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A Game of Retribution by Scarlett St. Clair

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rachelisathomas22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I did read this in tandem with A Touch of Ruin, which I felt like enhanced the story overall. I think if I would have read this on its own, I would have rated this a bit lower. I really enjoy the story of Hades and Persephone across this series so far, and I’m excited for what comes next. I do find Hades POV to be the more compelling between the two. I just wish we got more than surface level emotional conversations both for their personal growth and the growth in their relationship. This is I think why I enjoyed reading these two in tandem, because I at least got more adventure and emotional outlook into a situation this way.

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cscharfway's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

There was a lot happening in this book, and I enjoyed how complex Hades’ interactions with the other gods has gotten. Though Hades is a bit clueless as a boyfriend sometimes, it still feels like he’s genuine and learning, and seeing through his eyes made me like Persephone more- in her saga, I find her angry reactions quite immature and hard to read, but Hades somehow softens her with his deep emotional reflections. I also am fascinated by how much of a life he lives outside of what Persephone sees and is aware of. I really don’t like that their relationship conflict centres around honesty and communication and yet look at all the stuff he’s still keeping from Persephone!!

The plot is moving along much faster in this book, and towards something important and I’m on edge to find out how it will all play out. This really shows that the book is purposeful and is not just falling back on the smut appeal, though there was a lot of that too. The sex scenes have started to bother me a bit with how many there are and how unrealistic they are, but hey, I guess people don’t read or watch pornography for the realism!

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nonotyoshi's review against another edition

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mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Hermes >>>

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sioxricky's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I’m super intrigued on the war. Hades is so quick to assume things and then ends up messing up with Persephone. I also feel like this man is sex crazy and I love smut but there were so many times where they had sex when they should’ve talked. Hecate and Hermes are definitely my faves

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megthecatlady's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love that Scarlett St. Clair wrote the Hades books. I love knowing what Hades is getting up to when he's not with Persephone. I especially enjoyed this book because I felt so frustrated with him during A Touch of Ruin. I feel like he was barely with Persephone, and while the events in this book aren't an excuse, they do make sense and do so much of the world building the readers need to know about. I love watching Hades and Persephone grow as characters and I love watching their relationship evolve.

Another thing I really enjoy about this series so far is the attention to detail and the attention to side characters. I am not sure that I have ever read another book where the side characters, were fleshed out so well and are just about as important to the storyline as the main characters. I appreciate that about this series so much, and am excited to continue reading this author's works.

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sophiecountsclouds's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I stand by that this trilogy could have been nice Hades perspective novellas with the additional plot, but all the scenes with Persephone felt SO repetitive and so ridiculously smutty. They'd just be having a chat and then they were getting it on? It made no sense at all. Definitely didn't need to be over 450 pages long - 250 tops.

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