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A review by its_aislinn
A Touch of Malice by Scarlett St. Clair
5.0
Wow! What a way to leave this series. A Touch of Malice is the third book in what will be a four book series (book four wonât come out for another year, though) and I am relieved to have the series end at this book and not the previous book.
Persephone has done a lot of growing between the three books, and by ATOM she is aware of her shortcomings and actually thinks through her actions more. One of my biggest issues with the previous book is that Persephone runs headfirst into situations without thinking things through all the way. While still very much headstrong, in ATOM it is clear that Persephone is now changing and communicating with others before making such large decisions. I think this is a sign of her maturity, as well as evidence of her beginning to fill the role as Queen.
Most of this book takes place with the Gods, so again weâre left with little surrounding Persephoneâs life outside of Hades and her actual job. I didnât have any problems with this and instead I actually really enjoyed that we got to meet more gods. Compared to the first book, where Persephone insisted on having her mortal life, in ATOM it has definitely taken the back burner and I think this is because Persephoneâs priorities have shifted, and naturally with the war on the gods she isnât going to want to spend her days writing for her online blog.
My only issue with this book is that we finished ATOR with it being August. ATOM picks back up in the same setting but in July⌠I wonât say that this is a simple mistake because, to be honest, the timeline is very general and the month was right there on the last page, so it shouldnât have been easy to mistake. Instead, what happened was, as a reader, I felt a disconnect at the beginning of the book because I was constantly thinking to myself âWait, did I read the last book wrong? Was it really July?â Sure itâs only a monthâs difference, but the reason it is snowing is so shocking is because it is still summer so really, it shouldâve been the correct month in both books.
This is a great book that completely redeemed the series for me. Persephone and Hadesâs story is so intense and passionate that Iâm loving seeing how they come together. The fourth book canât come soon enough!
Persephone has done a lot of growing between the three books, and by ATOM she is aware of her shortcomings and actually thinks through her actions more. One of my biggest issues with the previous book is that Persephone runs headfirst into situations without thinking things through all the way. While still very much headstrong, in ATOM it is clear that Persephone is now changing and communicating with others before making such large decisions. I think this is a sign of her maturity, as well as evidence of her beginning to fill the role as Queen.
Most of this book takes place with the Gods, so again weâre left with little surrounding Persephoneâs life outside of Hades and her actual job. I didnât have any problems with this and instead I actually really enjoyed that we got to meet more gods. Compared to the first book, where Persephone insisted on having her mortal life, in ATOM it has definitely taken the back burner and I think this is because Persephoneâs priorities have shifted, and naturally with the war on the gods she isnât going to want to spend her days writing for her online blog.
My only issue with this book is that we finished ATOR with it being August. ATOM picks back up in the same setting but in July⌠I wonât say that this is a simple mistake because, to be honest, the timeline is very general and the month was right there on the last page, so it shouldnât have been easy to mistake. Instead, what happened was, as a reader, I felt a disconnect at the beginning of the book because I was constantly thinking to myself âWait, did I read the last book wrong? Was it really July?â Sure itâs only a monthâs difference, but the reason it is snowing is so shocking is because it is still summer so really, it shouldâve been the correct month in both books.
This is a great book that completely redeemed the series for me. Persephone and Hadesâs story is so intense and passionate that Iâm loving seeing how they come together. The fourth book canât come soon enough!