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Hades Saga #3
A Game of Gods
Goodreads Choice Award
Nominee for Readers' Favorite Romantasy (2023)Told in multiple POVs, A Game of Gods is the final installment in the Hades Saga by USA Today Bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair.
Hades, God of the Dead, has finally made Persephone his in every way possible. With their wedding on the horizon, the couple should be ecstatic. But Demeter is wreaking havoc on their bliss by battering the whole of New Greece with erratic and dangerous weather. At the same time, Theseus continues with his agenda against the Gods, allying with the hate-group Triad in an effort to bring down all of Olympus.
Hades refuses to allow anything to stop him from securing Persephone as his bride, but he must play a deep strategic game with the Gods of Olympus to safeguard their future. And it is not entirely clear which Gods are truly on his side.
Hades, God of the Dead, has finally made Persephone his in every way possible. With their wedding on the horizon, the couple should be ecstatic. But Demeter is wreaking havoc on their bliss by battering the whole of New Greece with erratic and dangerous weather. At the same time, Theseus continues with his agenda against the Gods, allying with the hate-group Triad in an effort to bring down all of Olympus.
Hades refuses to allow anything to stop him from securing Persephone as his bride, but he must play a deep strategic game with the Gods of Olympus to safeguard their future. And it is not entirely clear which Gods are truly on his side.
592 pages, Hardcover
First published July 25, 2023
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About the author
Scarlett St. Clair
31 books30.1k followersInternational and USA Today Best Selling author Scarlett St. Clair is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and the author of the HADES X PERSEPHONE SAGA, the HADES SAGA, KING OF BATTLE & BLOOD, and WHEN STARS COME OUT.
She has a Master's degree in Library Science and Information Studies and a Bachelors in English Writing. She is obsessed with Greek Mythology, murder mysteries, and the afterlife.
If you are obsessed with these things, then you'll like her books. You can find pictures of her adorable dog Adelaide on her Instagram at @authorscarlettstclair.
She has a Master's degree in Library Science and Information Studies and a Bachelors in English Writing. She is obsessed with Greek Mythology, murder mysteries, and the afterlife.
If you are obsessed with these things, then you'll like her books. You can find pictures of her adorable dog Adelaide on her Instagram at @authorscarlettstclair.
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April 1, 2024
4.5 ⭐️ the best book in the Hades series. Especially the last 150 pages, chefs kiss. Def deduct 0.5 stars for Theseus chapters, I hate him and literally don’t care what he has to say…
August 21, 2023
Honestly, as a long time fan of these books I’m so disappointed to see them going onto the back-burner. The king of battle and blood series is getting top priority and that genuinely breaks my heart.
Edit 8/20/23: At this point I feel like these books have severely lost the magic and romance and everything that was so special to them. I literally forced myself to get through this book, and maybe it’s because it’s been so long since I first read the others, but it just doesn’t hit anymore. I am genuinely very sad since I love these books so much. Still, I’m going to read the last book, since I invested so much of myself and my time into this series, I just hope it isn’t as long and lacking and disappointing as this book was.
Edit 8/20/23: At this point I feel like these books have severely lost the magic and romance and everything that was so special to them. I literally forced myself to get through this book, and maybe it’s because it’s been so long since I first read the others, but it just doesn’t hit anymore. I am genuinely very sad since I love these books so much. Still, I’m going to read the last book, since I invested so much of myself and my time into this series, I just hope it isn’t as long and lacking and disappointing as this book was.
July 19, 2023
Hades & Sephy, you better watch out because Di and Ari are giving you a run for your money.
Queen Scarlett does it again in A Game of Gods. With passion, spice, plot, character development, new POVs, and so much more, AGOG really set the tone for being one of the top books of the series.
I love Hades & Sephy just as much as I love the plot of this book. It kept me intrigued from start to finish with so much detail to the story, passion with the spice, and all the characters coming together to bring this story to life. We get so much in this final installment in the Hades POV segment of this series and it’s worth it all.
AND DI AND ARI I LOVE YOU. SO FINE.
