A review by cclift1114
A Game of Gods by Scarlett St. Clair

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Once again, I found this book to be unnecessary. Like with the last one, this one from Hades’ perspective was better than the story from Persephone‘s. This may in part have actually been due to the fact that we did get chapters from Dionysus’ perspective, which were more interesting than those chapters from Hades’. Still, it is frustrating to have a whole separate book when the books could have been combined. In fact, without having read the Persephone book, you cannot fully follow this book, which is irritating. I also found the writing in this book to be worse than in the other ones, with the excessive sex scenes and the repetitiveness of the language used. I was also not a fan of how much sexual assault and sexual violence are used, especially as one of the sole motivators for Dionysus and his relationship with Ariadne (I also say this knowing what comes in the final book in the series). I am glad to be finished with this series because, once more, if I had to hear, “Are you well?” one more time, my head might have exploded.