A Touch of Ruin
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- Author：Scarlett St. Clair
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Summary
The second in the captivating Hades and Persephone series from fan-favorite bestselling author Scarlett St。 Clair。
"Are you saying you wouldn't fight for me？"
Hades sighed and brushed his finger along her cheek。 "Darling， I would burn this world for you。"
Persephone's relationship with Hades has gone public and the resulting media storm disrupts her normal life and threatens to expose her as the Goddess of Spring。 To add to her troubles， everyone seems eager to warn Persephone away from the God of the Dead by exposing his hellish past。
Things only get worse when a horrible tragedy leaves Persephone's heart in ruin and Hades refusing to help。 Desperate， she takes matters into her own hands， striking bargains that lead to severe consequences。 Faced with a side of Hades she never knew， and crushing loss， Persephone wonders if she can truly become Hades's queen。
"Are you saying you wouldn't fight for me？"
Hades sighed and brushed his finger along her cheek。 "Darling， I would burn this world for you。"
Persephone's relationship with Hades has gone public and the resulting media storm disrupts her normal life and threatens to expose her as the Goddess of Spring。 To add to her troubles， everyone seems eager to warn Persephone away from the God of the Dead by exposing his hellish past。
Things only get worse when a horrible tragedy leaves Persephone's heart in ruin and Hades refusing to help。 Desperate， she takes matters into her own hands， striking bargains that lead to severe consequences。 Faced with a side of Hades she never knew， and crushing loss， Persephone wonders if she can truly become Hades's queen。
Reviews
StarryEyedReader
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This book is a disappointment， especially when compared to the first。 The first felt like a good brain candy read。 This one’s whole premise was just misunderstanding after misunderstanding and lack of communication。 Persephone went from being a fun character to kind of bratty，。 While her issues in the story were understandable how she goes about them is tiring。All in all， after such a good start with touch of darkness， the second book being based so much in petty arguments and misunderstandings This book is a disappointment， especially when compared to the first。 The first felt like a good brain candy read。 This one’s whole premise was just misunderstanding after misunderstanding and lack of communication。 Persephone went from being a fun character to kind of bratty，。 While her issues in the story were understandable how she goes about them is tiring。All in all， after such a good start with touch of darkness， the second book being based so much in petty arguments and misunderstandings was more of a disappointment then anything else。 。。。more
Kaleigh
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This book gave me a headache with how stupid Persephone was acting。
sara
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the only good parts of this book were apollo and hermes
Hannah L
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A little lackluster following A Touch of Darkness， but still good！
Paulina （infinitechapters）
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Classic case of "the first book was better"I'm not quite sure why I didn't like this one as much as A Touch of Darkness。 Some parts felt rushed， Persephone was pretty stupid every now and then， and Hades was just。。。 there？ I could have lived with any of these things， but maybe it was the way all of them came together that made me enjoy this book less than the first one。 Not sure。 I'm also not sure if I want to read the third one right away or not。 Classic case of "the first book was better"I'm not quite sure why I didn't like this one as much as A Touch of Darkness。 Some parts felt rushed， Persephone was pretty stupid every now and then， and Hades was just。。。 there？ I could have lived with any of these things， but maybe it was the way all of them came together that made me enjoy this book less than the first one。 Not sure。 I'm also not sure if I want to read the third one right away or not。 。。。more
Mallory
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3。5 stars: I surprisingly liked this one better than the first book in this series！ This book had more depth to the tensions in this book than the first one。 I will read the third in this trilogy， and look forward to doing so！
Val
