The beautiful evil ”mean girl” we're supposed to hate because her only role in the book is to steal the hero from the heroine Over controlling and possessive alpha male (it was more like intsalust but whatever) The fact that it contained every single overused trope and cliche I despise And the process to revive her powers was so goddamn stupid, all she had to do was like *believe* in herself or something (and apparently have sex with Hades ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ a very key step in order to restructuring your powers) Also the part about Persephone not having powers literally made no sense at all. The gods were just too human like for me, they also had some “powers” which were barely shown at all but whatever. The only thing that seems to separate the so-called divines from the humans are their horns. ![]() There’s like minimal world building and the use of Greek mythology is pretty weak. And then Persephone says something along the lines of “then why don’t you just send them to therapy and pay for it?” And I just found this to be the dumbest conversation ever. Also there was actually a conversation between the two main characters with Hades insisting that he only proposed those impossible contacts to make mortals overcome their most evil vice (sex addiction, drinking addiction etc) and only had completely honourable intentions or whatever. Also it’s not that this characterization is bad it’s just that it reminds me too much of that Rhysand guy from a court of roses and thorns. Apparently he is so damn sensitive that it even pains him to hear vicious accusations about his reputation. Turns out he’s secretly the most concerned and compassionate person ever, which is vouched by seemingly EVERYONE in the underworld. But it is soon learned that Hades is not as evil and despicable as most people presume. So Hades has this reputation of being a notoriously wicked god because he allegedly forces mortals into entering impossible contacts where they must give up their vices or lose their souls. I kinda felt like I was watching a choose your own adventure interactive story with someone picking all the worst possible moves. Like in the beginning when she just kept going to the Hades’ club for seemingly no reason at all? Or when she was forced by the contract to produce life in the underworld and thought she could just bring some gardening tools and some dollar store seeds and that would just work? She holds the pretense of being upset at first but really she just doesn’t do anything about it. It’s weird cause she’s sorta being portrayed as some strong willed independent woman but her actions say the complete opposite, everyone in the book basically just pushes her around and forces her into unfavourable situations and she just goes along with it. She had zero reason and just DID NOT THINK. Persephone is mind-blowingly ignorant and clueless and I just couldn’t understand any of her actions or decisions she made. ![]() I feel like the problem is that it lures you in with the premise of an unique and creative modern day retelling of Persephone and Hades (which sounds amazing btw if there actually is a good version of this please let me know) but it really just is a cliche billionaire romance with Greek god characters.Įverything that I deeply deeply disliked: I’m very sad to say I’m pretty disappointed with this book. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows―a love that is both captivating and forbidden. The bet does more than expose Persephone's failure as a goddess, however. After her encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead, and his terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. But nothing has ever intrigued him as much as the goddess offering him a bargain he can't resist. Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible. All of that changes when she sits down in a forbidden nightclub to play a hand of cards with a hypnotic and mysterious stranger. After moving to New Athens, she hoped to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. Since she was a little girl, flowers have only shriveled at her touch. She answered, "Yes." Persephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only. "You will worship me, and I won't even have to order you." His request felt sinful and devious, and she reveled in it. She remembered the words she had whispered to him in the back of the limo after La Rose. ![]() Clair comes a dark and enthralling reimagining of the Hades and Persephone Greek myth.
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