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A Touch of Ruin
by Scarlett St. Clair
I loved this book. I really liked watching Persephone grow and mature and figure out who she is, who she wants to be, and what she stands for.
"She wanted control over everything – her magic, her life, her future."
The this is the ultimate age gap romance. Hades has been around forever, quite literally- but Persephone is only a couple of decades old. She lived for 18 of those years in a greenhouse, locked away from the world like Rapunzel, by her mother. She has little to no knowledge or experience about anything. Hades (and the other gods in her life) could force Persephone to listen and do (or not do) certain things. But they let her fuck up and make her own (often absurd) choices.
"He helped me understand that power comes from confidence, from belief in your own worth. I am a goddess."
She is young and some of these choices end badly. But that's part of life. We all make dumb choices. These choices shape Persephone and her goddess powers as well and help bring change to the other gods and people in her life.
"Your eyes are dark but there's something... alive behind them. Sometimes I think it's passion, sometimes I think it's violence. Sometimes I think it's all of your lifetimes."
I loved that Hades stayed behind the scenes, and that Persephone got to make her own decisions, but that Hades and other gods supported and loved her (and helped her fix things) afterwards. It all felt so real and relatable.
"Darling, I would burn this world for you."
This is definitely a book for mature readers. I'd say this was about
"She wanted control over everything – her magic, her life, her future."
The this is the ultimate age gap romance. Hades has been around forever, quite literally- but Persephone is only a couple of decades old. She lived for 18 of those years in a greenhouse, locked away from the world like Rapunzel, by her mother. She has little to no knowledge or experience about anything. Hades (and the other gods in her life) could force Persephone to listen and do (or not do) certain things. But they let her fuck up and make her own (often absurd) choices.
"He helped me understand that power comes from confidence, from belief in your own worth. I am a goddess."
She is young and some of these choices end badly. But that's part of life. We all make dumb choices. These choices shape Persephone and her goddess powers as well and help bring change to the other gods and people in her life.
"Your eyes are dark but there's something... alive behind them. Sometimes I think it's passion, sometimes I think it's violence. Sometimes I think it's all of your lifetimes."
I loved that Hades stayed behind the scenes, and that Persephone got to make her own decisions, but that Hades and other gods supported and loved her (and helped her fix things) afterwards. It all felt so real and relatable.
"Darling, I would burn this world for you."
This is definitely a book for mature readers. I'd say this was about