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A review by jamietherebelliousreader
Captive in the Underworld by Lianyu Tan
5.0
"Some flowers bloom only in the dark."
5 stars. I definitely understand why this has the rating that it does. It’s not going to be everyones thing but because I’m weirdand an awful person it totally worked for me. Hades does some terrible, inexcusable things to Persephone that was hard to read about. This really isn’t a romance despite how it ends because so much of the book is Persephone genuinely hating Hades with a passion. She wants her, sure, but she hates that she does for the longest. These two are the definition of toxic but I have to say that I loved this book. It’s so dark and messed up but it was so addicting from beginning to end. I couldn’t put it down once I started it.
I liked Persephone a lot. Life just keeps beating her down at every turn but she was so resilient and strong. I appreciate that she stood her ground and was not afraid to go toe to toe with Hades. Hades herself is a whole different thing. She’s an enigma and so hard to figure out. Again, she does awful things to Persephone so I can’t say that she was someone I particularly liked but she made for a very interesting character. There’s some damn hot sex scenes in this and I did like seeing them bond.
The writing was good, it’s paced well, and the story is very entertaining. I could see myself re-reading this at some point and I’m definitely interested in reading more by this author.
5 stars. I definitely understand why this has the rating that it does. It’s not going to be everyones thing but because I’m weird
I liked Persephone a lot. Life just keeps beating her down at every turn but she was so resilient and strong. I appreciate that she stood her ground and was not afraid to go toe to toe with Hades. Hades herself is a whole different thing. She’s an enigma and so hard to figure out. Again, she does awful things to Persephone so I can’t say that she was someone I particularly liked but she made for a very interesting character. There’s some damn hot sex scenes in this and I did like seeing them bond.
The writing was good, it’s paced well, and the story is very entertaining. I could see myself re-reading this at some point and I’m definitely interested in reading more by this author.