Scarlett St. ClairRomantasy · Fantasy
A Touch of Darkness
Synopsis
Persephone, Goddess of Spring, has hidden among mortals for years in the glittering city of New Athens. Cursed so that everything she touches withers rather than blooms, she keeps her divinity secret and builds a life as a journalism student, determined to belong to the human world she loves. Then a single night at Nevernight—the exclusive club run by Hades, God of the Dead—changes everything.
Coaxed into a wager she doesn't understand, Persephone finds herself bound by a divine contract: create life in the barren Underworld, or forfeit her freedom to Hades forever. As she returns again and again to meet the terms of the bargain, the cold, calculating god proves far more complicated than his fearsome reputation, and the antagonism between them slides into something neither can control—complicated by her overbearing mother Demeter, jealous rivals, and Persephone's own fight to be seen as more than a fragile goddess.
The first book in Scarlett St. Clair's Hades x Persephone Saga, A Touch of Darkness reimagines the Greek myth as a steamy, contemporary dark romance about power, autonomy, and the terms on which two immortals learn to love.
How it reads
Prose complexity 1/10
Content warnings (4)
Sexual ContentSexual AssaultSubstance AbuseAbuse
- This book is rather conflicting to review if I'm being honest and that's for a few reasons - let's break it down a bit. Romance: So the romance is Okay - I enjoyed reading about it but I didn't love it. Everyone knows some semblance of Hades and Persephone and the basic gist of their mythological story. I did like that it wasn't a direct reproduction and had some form of originality, yet still retaining the famed characters somewhat authentic. I think a big issue I had was that there wasn't really much oomph to the romance. She hated him then she loved him - there wasn't any in-between for me. You had the small twist towards the end but not even that had a real impact on anything. Steam: Yeah, alright it's there but it really wasn't anything groundbreaking - there are definitely better steamy books out there, even in the mythological retelling genres. Characters and plot: I don't know why I didn't vibe with the characters in these books. When I was reading it I couldn't shake the feeling that I had been transported back to 2014 reading a wattpad book. The plot style and character interactions just seemed more suited for a younger audience which is rather strange when it's meant to be a spicy book...
- This one was pretty hard for me to rate. Some parts could have been more in depth. The spice was poorly done. I’m not sure I’ll continue the series or not, I need a bit of time to decide. Now, here’s the thing. I LIKED the book. But I just didn’t LOVE it. I honestly feel like something is missing that could have taken it from liked it to loved it for me. I’m not entirely sure what that something is, honestly. Overall pretty good, just somethingggggg was missing.
- <div>DNF. Persephone was too annoying in her constant "I want him/oh no he's the god of the dead I shouldn't be with him". The romantic/spicy scenes were also awkward. <br><br>Bonus points for Hades' character and the general Greek mythology retelling, but I don't think I'll be continuing this series </div>
- so many typos... and it felt like reading a wattpad fan fiction, but it was good i guess. it was super easy to read though, and sometimes entertaining, but don't expect much from it