Ily Scarlett and ily A Game of Gods.
Queen Scarlett does it again in A Game of Gods. With passion, spice, plot, character development, new POVs, and so much more, AGOG really set the tone for being one of the top books of the series.
I love Hades & Sephy just as much as I love the plot of this book. It kept me intrigued from start to finish with so much detail to the story, passion with the spice, and all the characters coming together to bring this story to life. We get so much in this final installment in the Hades POV segment of this series and it’s worth it all.
AND DI AND ARI I LOVE YOU. SO FINE.
Ily Scarlett and ily A Game of Gods.
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June 9, 20222023 publication?? alright, okay, hopefully i'll have completely burned my memories of the third book in the main series by then and can go into this dumpster fire blissfully unaware
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why am i even reading these books jsdflkjdslkj seeing as to how the plot was literally nonexistent in the third book, i'm hoping that this one gives us something. anything. more than just the last 10%?? please???
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August 22, 2023
3 ⭐ This felt like a reread, and not the good kind.
I love Scarlett St. Clair's take on Hades x Persephone. I have for years now. But the whole point of the Hades Saga was supposed to be about uncovering secrets, hearing and knowing what can only be learned from Hades' perspective on a story we already know. This book, though, told the same story with some sprinkling of other details, and since A Touch of Malice was my least favourite book on the H&P series, I guess it's only fitting that this would be my least favourite in Hades Saga.
The most interesting parts of this book were Dionysus' chapters, without a doubt. His and Ariadne's adventures, their ups and downs, truly carried this book through. Theseus' chapters were exactly what I know they were supposed to be, but they were still hard to read. I think having the villain's POV in a book can be eye opening, but in this case it was just kind of gross, tbh. He is a foul person and being inside his narrative felt repulsive, which I guess means it was perfect? Idk.
I was equally as frustrated with Hades in this book as I was with his character during most of A Touch of Malice. Every single problem that felt like a miscommunication issue is proven to be just that. It's always Hades hiding vital information and being a controlling, disrespectful as* to his fiancee. Also, this is very much a 'sex fixes everything' kind of story, so reader discretion is advised. I generally don't have a problem with it, but even I felt like it was too much here. The smut is not great, and I don't think the MCs held a single conversation with one another. In the entire book. Again, one of my issues with ATOM.
I don't think there is a chance to spoil anything about this book, since it's literally just a retelling of a different book in the other MCs POV, but I will refrain from talking about important plot-lines or moments. Just know that the cliffhanger is equally as underwhelming and frustrating as it was in ATOM .
This is the third instalment in this series, and the sixth book this author has written about this story. As someone who has read all of them, I would recommend maybe skipping this one unless you really want to read a handful of interesting chapters about Dionysus and Ariadne. After reading it, I don't think I have any new information or hold any insight as to what A Touch of Chaos may look like. I will say, though, that my complains about this book are just about the same as they were with A Touch of Malice , so if you loved that book, then you'll really enjoy this one.
⭐⭐⭐/ 5
🌶️🌶️.5 / 5
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OMFG I got this ARC! What!?
I'm so f*cking excited! I added this book to Want to Read in February 2021, and now I have an ARC!?
I'm speechless. I might cry. This is a big deal! (To me lol)
I'm writing it here because my family and friends are not as excitable as I am when great book related things happen to me, so at this point I don't even bring these things up to them – but OMG I'M SO HAPPY!!!!!
I love Scarlett St. Clair's take on Hades x Persephone. I have for years now. But the whole point of the Hades Saga was supposed to be about uncovering secrets, hearing and knowing what can only be learned from Hades' perspective on a story we already know. This book, though, told the same story with some sprinkling of other details, and since A Touch of Malice was my least favourite book on the H&P series, I guess it's only fitting that this would be my least favourite in Hades Saga.
The most interesting parts of this book were Dionysus' chapters, without a doubt. His and Ariadne's adventures, their ups and downs, truly carried this book through. Theseus' chapters were exactly what I know they were supposed to be, but they were still hard to read. I think having the villain's POV in a book can be eye opening, but in this case it was just kind of gross, tbh. He is a foul person and being inside his narrative felt repulsive, which I guess means it was perfect? Idk.
