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A Touch Of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

10 reviews

kshertz'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? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Excellence romance Greek mythology smut book. I loved Persephone, loved Hades, hated everyone all up in their business. I loved the plot and the dynamic. Also had the perfect amount of smut for me. It was a good storyline and easy read. I’m going to listen to the next in the series.

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briiforte's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

I’m a sucker for a Hades/Persephone pairing, and this was no exception. I loved the use of the gods as figures of celebrity. This mythical universe is deeply desirable. The setting is immersive and full of life (and death). 100% would read again.

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sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense 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

A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair is a retelling of sorts, of the romance between Greek Mythology's God of the Underworld, Hades and Goddess of Spring, Persephone. Persephone, who is pretending to be a human college student (and not a Goddess) when her and her roommate decide to go to the new popular club in town, owned by non other than Hades himself. Through a series of events

Persephone ends up in a contract with Hades. Before the time is up, Persephone will have to create life within the Underworld or she'll have to stay down there forever.

This was really cute. I really enjoyed the banter between Hades and Persephone and I liked where the storyline ended up going. I found the first half of this to be a little slow, but once things started moving along faster it also got more interesting.

I really loved all the erotic scenes, they were great. I forgot to count how many they were but the spice level was high up there, I'd said 4 🌶️ chilies/ out of 5🌶️ chilies

I'm giving this 4.5 stars out of 5, I liked it a lot more than I liked Neon Gods by Katee Robert but I don't like how slow the beginning half of the novel is.

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amanda_reads13's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

2.0

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thecatconstellation's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional relaxing fast-paced

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

3.25

This book was fun for a quick read. I’ll probably read the follow up books. It’s not amazing, but engaging enough. The sex scenes do get a bit repetitive and the pacing goes a bit too quick at times.

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dropshift5568's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Does bang

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courtneylr's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny lighthearted tense 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

5.0

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simplyv375's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful mysterious fast-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? No

5.0

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cepbreed's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

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

3.5

Coming into this book I didn't really know much about it but once I learned it was a myth adaptation I had such high expectations. Madeleine Miller has set every other author who wants to write something based on a myth to unattainable standards. Unfortunately it didn't meet these. However, I still enjoyed this book because it serves its purpose as a fan service novel for women so I can't really complain.

Songs:

Wanna Be Yours - Artic Monkeys
Flawless - The Neighborhood
Chuch - Chase Atlantic

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bailey1196's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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