Summary:
In the land of the dead, Queen Hades' word is law. Hades gets what she wants - always - and what she wants is a certain goddess of the springtime.
Innocent Persephone chafes beneath her mother's hawkish gaze and mercurial temper. Demeter has rebuffed all her daughter's suitors, but she is not yet satisfied; she strives to crush Persephone's spirit.
Still, when Hades pulls her into the dark realm of the underworld, Persephone longs for the world above, even if it means an eternity under her mother's thumb.
With her tears and pleas for freedom ignored by pitiless Hades, Persephone must learn to satisfy her keeper in all ways, lest she suffer the consequences.
And though she cannot deny that something blooms within her, something forbidden, Persephone despairs of ever feeling the sun upon her skin once more.
No matter the cost, Hades intends to keep her. Forever.
My Thoughts:
Persephone is kept under her mother's thumb, unable to escape her ruling or her temper. When she meets Hades at a party, she thinks nothing of it. But after an explosive fight with Demeter, Persephone finds herself kidnapped and brought into the underworld to be Hades' bride. She hates Hades, and longs to go back to the world above to be one with nature. But Persephone starts to find herself starting to like Hades against her will. And even her mother cannot break her again.
I really like the author's writing style for this book. It is very beautifully written, and drew me in on the first page. Since this is a retelling of the Greek myth, there is a lot of darker content, including abuse and assault. I think that the author handled it well by not romanticizing these things like others have done. The biggest issue I have with this novel is that the only well-rounded characters are Hades and Persephone. Every other character, even the important ones, seem very one-dimensional. I can understand some of them being underdeveloped, but it weakens the story when so many of them are.
My Rating: 3 stars
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