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A review by saltywitchbooks
A Touch of Malice by Scarlett St. Clair
5.0
*Spoilers to follow* Where to start? When I first met this iteration of Persephone in Darkness, I was a irritated. I think I saw someone so naive and “young” that I cringed for what would happen. And, I was right, as we see a lot of things happen to Persephone as a result of her choices in Ruin.
I have C-PTSD, as a result of someone who abused me in a few ways, many of the ways we see Persephone abused by those claiming to love her. It was hard for me to understand and really grasp that my mother, would behave no differently if she had the power Demeter does, and that I was seeing Persephone through the eyes of someone who had been there before.
St. Clair writes PTSD and grief with the heartbreak that only a person who has experienced it can describe. It comes up with people that we trust, when we least expect it. The growth Persephone has gone through to this point has taken this book from fun and quick read that I enjoyed, to something that truly resonated. So to the author, I say, thank you.
It seems odd to me, given that romance is not my genre, that this books has made this much impact, but it has. I can’t wait to start game of gods, and am eager for touch of chaos in the spring!
I have C-PTSD, as a result of someone who abused me in a few ways, many of the ways we see Persephone abused by those claiming to love her. It was hard for me to understand and really grasp that my mother, would behave no differently if she had the power Demeter does, and that I was seeing Persephone through the eyes of someone who had been there before.
St. Clair writes PTSD and grief with the heartbreak that only a person who has experienced it can describe. It comes up with people that we trust, when we least expect it. The growth Persephone has gone through to this point has taken this book from fun and quick read that I enjoyed, to something that truly resonated. So to the author, I say, thank you.
It seems odd to me, given that romance is not my genre, that this books has made this much impact, but it has. I can’t wait to start game of gods, and am eager for touch of chaos in the spring!