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A Game of Fate by Scarlett St. Clair

5 reviews

autumnwitch14's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Alcohol, and War

emilywemily6's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

I gobbled this up. Like the first book, it was a fun time but not a well-written time. Though this book definitely had more plot moving the story along (which I appreciated). However, the plot got lost at parts throughout the book. I also felt like the romance part of the book was less compelling and more horny. We also saw a little bit more of Hades’ dark side which fleshed out his character. I feel like the first and second books could have been combined and condensed to make a better story overall, but I’m not made I listened to this 12 hour audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Torture, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, and War

allisonmspiers's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping

Just a note: it's hard for me to separate the triggering events in this book from those in "A Touch of Darkness," as I read them back to back. I may have listed some content warnings that are more applicable to "A Touch of Darkness" than to this book from Hades' POV, so I'm sorry if this is the case! Most of the important events are the same, however, so I think that most warnings from "A Touch of Darkness" would make this list nonetheless.

literaryhedgehog's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

As a companion to A Touch of Darkness, A Game of Fate adds interesting information and detail to Hades and Persephone’s story. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Hades’ perspective has a completely different arc and central conflict than Persephone’s. There is insight into Hades’ character that provides a different perspective for the personal conflicts in a Touch of Darkness, and the central conflict lays the groundwork for future interactions with Triad (a mortal/demigod organization opposed to Olympian rule) that is highly relevant post A Touch of Malice. 
As a stand-alone novel/series, the story can feel a little disjointed. Hades’ story is a very different kind of plot than Persephone’s during the equivalent span of time, but with the restrictions of a flipped perspective retelling, the pacing often felt interrupted to fit in Hades perspective on scenes from A Touch of Darkness. As the series progresses I would be curious to see if the pacing of Hade’s narrative is able to become more cohesive.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has read and enjoy The first three books in the Hades and Persephone series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Sexual harassment

emiliareads_maybe's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual assault