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algunas veces es mejor dejar una historia en su solo libro y con un epílogo bastante largo， acá la cosa es divertida y adictiva， pero con dramas innecesarios y mucho sexo。 No me quejo， pero supongo que esperaba algo más para una segunda parte。 En fin， Hades es todo lo que está bien en este libro 🥵❤️🛐
Jessica
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Things I liked about this book: Hades， Hermes， Hecate， Zofie， Lexa， Sybil and maybe even where things are going with ApolloThings I didn’t like about this book: PersephoneI can suspend disbelief quite a bit when reading， but Persephone was the most annoying， childish character I have ever read about。 She continually makes stupid decisions and acts only in a way that benefits her and has virtually no consequences。 I loved book one and Persephone became less irritating at the end of the book， so I Things I liked about this book: Hades， Hermes， Hecate， Zofie， Lexa， Sybil and maybe even where things are going with ApolloThings I didn’t like about this book: PersephoneI can suspend disbelief quite a bit when reading， but Persephone was the most annoying， childish character I have ever read about。 She continually makes stupid decisions and acts only in a way that benefits her and has virtually no consequences。 I loved book one and Persephone became less irritating at the end of the book， so I’m hoping the third book is better in that regard。Hades made this book for me。 He’s up there with one of my fav romance heroes and being someone that loves Greek mythology， I really like Scarlett St-Clair’s spin on things。 I will definitely read Hades books and likely book 3， I just need a break from Persephone。 。。。more
Mel Winters
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"Where is she going？"In the distance， you could hear my heart breaking。 I wanted to bawl but the tears would not come。Shipping Lexa and Thanatos。 Waiting for the next book。I hope this is not a spoiler。 "Where is she going？"In the distance， you could hear my heart breaking。 I wanted to bawl but the tears would not come。Shipping Lexa and Thanatos。 Waiting for the next book。I hope this is not a spoiler。 。。。more
KG
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Persephone。 Persephone。 Persephone。 Ugh she was so annoying in this book🥴 she was so so mean to literally everyone， but still DEMANDED them to help her and do whatever she asked。 Imma still read the 3rd book tho
Tiffany
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2。5 starsThe things I hoped would improve from book one to book two didn't。 The chemistry between H & P， to me， seemed to fizzle out。 All problems were either ignored or magically fixed with a bout of makeup sex。 It's a fantasy book and shouldn't be realistic but the characters read flat to me， I grew to dislike them， and all the side characters I loved hid in the shadows。 My hopes were high and they got dashed during this second installment。 If you loved the first one， you'll enjoy this more th 2。5 starsThe things I hoped would improve from book one to book two didn't。 The chemistry between H & P， to me， seemed to fizzle out。 All problems were either ignored or magically fixed with a bout of makeup sex。 It's a fantasy book and shouldn't be realistic but the characters read flat to me， I grew to dislike them， and all the side characters I loved hid in the shadows。 My hopes were high and they got dashed during this second installment。 If you loved the first one， you'll enjoy this more than I did。 If you liked book one， I would recommend borrowing this title （or just skip it--you won't miss much）。 。。。more
Kirk
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3。7
Emily
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Again I’m a big fan of Hermes and Hecate， and even Apollo grew on me。 I felt like too many additional characters were added with no real purpose， and the plot was sort of。。。meh。。。most of the way through。 It did wrap up well。 Not sure the series needs to continue/that I will keep reading。
Emily Horne
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I really enjoyed this book， one of the things I found cringy was that Hades and Persephone were talking about her dead BFF， who literally just died， then started having sex while talking about her。。。 it was really weird and if I was Lexa I would have been kind weirded out。 Persephone was a little more annoying this time around though。 If she would have listened to Hades so many of her problems wouldn't have happened。 But either than that， I loved Hermes and I loved Apollos character growth。 I really enjoyed this book， one of the things I found cringy was that Hades and Persephone were talking about her dead BFF， who literally just died， then started having sex while talking about her。。。 it was really weird and if I was Lexa I would have been kind weirded out。 Persephone was a little more annoying this time around though。 If she would have listened to Hades so many of her problems wouldn't have happened。 But either than that， I loved Hermes and I loved Apollos character growth。 。。。more
