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Persephone by Kitty Thomas

Series:
N/A

Genre:
Romance, Romantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Contemporary, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Hades and Persephone, Retelling, BDSM, Third Person Point of View, Novella, Standalone, Dark, Erotica, Smut, Dark

Publication Date:
June 26, 2017

Pages Numbers:
192

Read Date:
November 10th, 2023

Date Finished:
November 11th, 2023

Rating:
.5/5

Blurb:

When Persephone was born, Zeus received a troubling prophecy. Some day his beautiful innocent daughter would be taken captive by Hades, the dark god of the underworld. Determined to protect her, her father hid her away in the human world where she would be shielded from her fate.

Hades learned of this betrayal nine centuries ago. He’s been searching for his destined queen ever since. And when he finds her, no power on earth or below it will stop him. He will take her. He will corrupt her. And Zeus will suffer for daring to keep her from him.

Review:

It's not me, it's you.

I tried to read you but could not find an ounce of this story I enjoyed. The storyline and characters - I could not find any connection that would keep me interested further in reading this.

I had high expectations for this book because it was an older Hades and Persephone retelling and had been on my TBR forever. This one was supposed to be different. Instead of Demeter being the main problem for Hades and Persephone, it was Zeus. Zeus had been given an oracle that his daughter was meant to be Queen of the Underworld. Stripping her of her powers, he placed her in the human world hoping to hide her from Hades. However, Hades is determined to find his fated Queen. Centuries upon centuries he scoured the world to find her and when he does, he takes her much like the myth. There is just a small tweak. Otherwise, the whole premise drew me and I had hoped it would keep me hooked, line, and sinker to the end.

That was, however, not the retelling for me. I found myself sorely disappointed. The storyline felt flat and predictable, lacking any twists or surprises that would have kept me engaged. The characters were one-dimensional and lacked depth, making it difficult to form any sort of emotional connection with them.

Honestly, I nearly DNF'ed this book but I just decided skimming it would be better.

Final Thought:

Overall, I was left feeling let down and unenthused by this book. It did not meet my expectations and failed to capture my interest. I would not recommend it if you're looking for an engaging retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth.