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A review by danielle_readsbooks
Receiver of Many by Rachel Alexander
3.0
3.5 Stars
I really wish GR let us do half stars because I do think this is better than 3 but not quite a 4. I really liked the first 80% of this book. This is the best, realistic take on Hades and Persephone in my opinion. I felt like the author captured Persephone's naivety w/o her coming across as dumb or weak. Hades was also sweet and so so in love, which is my favorite about this trope.
While there was plenty good, there was so bad. This book is just entirely too long, especially because this is a trilogy. I didn't need the others characters povs, Hades/Persephone/Demeter was enough for me. In the same vain, the side storyline that is continuing in the next book isn't that interesting imo. Lastly, there is a lot of sex in this book, but please read the TW bc there is a lot of rape (which was very common in this time) but some felt like it wasn't necessary to move the story forward.
I really wish GR let us do half stars because I do think this is better than 3 but not quite a 4. I really liked the first 80% of this book. This is the best, realistic take on Hades and Persephone in my opinion. I felt like the author captured Persephone's naivety w/o her coming across as dumb or weak. Hades was also sweet and so so in love, which is my favorite about this trope.
While there was plenty good, there was so bad. This book is just entirely too long, especially because this is a trilogy. I didn't need the others characters povs, Hades/Persephone/Demeter was enough for me. In the same vain, the side storyline that is continuing in the next book isn't that interesting imo. Lastly, there is a lot of sex in this book, but please read the TW bc there is a lot of rape (which was very common in this time) but some felt like it wasn't necessary to move the story forward.