Bea
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DNF 32%I enjoyed the first book but found this one unbearable
Safiya
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I don’t know what to say 2/5 because It had so much potential but met none of my expectations😂 it was just so boring。 I couldn’t even finish it， I got half way through the book and gave up 🥲。 I don’t like leaving books unfinished but I just couldn’t with this one。 The first book was okay， assumed it would get better but it did not for me。 I thought they might delve more into the plot as the first one barely had one， I thought there would be MORE to the book with such an awesome modern/Greek myth I don’t know what to say 2/5 because It had so much potential but met none of my expectations😂 it was just so boring。 I couldn’t even finish it， I got half way through the book and gave up 🥲。 I don’t like leaving books unfinished but I just couldn’t with this one。 The first book was okay， assumed it would get better but it did not for me。 I thought they might delve more into the plot as the first one barely had one， I thought there would be MORE to the book with such an awesome modern/Greek mythological hybrid setting。 I should have known after the childish romantic plot twist in the first book that it was not going to get better。A bet？！ Really… I thought the better plot twist was what her mum was doing to her but no， that was like a side plot twist。Hades sort of just shows up whenever Persephone is in trouble or horny 🤡 I get it… he likes to punish her and save her 🙄 ✨A lot✨Sephy could have been a bit more interesting but she fell flat for me， I liked her wanting to have her own independence and everything after her mum kept her trapped etc but… she was kinda annoying in this book。 Time to time I was trying to justify her thoughts and actions but She sounded so childish sometimes 😭😭🤌🏽Hades could have been such an interesting character but he just exists for Persephone and I despise books that do that to male and female characters， it’s so boring。 Hades was basically her sex bot😭😂Their romance was soooo boring。They literally argue because he kept something from her， screw each other and she accuses him of something and the cycle goes on and on for however many pages 🥲I saw reviews placing all the blame on sephy with everything going wrong but … if hades had the brain cells to just be honest with her and tell her what’s going the hell on， it would have been a better read。 Instead the author uses the excuse that men are stupid for why hades isn’t communicating etc 🤭 bestie no， that’s not good enough， i rolled my eyes every-time that excuse came up and I only got half way through the book 😂😂Anyways… if you liked it good for you。 Each to their own。 I couldn’t stand this book 😂😂 。。。more
Jenny Bravo
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Demeter is a bitch。 😒😂Why am I in love with this series！？ Yeah， smut is nice and all but this storyline is fantastic 👏🏼
Delia
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Imma have to quit this series after this one， it’s not personal。 Except maybe it is。 This second book just highlighted the problem in the first。 Persephone is literally the worst in this interpretation。 She has no consideration for her partners well being or her “best friend’s”。 It’s difficult to see her having an feelings for Hades beyond the physical。 I like the over all concept but it didn’t do it for me。 PS I’m mad about the whole Alexa thing
Bec Sammut
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THIS BOOK GAVE ME EMOTIONAL WHIPLASH。 FUCK。 I haven’t been this DISTRAUGHT reading a book in forever。 I was gripped from the first page。 The fucking CHOKEHOLD Scarlet St Clair’s version of Hades has on me is ridiculous。 Really enjoyed the exploration of more of the complexities of Hades and Persephone’s relationship， and seeing Hades more vulnerable。 So many quotes from this book had me swooooooning。 I love this series with all my heart。
camii
