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A review by shmadsie
A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair
4.0
Ohhh, I liked this more than I expected to! Persephone was definitely finding herself here and it was really rewarding to me that she was the only one she allowed to do that. It would've been easy to define herself by her relationships - romantic, platonic, familial - but, instead, whenever anyone else tried to tell her who she was, she promptly shut that down. And considering she was getting into a relationship that could easily overtake her, it was nice to know that she wasn't going to let it.
I didn't love that she fit the societally approved standards of beauty - white, blonde, and thin (I mean, really?) - but I did love her character. And it did get a little repetitive with the endless dance of: 'Hades is so hot, but I musn't! But I'm so attracted to him, but I musn't!' to the point where my eyes kind of started to glaze over after a while. Overall though, it was a surprisingly good read!
I didn't love that she fit the societally approved standards of beauty - white, blonde, and thin (I mean, really?) - but I did love her character. And it did get a little repetitive with the endless dance of: 'Hades is so hot, but I musn't! But I'm so attracted to him, but I musn't!' to the point where my eyes kind of started to glaze over after a while. Overall though, it was a surprisingly good read!