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anna_via's review
5.0
I highly enjoyed reading this Hades and Persephone retelling! Really spicy and interesting!
cgs90's review
5.0
Loved it! I could not put it down! The attention to detail, the backstories, the pace, it all just worked!
burniescrolls's review
1.0
Okay. Well. This was awful.
After reading Neon Gods I was really craving another Hades and Persephone retelling, and this one seemed rather promising, only to be exactly what I didn't want.
Combining one of my least favourite tropes - miscommunication - and an abundance of poorly written smutty scenes. What could go wrong?
Persephone was an incredibly annoying protagonist, who never listened to anyone around her and lacked any modicum of common sense. Hades was fine, nothing particularly wrong with him, other than the fact that the first smutty scene was somewhat dubcon?
The perspective would occasionally shift to other characters who nine times out of ten I didn't really care about. The switch being even more annoying when it would happen when something vaguely plot related would happen (which was lacking).
This book pretended to have a plot but then would spend pages and pages on Persephone and Hades having some sort of stupid misunderstanding followed by unnecessarily detailed and often cringe 'spicy' scene.
The first 10 and the final 20 percent of the book had interesting story beats, but again they took a back seat to the author's constant desire to have Hades have sex with the innocent and inexperienced Persephone in varying and increasingly 'different' ways.
A few smutty scene no-nos:
- having sex in the dirt
- using the word lips once in one sentence to reference both pairs of said lips
- the word member, just why
- just the words - why?
The ending was quite literally one of the stupidest things I've read - by which I mean it ended as the plot started to become even remotely interesting/progress.
Just not even gonna bother with the sequel.
After reading Neon Gods I was really craving another Hades and Persephone retelling, and this one seemed rather promising, only to be exactly what I didn't want.
Combining one of my least favourite tropes - miscommunication - and an abundance of poorly written smutty scenes. What could go wrong?
Persephone was an incredibly annoying protagonist, who never listened to anyone around her and lacked any modicum of common sense. Hades was fine, nothing particularly wrong with him, other than the fact that the first smutty scene was somewhat dubcon?
The perspective would occasionally shift to other characters who nine times out of ten I didn't really care about. The switch being even more annoying when it would happen when something vaguely plot related would happen (which was lacking).
This book pretended to have a plot but then would spend pages and pages on Persephone and Hades having some sort of stupid misunderstanding followed by unnecessarily detailed and often cringe 'spicy' scene.
The first 10 and the final 20 percent of the book had interesting story beats, but again they took a back seat to the author's constant desire to have Hades have sex with the innocent and inexperienced Persephone in varying and increasingly 'different' ways.
A few smutty scene no-nos:
- having sex in the dirt
- using the word lips once in one sentence to reference both pairs of said lips
- the word member, just why
- just the words - why?
The ending was quite literally one of the stupidest things I've read - by which I mean it ended as the plot started to become even remotely interesting/progress.
Just not even gonna bother with the sequel.
jraspatella's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Beautiful retelling of the hades and Persephone myth. Love the world building and character development; especially of Persephone. Very rich in Greek mythology lore. Left me eager to read the next book.
mccutiereads's review
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
lskywalker918's review against another edition
5.0
One of the best romance novels I've read in a long time. We are all familiar with the story of how Hades kidnapped Persephone. The love and passion behind it all is rarely visited. Themes like true meaning of love, and role of husband and wife are woven in between the sensual scenes, making this one of the rare romance novels that focuses on more than sex.
Other characters from Greek mythology also appeared in the story, even ones I'm not familiar with (leading to numerous Googling). This author must have had a degree in classic lit or something.
Other characters from Greek mythology also appeared in the story, even ones I'm not familiar with (leading to numerous Googling). This author must have had a degree in classic lit or something.
ashleyreads88's review against another edition
I love a Greek Mythology retelling/reimaging. Receiver of Many is the most well-done retelling of the myth of Hades and Persephone that I have read. It was beautifully written and almost lyrical. I loved the tension, the conflict, and how it was modern but not too modern. I loved how Persephone grew to trust Hades, and how Hades saw Persephone as his equal and treated her as such. This was a great book.