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 no。 no。 pero si odie a persephone muchisimo。 DEMASIADO。 muchos personajes que me caian bien me caen mal y odio este libro por eso pero tampoco fue malome atrapo y lo lei bastante rapido tenia buen tiempo？ no se como explicarlo pero esta bien escrito lo que no me gusto para nada es no la cantidad de veces que tienen sexo tengan veinte veces al dia genial pero los momentos。 se pelean， tienen sexo （asi solucionan sus problemas y asi estuvieron peleados mitad del libro） se muere alguien， tienen sexo no。 no。 pero si odie a persephone muchisimo。 DEMASIADO。 muchos personajes que me caian bien me caen mal y odio este libro por eso pero tampoco fue malome atrapo y lo lei bastante rapido tenia buen tiempo？ no se como explicarlo pero esta bien escrito lo que no me gusto para nada es no la cantidad de veces que tienen sexo tengan veinte veces al dia genial pero los momentos。 se pelean， tienen sexo （asi solucionan sus problemas y asi estuvieron peleados mitad del libro） se muere alguien， tienen sexoestan tristes， adivinaron！ tienen sexoonda no。 basta。 se acaba de morir la mejor amiga y ellos que hacian？ llorar？ no。 ir a terapia？ no estaban teniendo sexo。 la relacion de hades y persephone perdio todo lo bueno y quedo un amorio mas que una relacion que es lo que persephone ODIA pero lo que sus acciones y las hades provocaron hades no me cayo mal la verdad es que me daba pena， persephone lo trataba para la mierda pero el era medio idiota no lo puedo culpar porque es hombre y asi funcionan pero igualmente es tonto pero se notaba que estaba haciendo lo mejor que podia， al contrario de persephone lexa se llevo la peor parte de persephone。 no solo la salvo siendo egoista （aunque no puedo decir nada porque yo la hubiera salvado si no hubiese sabido que iba a quedar tan nal） si no que cuando estaba viva todavia la vio como que tre veces osea no。 hacete cargo de tu amiga flaca sos inmortal y hades tambien。 tienen INFINIDAD de tiempo para garchar。 LITERALMENTE。 usa ese tiempo para tratar de curar a tu amiga。 pero no。 y cuando se suicido le dijo que la iba a visitar no la visito hasta dias despues？？？？ yo voy corriendo a verla。 sea de lejos escondida atras de un arblo me chupa un huevo yo voy pero se ve que ella estaba ocupada。。。 garchando。no se porque le puse 3 estrellas parece injusto ponerle menos y no vale para 4 ni a palospinto tres estrellas por mas que me queje toda la reseña。 。。。more
Kendra Hembrey
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The second book was better with the story but I couldn't get past Persephone's character in this one。 She was very childish and hard to follow along with。 The second book was better with the story but I couldn't get past Persephone's character in this one。 She was very childish and hard to follow along with。 。。。more
Sofia
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Ok so I understand that all of Persephones HORRID decision making was vital to her personal growth but that doesn’t mean I didn’t wanna smack her upside the head。 A little hard to get through due to that but the ending redeemed it alllll<3
Cristina
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This book was so frustrating， like I enjoyed it enough， but some aspects were just so frustrating。 I really did not like all the back and forth with Hades and Persephone with them hurting each other （whether it was intentional or not） and then making up again。 It was like an endless cycle in this book and if they would only trust each other fully and completely talk it out maybe just maybe they could have solved some of their problems。 I guess I just wanted more happy couple Hades and Perseph This book was so frustrating， like I enjoyed it enough， but some aspects were just so frustrating。 I really did not like all the back and forth with Hades and Persephone with them hurting each other （whether it was intentional or not） and then making up again。 It was like an endless cycle in this book and if they would only trust each other fully and completely talk it out maybe just maybe they could have solved some of their problems。 I guess I just wanted more happy couple Hades and Persephone rather than the angsty couple in this book that obviously had communication issues。 I did find Persephone's insecurities a little annoying but I guess they are kind of understandable。 I guess you can kind of understand where both of the characters are coming from but that doesn't stop it from being frustrating。 Also kind of hated the whole Lexa situation where she tried to save her only for her to die anyways but it makes sense in order for Persephone to grow and understand Hades role in things so while I didn't particularly enjoy it， it did make sense storywise。 Overall， I definitely preferred the first book but I feel like that's because I like sweet romance moments and this book didn't have any。 I still enjoyed it but not to the same extent as the first one。 。。。more
Leonie
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Ok so I could NOT put this book down…it was amazing。 The only reason why I‘m only giving 4 stars is because the miscommunication was just sooo annoying that I felt so frustrated。 And Persephone was a little stupid in some situation But still freaking loved it
