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I peccati degli dei by Katee Robert

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pink_panther25's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny 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

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green_book_gobl1n's review against another edition

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dark 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? It's complicated

2.5

I did enjoy this book, but I feel it could have been written better, it felt as if the sex was the main plot point, and it had an anti-climactic ending. I didn’t really gain anything from reading it. If you are a lover of Hades and Persophone retellings, you will probably like this. Sure, it's not the worst book, but I probably won't be suggesting this to someone, unless they like smutty books. For a book that has reviews for being very sexy, and kinky, it's pretty tame.

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louise_jayne99's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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embattista13's review against another edition

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dark lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

This book was an easy read that kept my attention, but frustrated me to no end. In this book, things just happen that are sometimes never explained:

Persephone is characterized as
the girl with a plan, but this is only mentioned at the beginning and amounts to nothing because she doesn't make any legitimate plans for the rest of the story .
There was no internal reflection of this character change.
When Hermes declares that
half of the 13 are in support of Hades killing Zeus, there is no prior mention or foreshadowing of this change, it's abrupt and makes no sense after we've been told the opposite the entire book (that the 13 will always be in support of Zeus no matter what).
When Hades is
in Zeus' skyscraper to kill him, he suddenly recalls that when he was younger he mapped out and memorized the building, so now conveniently he knows the entire floor plan.
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Hermes mentioning
"a son for a son for a son"
and the story lingers on it for a bit, as if it might be something important, but then it's forgotten. What was the point of this?

And the rest of the book is just mediocre smut with no plot. All of this kind of made me stop taking the book seriously.

It's a pretty head-empty read that I did enjoy for the most part so long as I accept the glaring issues with it. So many moments I was confused, or a phrase would be said more than once within a few lines of each other, or Hades would open his mouth and say something super cringy and dramatic.

I can definitely see the appeal of this book for some people. If you're into smut, emotionally closed-off men, and want something lighthearted not plot-heavy, this is the right book for you.

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