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A Game of Fate by Scarlett St. Clair

12 reviews

dogoodwithbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

 Closed Door Mod: Chapters 18-22 (some parts), Chapters 24-27 (some parts), Chapter 29 (some parts) 

Most of what I liked about this book was the same from A Touch of Darkness, hence this being a shorter review. Though, I did like that there’s more of Hades’ POV and providing him with his own side plots instead of just merely recounting A Touch of Darkness from his POV. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Cannibalism

shinyfox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual harassment, and War

rchulin1's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

faylinneicedragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Book 2 was told through Hades perspective. It is the events of Book 1.

I have to admit. I loved it more than Book 2. Something about hearing Hades side of the story made it good. It was a thrilling read. I loved seeing all the parts of Hades we didn't get to see in Book 1. 

I really love that it was Hades that fell for Persephone first, and this book just cements the fact. He's a powerful God. Seeing his worries about his love for Persephone, seeing him make mistakes, was just humanising. They made sense too.

It is a little awkward how often he thinks of having sex with Persephone. It's nice seeing him grow from someone who thinks about that to thinking about what she wants.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment

aehollins21's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

grace33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Torture

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Sexual harassment

zc2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I read persys pov first wasn’t aware hades pov existed but it was neat to see things from his perspective I enjoyed it but it the books did feel like repeats. Persys story was more intriguing to me but there was so much detail in this one it’s difficult to wrap my mind around everything that’s happening beginning to end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, 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.

lilbookbee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Torture, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment

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