McKenna Davis
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Scarlett， I love you。 So please don’t be discouraged by my or others reviews。 Please keep writing， but I would ask that you consider some things， we the readers， are saying。 I fell in love with A touch of Darkness and was absolutely enthralled with it。I started A touch of Ruin and had issues with Persephone “bratty” and entitled attitude。 So much so that I wondered if she was PMS’ing or pregnant the whole time。 It seemed like she did a total 180 from who she was in AoD。 The way she spoke to peop Scarlett， I love you。 So please don’t be discouraged by my or others reviews。 Please keep writing， but I would ask that you consider some things， we the readers， are saying。 I fell in love with A touch of Darkness and was absolutely enthralled with it。I started A touch of Ruin and had issues with Persephone “bratty” and entitled attitude。 So much so that I wondered if she was PMS’ing or pregnant the whole time。 It seemed like she did a total 180 from who she was in AoD。 The way she spoke to people， including Hades， was vile to me。 Demanding respect and fairness from others and everything， but being rude and lacked sympathy to other characters。 I found it baffling that Persephone judged her boss for getting a love potion to make his husband fall in love with him。 Whilst Persephone literally went to go save Lexie with the same dark magic。 Granted she ended up going through Apollo but she never considered what Lexie wanted。 So it was also selfish of her， but yet she judged her boss harshly。 She would act like the worst employee ever when asked to do the most simple tasks。 Being a pain in the ass to her boss and I’m surprised she wasn’t first along time ago。 Her angry is misdirected。 Going off on people kind to her， whilst befriending Hades ex lover。 Which yes， was humble， but for me， she’d be the LAST person I’d be nice too。 How many times she would randomly go off and had me eye rolling。 Then would say “f you” to Hades so many times I felt so bad for him。 It was so toxic。 I honestly felt insanely bad for Hades throughout this entire book。 He seems to be the only one trying throughout this entire book， while Persephone went behind his back many times， broke promises， and kept being ugly towards him。 I just really really hate how childish Persephone’s character became。 For someone who wants fairness， she wasn’t at ALL fair in this book towards a good majority of people。I felt their was a lot of beautiful and suspenseful moments。 One moment that had me in tears was when Persephone went into the forest of despair and believed she saw Hades and his ex having sex。 When she blew up and damn near destroyed the underworld。 I felt her wrath。 But was very pleased it wasn’t real。 Loved that Apollo and Persephone became cordial！ Their were a lot of beautiful moments but unfortunately the bad stuck out more。。 。。。more
Logan R
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Again， desperately needed a good round of edits。 So many easily resolved plot lines and no real stakes。 But I’ll still read the next one lol
Amy
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Firstly， the characters in these books are amazing and well developed。 However， I felt it was slow in comparison to the first and Persephone's choices were a little confusing to me。 Firstly， the characters in these books are amazing and well developed。 However， I felt it was slow in comparison to the first and Persephone's choices were a little confusing to me。 。。。more
Taylor Memory
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Fine， but Persephone was very annoying。 She constantly made bad decisions。 And a lot of her strife with hades would be solved if she just communicated， which is something she keeps demanding of Hades。 This book is just a big miscommunication trope。 The first one was better。
Ashlyn
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As soon as I finished A Touch of Darkness， I immediately went and started reading it's sequel， A Touch of Ruin。 I think my favorite part about this book is that Hades and Persephone's relationship isn't just an easy happily ever after， despite being made for each other， they have issues。 They argue。 There's jealousy。 Lies。 Broken promises。 It's just so realistic， in a dramatic， Olympian God's sort of way。 Of course there's still that new-relationship heat between the two - this book did not skim As soon as I finished A Touch of Darkness， I immediately went and started reading it's sequel， A Touch of Ruin。 I think my favorite part about this book is that Hades and Persephone's relationship isn't just an easy happily ever after， despite being made for each other， they have issues。 