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Hades by Larissa Ione
4.5

"Hades had a lot of names. Lord of the Dead. Keeper of Souls. Jailor of the Baddies. Asshole. He owned them all."
 
Hadessssssss 🔥 And no, this is not a Hades & Persephone re-telling. Larissa Ione is more creative than that 💁🏽‍♀️

Cat is an Unfallen working for the Grim Reaper in Sheoul-gra, which is a holding tank  for demon souls. Cat has a mega crush on the infamous Hades who barely notices her. Or does he? 😏 Cat is pretty clumsy and one day, she makes a huge mistake. She tries to fix her mistake by infiltrating the Inner Sanctum AKA Hades's prison. But instead of making things better, her presence unintentionally starts a demon riot in the Inner Sanctum. Oops?

So now, Cat is stuck with Hades in the Inner Sanctum as they try to fix the problems Cat mistakenly caused. I loooooooooooved Cat and Hades. Their chemistry together is 🔥 It's so adorable how Cat was initially nervous around Hades. Of course, Hades noticed Cat from the very beginning...but freaking Azagoth had to interfere. 

Hades has an interesting backstory that I did not really see coming. His dynamic with Azagoth is particularly interesting. This novella made me so angry at Azagoth because of all the restrictions he placed on Hades. Never thought I'd feel so protective of the asshole with the blue Mohawk, but here we are LOL. As it is common with the heroes of this series, Hades has been so lonely for thousands of years. It actually made me so sad 🥺

Given that this is a novella, part of the action during the climax is cut short. But we still get some kick ass fighting scenes with Hades, who got pissed his Mohawk was ruined by an axe lmao. The relationship development was really well-done, given the short length of this novella. And the HEA was soooooo satisfying 🥺 I really loved Cat and Hades together and I hope we get to see more of them in future novellas 🥰