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A review by sarahlou_reads
The Maiden and The Unseen by Jeanette Rose, Alexis Rune
4.0
Thanks you Netgalley, Jeanette Rose, and Alexis Rune for this ARC of The Maiden & The Unseen! I love a good Persephone and Hades retelling and when I saw this book I was so excited to dive in and read it.
The book is told in a dual POV with each chapter switching back and forth between Hades and Persephone, which is one of my favorite ways for a story to be told. It is also SO spicy, Hades and Persephone have great chemistry, and the secondary characters are all in Greek mythology as well (specifically Hades and Persephone's story).
Hades is a WallStreet banker, controlling the money and bank accounts that all of the off-mountain deities (those who have left Olympus) need to live in New York City. After much convincing, Persephone is one of those deities that leaves her golden cage on Olympus in trade for some freedom in NYC. Through some series of unfortunate (or fortunate???) events, Persephone starts to work for Hades at the bank and we immediate get forbidden office romance vibes from both of them. They both start to lust after each other HARD, and then is when we first get a peak into the spice and the dirty inner-monologues.
Hades and Persephone start to challenge each other right away, which is when Hades learns that Persephone is the goddess of spring and we learn about how they are fated to rule the Underworld together. Throughout the rest of the book we see them go head to head and get to experience how Hades handles conflict with his curse/prophecy from the Fates and how Persephone reacts to Hades' changing moods.
Overall I loved this book. It was a fun retelling of a classic, although at first I was afraid it was going to be a lot like Lore Olympus since it was in an office setting, but it definitely distinguished itself. I loved the characters (from the main characters to the secondary ones) and the conversations and the inner-monologues really helped with getting to know Hades and Persephone better. And finally, the SPICE WAS AMAZING. The shadow hands, the dirty talk, the forbiddeness of it all -- just perfection. Since the book ended on a cliffhanger I will absolutely be reading the next book!
The book is told in a dual POV with each chapter switching back and forth between Hades and Persephone, which is one of my favorite ways for a story to be told. It is also SO spicy, Hades and Persephone have great chemistry, and the secondary characters are all in Greek mythology as well (specifically Hades and Persephone's story).
Hades is a WallStreet banker, controlling the money and bank accounts that all of the off-mountain deities (those who have left Olympus) need to live in New York City. After much convincing, Persephone is one of those deities that leaves her golden cage on Olympus in trade for some freedom in NYC. Through some series of unfortunate (or fortunate???) events, Persephone starts to work for Hades at the bank and we immediate get forbidden office romance vibes from both of them. They both start to lust after each other HARD, and then is when we first get a peak into the spice and the dirty inner-monologues.
Hades and Persephone start to challenge each other right away, which is when Hades learns that Persephone is the goddess of spring and we learn about how they are fated to rule the Underworld together. Throughout the rest of the book we see them go head to head and get to experience how Hades handles conflict with his curse/prophecy from the Fates and how Persephone reacts to Hades' changing moods.
Overall I loved this book. It was a fun retelling of a classic, although at first I was afraid it was going to be a lot like Lore Olympus since it was in an office setting, but it definitely distinguished itself. I loved the characters (from the main characters to the secondary ones) and the conversations and the inner-monologues really helped with getting to know Hades and Persephone better. And finally, the SPICE WAS AMAZING. The shadow hands, the dirty talk, the forbiddeness of it all -- just perfection. Since the book ended on a cliffhanger I will absolutely be reading the next book!