Plot : ⭐⭐⭐
Story : ⭐⭐⭐
Spice :🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Tropes : gods x godesses, protective hades, third girlfriend drama, drama.
Pacing : i’d say, it was a perfect 5/5.
Characters :
i) hades : I liked him, when I started reading the book, just to let you know, i didn’t read this series in order, so everything I read did not make sense to me, but I wanted to read more and more and how the story unfolds. I liked hades, and how protective he was, how he tried to keep sephy safe, other interactions of hades with gods, godesses was something i looked forward to. I also loved the communications between hades and hecate.
ii) persephone : I liked her. Sephy was a tolerable heroine, but I would have loved if the leuce drama was not dragged too much, and how she tried to seperate both hades and sephy, which was unnecessary, maybe it was to show that hades cared about her, but it was portrayed through the entire book, I knew he did, so there was no point in dragging that third woman thing.
Hecate :i loved her, especially how she gave advice to hades, when he felt confused, her communications with hades were something i really enjoyed. I also loved how she supported hades, and sephy’s union.
Hera : god, I hated her. Ever from the start.
Hermes : oh, the sneaky boy, i loved him too. And that one conversation with hades about dressing her with reavealing clothing that only hades would have liked to see. Still hermes’s playfulness was something I admired.
The other male gods, i didn’t like them much.
So, zeus’s son, dionysus, and others.
What I loved : i loved the pacing of the story, expect the third woman drama, i understand that sephy was hurt about hades’s previous lovers, and what leuce did, reminded me of that one scene in the movie “our fault” by mercedes ron, and one another scene in the movie “fifty shades darker” where this other girl tries to harm ana — these scenes were unnecessary both in the movies and in this book..
What I struggled with : i didn’t struggle much, expect for the drama, everything else was good, I enjoyed the book thoroughly.
Loveable characters or not : loveable, yes, but not all of them.
Strong character development : character development, well, i won’t say that, except for sephy and hades getting married, and him fighting to keep her safe, and trusting her, in this book he doubted her strength, it felt like it, although he did try to keep her safe, but in the next book, the touch of chaos was my favorite part where he tells that thesaus god or something that she will be his ruin. Uh 🥹🥰 men, when they believe in their woman’s strength, so f•••••• attractive.
Plot driven / character driven : definitely plot driven for me.
Favorite quotes/ highlights : there are so many, and i practically highlighted the whole book, so, you can read the book, give it a try. (I had a paperback, and truly enjoyed it decorating it, instead of digitally highlighting it)
Similar authors : i’d recommed scarlett’s other books in this series.
Similar book recommendations : a touch of chaos, a touch of ruin by the same author.
Any other details : i loved reading this book, given that this was my first fantasy —romance book, i really loved it. I know nothing about greek mythology, but I loved reading this book, so good! 💗