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harley08212008's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy
shay43geek's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Sexism, and Grief
Minor: Genocide
lover97's review
4.5
4.5 ⭐️
This is a story of 3 parts: Demeters life and how she came to live away from olympus, Core and how she found her freedom and lastly how Core became Persephone. Each part is beautifully written, and at it's core the book is about character development.
Definitely check the content warnings. A big part of the story is the SA that demeter experiences. It's not descriptive, but it's hard to read nonetheless. I do think it was dealt with well, and how it affects her in the aftermath is well written.
Then we have Core, her POV shows us her adventures when she leaves the island and we get to watch her find her freedom. Both parts 1 and 2 deal with love and grief, and we see how each of the goddesses deals with it. You really feel their pain. It was brilliantly done.
Part 3 is my favourite part. Not just because this is one of my favourite renditions of Hades but because I enjoyed seeing core claim her power and become Persephone. Hades in this book is shy and awkward and truly just in love with her. I like that their romance took a back seat to her realising that actually she can be a take charge powerful goddess.
All in all, I enjoyed the book, and the scenes of them reclaiming their power are very strong. The writing is beautiful, and I'll definitely be checking out some of the authors' other works in the future.
I received an advance review copy of this book, and this review represents my honest opinion. Thank you to netgalley, Hannah Lynn, and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book.
This is a story of 3 parts: Demeters life and how she came to live away from olympus, Core and how she found her freedom and lastly how Core became Persephone. Each part is beautifully written, and at it's core the book is about character development.
Definitely check the content warnings. A big part of the story is the SA that demeter experiences. It's not descriptive, but it's hard to read nonetheless. I do think it was dealt with well, and how it affects her in the aftermath is well written.
Then we have Core, her POV shows us her adventures when she leaves the island and we get to watch her find her freedom. Both parts 1 and 2 deal with love and grief, and we see how each of the goddesses deals with it. You really feel their pain. It was brilliantly done.
Part 3 is my favourite part. Not just because this is one of my favourite renditions of Hades but because I enjoyed seeing core claim her power and become Persephone. Hades in this book is shy and awkward and truly just in love with her. I like that their romance took a back seat to her realising that actually she can be a take charge powerful goddess.
All in all, I enjoyed the book, and the scenes of them reclaiming their power are very strong. The writing is beautiful, and I'll definitely be checking out some of the authors' other works in the future.
I received an advance review copy of this book, and this review represents my honest opinion. Thank you to netgalley, Hannah Lynn, and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Grief
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