I was equally as frustrated with Hades in this book as I was with his character during most of A Touch of Malice. Every single problem that felt like a miscommunication issue is proven to be just that. It's always Hades hiding vital information and being a controlling, disrespectful as* to his fiancee. Also, this is very much a 'sex fixes everything' kind of story, so reader discretion is advised. I generally don't have a problem with it, but even I felt like it was too much here. The smut is not great, and I don't think the MCs held a single conversation with one another. In the entire book. Again, one of my issues with ATOM.
I don't think there is a chance to spoil anything about this book, since it's literally just a retelling of a different book in the other MCs POV, but I will refrain from talking about important plot-lines or moments. Just know that the cliffhanger is equally as underwhelming and frustrating as it was in ATOM .
This is the third instalment in this series, and the sixth book this author has written about this story. As someone who has read all of them, I would recommend maybe skipping this one unless you really want to read a handful of interesting chapters about Dionysus and Ariadne. After reading it, I don't think I have any new information or hold any insight as to what A Touch of Chaos may look like. I will say, though, that my complains about this book are just about the same as they were with A Touch of Malice , so if you loved that book, then you'll really enjoy this one.
⭐⭐⭐/ 5
🌶️🌶️.5 / 5
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OMFG I got this ARC! What!?
I'm so f*cking excited! I added this book to Want to Read in February 2021, and now I have an ARC!?
I'm speechless. I might cry. This is a big deal! (To me lol)
I'm writing it here because my family and friends are not as excitable as I am when great book related things happen to me, so at this point I don't even bring these things up to them – but OMG I'M SO HAPPY!!!!!
December 29, 2024
My heart melts every single time Hades calls Persephone darling so tenderly. Hades, the god you are🧎🏻♀️i can just imagine his deep voice 🥹🥹 Oh god, save me from this man (i mean god).
March 27, 2024
2.75 stars. Hades povs have always been interesting. He's ancient, God of the Dead, a hopeless romantic. His books have always brought something new, expanding the world, adding even more substance to the plot and characters.
I don't know what happened with this one. Actually, I do. There was more overlapping content than his previous povs, so it felt more repetitive. You might think being introduced to new povs, like Dionysus, would help keep things fresh. It didn't. I found his character, though interesting in theory, SO tedious. His pov was largely just him being horny for Ariadne, and I just didn't CARE.
For 6 books, this story has been about HadesxPersephone. Now, in the penultimate book, I'm supposed to be invested in characters I don't know, and how badly they want to bang each other?! Almost every interaction boiled down to how hard she made him. There's already a lot of smut via Hades. It's one thing to introduce new characters towards the end of a series, but tell me how reading about Dionysus masturbating adds context? Or furthers the plot? Or the HadesxPersephone love story?!
We also got Theseus pov. Interesting villain. Sadistic. But he's also got a hard-on for Ariadne. And Helen. And Persephone. Multiple hard-ons. Erections everywhere. More pointless smut. It was tiresome and repetitive and I only got through it because I started skimming.
There's romantic moments in this, some beautiful writing, important themes are explored, the research is excellent and Hecate's character, as always, is a highlight. Maybe I wasn't in the mood? Maybe picking this up after ToG Queen of Shadows was a mistake? Maybe after 6 books, I'm less willing to overlook the fact that Hades would solve 90% of his problems if he just had a conversation with Persephone?!
This didn't hit like they usually do, and actually, I am less excited now about picking up the final book, though I am looking forward to seeing the series wrap.
I don't know what happened with this one. Actually, I do. There was more overlapping content than his previous povs, so it felt more repetitive. You might think being introduced to new povs, like Dionysus, would help keep things fresh. It didn't. I found his character, though interesting in theory, SO tedious. His pov was largely just him being horny for Ariadne, and I just didn't CARE.
