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A Touch Of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

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shannonvonpesach's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

2.5

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amaramorgenstern's review against another edition

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emotional 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? Yes

2.25

Basicly smutt. Das Grundkonzept mit der Griechischen Mythologie gefällt mir eigentlich ganz gut, aber es wurde leider recht kitschig umgesetzt. Das man alles so gezwungen aktuell Machen muss, dass jeder in Designer Kleidung und Stöckl Schuhen rum laufen muss - jede Göttin und somit auch das Fashion Ideal in dieser Welt ist 2013 Ellie Saab. 0 Abwechslung, die Autorin setzt das irgendwie cringy um.

Die Intimen Szenen waren nicht schlecht, dass es hier aber ausschließlich um Verlangen und Körperliche Anziehung, nicht Emotionen und Romantik geht, stört mich. Es wäre in Ordnung gewesen, hätte es einen Spannungsbogen gegeben, dass Persephone aber von Anfang an so ein starkes Verlangen hat und unrealistischer Weise Hades ebenso - das ist definitiv zu viel des Guten. Ich denke, ich gehöre einfach nicht zur Zielgruppe. Dafür war es aber nicht schlecht. Hat Ähnlichkeiten zu Jennifer Armentrout.

Update später: es ist doch einfach zu schmachtig. Und Persephones Leben hat sich nur durch Hades zum besseren gewendet. Kein einziges bisschen durch eigene Kraft und Stärke. Immer wieder ist Hades ihr Retter - ganz die Jungfer in Nöten. Es ist auch zu viel Smut, es hört gar nicht mehr auf. Ich kann mich aber auch allgemein nicht mit Persephone in Verbindung bringen.

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juliaaaaaa's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.5

greek retelling and steamy, what more can i ask?

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valley_of_ash's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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booksthatburn's review against another edition

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Stopping because Persephone is happy that Hades is paternalistic and sexist, punishing someone because they scared her and she’s a woman. There’s also some ableist language in a way that’s not important to the narrative, and Persephone keeps thinking of some non-human people as “creatures” and “monsters” in a way that feels disparaging. I don’t like this version of Persephone and I don’t like how the story is being told.

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book_s1ut's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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diana_raquel's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

“Respect could build an empire. Trust could make it unbreakable. Love could make it last forever.”

For a long time, I wanted to read more retellings or inspired Greek mythology books, especially from the myth of Hades and Persephone (one of my favorite myths). So, when this book started to make the rounds on social media, I was interested. However, hyped books are very 50/50 with me.

When I started to read this book, for a time, I was considering DNF because, in the beginning, there are some parts a bit boring to me. However, when the story starts to gain some speed, the story became really interesting and entertaining. So, this is a 3.75 read for me. It was good, but not enough for a 4 stars book to me. Even so, I plan to read the next book.

I would recommend this to people who want to read a romance and a modern retelling of the myth of Hades and Persephone. It has well-developed characters, however, in the beginning, the slower pace can be a problem.

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pages_with_panda's review against another edition

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adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

✅ Finished Dec 20, ‘22

Not sure how a book about gods ended up boring, but it was. The first half was slow and uneventful. I managed to finish it so I had to rate it 2 stars nonetheless.

This had so many awful stereotypes about Persephone that reminded me of Lore Olympus.

1. Persephone is a young, sheltered, naive, maiden with no powers. Oh, and a virgin (to the delight of Hades).
2. Demeter is the over-bearing, abusive, controlling mother who stalks her daughter.
3. Hades is the rich and elusive club owner who is misunderstood. He can do no wrong and is actually a nice guy and tries to help mortals. He also doesn’t want anyone to know.

The story is told in a modern way, Persephone gets an internship at a newspaper office and decides to write about Hades, despite his wishes to the contrary and everyone’s warnings against it. She ends up losing a bet with him and ends up contracted with him for six months and must “make life” in the Underworld or else be stuck down there forever.

She basically does whatever she wants this entire book and suffers no consequences whatsoever.
At the end she finally stands up to her mother and finds her power, thanks to Hades, and decides to live with him anyways.

No real substance to the characters and the story was flimsy at best.

Wouldn’t recommend as a retelling to the Hades+Persephone.

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karambit's review against another edition

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hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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masonposte's review against another edition

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I need to stop reading romance books. There were so many basic questions the book left me with. Why was she so angry and possessive? I understand why she might be, but we don’t know Persephone yet! What’s her inner dialogue when she’s experiencing anger? All we get is “I’m rebelling and in danger and angry and turned on”. That’s not interesting. She seems to fly off the handle which I get, her mom is an abusive control freak. But we have no way to understand that if you’re not traumatized in your own life and use anger to cope. If that isn’t the reason, then the characterization is all over the place.
The narrator also made all the men sound like they were trying to seduce Persephone but sometimes it’s just her boss trying to break the ice and it then comes off creepy.
Finally, Hades is sexist “don’t hit women but you can hit men” type dude which is just so unappealing.

I just don’t think romance is for me. I’ll keep my slow burn fantasy novels thank you very much.

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