A review by sophiehatters
Raising Hell by Melissa Haag

dark tense slow-paced

2.0

this book was just as aggravating as the first one. the only reason why i even finished it was because i wanted to know what in the frick was going on. however, we didn’t really find out much. the whole book pretty much went like this:

ashlyn: i’m not persephone. i’m human. you have to believe me!
hades: no you’re not. you’re playing me.
ashlyn: i swear i’m not lying. *shows proof* see! i’m not her!
hades: no.
ashlyn: but—
hades: NO.

and this happened again and again, until about 95% into the book where we finally found out what really went down with hades and the real persephone. at that point, i was already so exhausted with everything. 

also, correct me if i’m wrong but is ashlyn truly seventeen-years-old? she mentioned about her “almost eighteen years” of living among the children of gods, which got me scratching my head. she never acted like a regular 17-year-old. for all intents and purposes, she’s very mature, and handled her situation very well. so, i find it hard to believe she’s still a teenager, and i’m not saying this to belittle teenagers. 

i just think that there’s no reason why she couldn’t be 21+ considering the seriousness of the book.