A review by solaris_zip
A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Now, im a big fun of Greek mythology. This book doesn’t follow the “canon” events. More or so takes some of these events, and uses stereotypes about the gods personalities, to create a fictional story. The book flows fast because it’s written like it’s a fan fiction. Which is something I didn’t particularly mind, but it portrays Persephone as the “good/pure girl next door” and Hades’s “bad boy/mysterious” persona. It a cliché and it’s not even done right. Persephone is being portrayed as this almost fragile, small thing that has no experience of the real world, and needs someone mature and strong to save her. And I must say, she comes across as insufferable at times. Stubborn, doesn’t listen and always wants to have it her own way and then complains when things go wrong even tho people advice her against it. 
 Throughout the book there was so much miscommunication on both sides, most arguments could have been avoided with talking rather than having sex. It feels flat, like a Harry styles fanfic on wattpad. Their relationship was rushed, we went to them arguing and then you blink and suddenly they are making out. It feels the smut was there to distract the reader from the poor plot.
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