slow since the conflict didn't show up until in the middle of the book. I think this book serves as an introduction book to get to know the characters, the relationships and how the world works.
The book ended in with a cliffhanger and leaves you with quite a few unanswered questions. I'm hoping the sequel will provide more answers about the people who is trying to cause a disturbance in the three realms.
Overall, this is an interesting light reading that I'm sure paranormal fantasy romance readers would love. This is quite an enjoyable read for me and I'm curious to know what happen next so I'll be looking forward for the sequel in this series.
Actual rating: 3.5⭐
I received a review copy for free from BookSirens, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I didn't know this one was a retelling, but as soon as you read it, it wasn't hard to guess this one is a Hades and Persephone retelling.
The world building is fascinating to know, about how people or animals change physically as they spend more time in the Draven's realm.
The dual POVs from our main character, Draven and Eden also provide better insight to get to know them better.
Draven is the vampire version of Hades, everyone knows him as the ruthless king, a monster who rules the dark realm which is the complete opposite of Eden, who is cheerful and full of life like a ray of sunshine.
I love the enemies to lovers relationship progress between the two of them, although I think the development on Eden's character from an innocent girl to a badass woman was slightly too fast.
However, the pacing was a bit slow since the conflict didn't show up until in the middle of the book. I think this book serves as an introduction book to get to know the characters, the relationships and how the world works.
The book ended in with a cliffhanger and leaves you with quite a few unanswered questions. I'm hoping the sequel will provide more answers about the people who is trying to cause a disturbance in the three realms.
Overall, this is an interesting light reading that I'm sure paranormal fantasy romance readers would love. This is quite an enjoyable read for me and I'm curious to know what happen next so I'll be looking forward for the sequel in this series.
Actual rating: 3.5⭐
I received a review copy for free from BookSirens, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.