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A Game of Retribution by Scarlett St. Clair

8 reviews

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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whatkatyread87's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Eh. This one was okay. 
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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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lovetlr's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny tense 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

2.0

Hermes is the best.
Too much sex in this one, more smut than plot
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kimmy0__0's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I like Hades' side better than Persephone's in A Touch of Ruin. They seem darker and touch on deeper more interesting storylines
like the impending war with the Gods
. Hades' perspective also seems more explicit. I want to listen to the next books concurrently. I love Hermes and Hectate moments. ❤️
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macykey's review against another edition

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

3.75

I like reading Hades perspective more than Persephone’s and this book was no different. Hades just seems to go through so much for the sake of his relationship with Persephone and I wish she knew or understood that. There were some things that were left unfinished, but I’m sure they’ll be discussed in the next book. 
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bryelle's review against another edition

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dark funny 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

3.0

Second book in the Touch of Darkness series from Hades perspective. I wish this had given some type of recap at the beginning of the book. I read the other books before this one came out so it took a minute for my brain to catch up to the plot since it seems to just resume from where the last book left off. 

It’s really cool to see what happens in this series from Hades point of view. Though he is very brooding and bad at communication. Hades grows in this book while he fights challenges from Hera to get her approval of his marriage to Persephone one day. In the mess of the challenges, Hades at time is hard to communicate with. In the end we find there is someone trying to hurt gods and goddesses. 
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hannibanani29's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense 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

4.0

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