They argue。 There's jealousy。 Lies。 Broken promises。 It's just so realistic， in a dramatic， Olympian God's sort of way。 Of course there's still that new-relationship heat between the two - this book did not skimp on the spice - but also the not understanding each others communication styles and love languages， and quite a bit of miscommunication in general that is so normal in newer relationships （which I know is a trope a lot of people hate， but I actually really like it because I think when things come too easily， it gets boring。） There were still plenty of concepts from the first book brought into this one that I loved， night club scenes， making deals with God's， black mail， meaningful friendship's。 We also saw real loss （that made me cry，） there's a bit of a Monkey's Paw reference， too， which was a great plot device， complex relationships with Hades' ex， a look into what it's like to be in the limelight for Persephone， and plenty of Mommy issues with Demeter。 The ending is such a bomb， too， I'm so glad that the next one is out already。 。。。more
Louise
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I really wanted to enjoy the second book more than the first but honestly， Persephone is so frustrating in this one that it really ruined the vibe for me。 Plus， there is no real plot here。 It's basically Persephone going against Hades and others over and over again。 I understand she is somewhat new to the mortal world， but you'd think that would make you listen to what people have to say because you don't know any better， not ignore what they have to say and assume you know best。 She's also imma I really wanted to enjoy the second book more than the first but honestly， Persephone is so frustrating in this one that it really ruined the vibe for me。 Plus， there is no real plot here。 It's basically Persephone going against Hades and others over and over again。 I understand she is somewhat new to the mortal world， but you'd think that would make you listen to what people have to say because you don't know any better， not ignore what they have to say and assume you know best。 She's also immature， admitting to Hades that she posted the article about Apollo to hurt him。 She turns to Apollo for help after she went on and on about him hurting her friend - hypocrite much？ Says she didn't think the fates would come after her for saving her friend， when Hades told her over and over that they would。 Makes a decision because she thinks its best then feels bad afterwards because it clearly， CLEARLY wasn't。 She listens to her mother who has lied to her for her whole life - who does that？！ Says that Hades doesn't need to know where she is or what she does but then demands that she knows where he is， what he does or what he has done。 Again， hypocrite。 I've never met such an annoying character before。 Honestly her decisions were predictable and frustrating。 Maybe this book is meant to be about lessons learnt？？ I don't know， but it was beyond annoying。 I also found it pretty sad that she got so upset that Hades has had previous lovers。 The guy is thousands upon thousands of years old。 Of course he has lovers。 You should know that and should not judge because it is selfish。 Maybe its because he was her first？ I don't know， but I found her reaction to be completely unfair。 AND where was Hades in the book？ He would literally show up for sex and to rescue her。 That is all。 I will point out that it is mentioned in the book that A） Persephone has insecurity issues because of her mother so maybe that is why she rebelled against everyone and B） she has never lost anyone before so maybe that is why she went against Hades to save her friend without listening to his warnings？ So yeah maybe it is a book about facing your inner demons and accepting who you are and having to learn things the hard way because you had a bad upbringing。 That could very well be why this book is the way it is， which is why I give it a 3 because it was not executed well （if that is the meaning behind it all）Its not all bad I guess。 I found the death of her friend to be very sad。 I got a bit emotional when she took her own life。 The secondary characters are very fun and enjoyable。 I especially enjoy Hermis and Hecati。 The smut is good。 I listened to the audio and I must say， Meg Sylvan， did a fantastic job。 5 stars for the audio！ The world building was ok。 If this book had a plot， a character that wasn't so selfish and inconsiderate and had more Hades then I probably would have enjoyed it much more。Then the ending came and dare I admit I want to know what happens next！ So yep， I will still read Book 3 and HOPEFULLY we see some character growth there。 。。。more
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