For 6 books, this story has been about HadesxPersephone. Now, in the penultimate book, I'm supposed to be invested in characters I don't know, and how badly they want to bang each other?! Almost every interaction boiled down to how hard she made him. There's already a lot of smut via Hades. It's one thing to introduce new characters towards the end of a series, but tell me how reading about Dionysus masturbating adds context? Or furthers the plot? Or the HadesxPersephone love story?!
We also got Theseus pov. Interesting villain. Sadistic. But he's also got a hard-on for Ariadne. And Helen. And Persephone. Multiple hard-ons. Erections everywhere. More pointless smut. It was tiresome and repetitive and I only got through it because I started skimming.
There's romantic moments in this, some beautiful writing, important themes are explored, the research is excellent and Hecate's character, as always, is a highlight. Maybe I wasn't in the mood? Maybe picking this up after ToG Queen of Shadows was a mistake? Maybe after 6 books, I'm less willing to overlook the fact that Hades would solve 90% of his problems if he just had a conversation with Persephone?!
This didn't hit like they usually do, and actually, I am less excited now about picking up the final book, though I am looking forward to seeing the series wrap.
July 28, 2023
At this point I just want this series to be over so I can finally be free from SSC. This book randomly being multi POV was weird and the Dionysus/Ariadne storyline would have been better as a standalone novella.
September 3, 2023
5/5 🌟
5/5 🌶️
⚠️⛔️TRIGGERS⛔️⚠️
Sex and I do mean a lot of sex
Light bondage
Fellatio
Flashbacks to sexual assault
Mention of human trafficking
Death
Murder
Physical assault
Maiming of a Goddess
Alcoholism
BOOK BLURB:
Hades, God of the Dead, has finally made Persephone his in every way possible. With their wedding on the horizon, the couple should be ecstatic. But Demeter is wreaking havoc on their bliss by battering the whole of New Greece with erratic and dangerous weather. At the same time, Theseus continues with his agenda against the Gods, allying with the hate-group Triad in an effort to bring down all of Olympus.
Hades refuses to allow anything to stop him from securing Persephone as his bride, but he must play a deep strategic game with the Gods of Olympus to safeguard their future. And it is not entirely clear which Gods are truly on his side.
MY THOUGHTS:
There was a lot of wonderful spicy scenes but the chemistry between Hades and Persephone is so profound it just worked. Much like anyone’s relationship that is still relatively new, it was abundant and spaced well throughout the book. I’m anxious to read the next books in the series of Persephone’s point of view and Hades as well. Theseus needs to be taken down. I really want Hades and Persephone to have a baby. Fates, Zeus and Hera be damned!!
5/5 🌶️
⚠️⛔️TRIGGERS⛔️⚠️
Sex and I do mean a lot of sex
Light bondage
Fellatio
Flashbacks to sexual assault
Mention of human trafficking
Death
Murder
Physical assault
Maiming of a Goddess
Alcoholism
BOOK BLURB:
Hades, God of the Dead, has finally made Persephone his in every way possible. With their wedding on the horizon, the couple should be ecstatic. But Demeter is wreaking havoc on their bliss by battering the whole of New Greece with erratic and dangerous weather. At the same time, Theseus continues with his agenda against the Gods, allying with the hate-group Triad in an effort to bring down all of Olympus.
Hades refuses to allow anything to stop him from securing Persephone as his bride, but he must play a deep strategic game with the Gods of Olympus to safeguard their future. And it is not entirely clear which Gods are truly on his side.
MY THOUGHTS:
There was a lot of wonderful spicy scenes but the chemistry between Hades and Persephone is so profound it just worked. Much like anyone’s relationship that is still relatively new, it was abundant and spaced well throughout the book. I’m anxious to read the next books in the series of Persephone’s point of view and Hades as well. Theseus needs to be taken down. I really want Hades and Persephone to have a baby. Fates, Zeus and Hera be damned!!
March 14, 2024
I’ma be so fucking for real.. Reading this made me question if I even like this series anymore. I definitely can’t remember what it was that captured my interest enough to consider these 6 books must-reads. I’ve consistently rated Persephone’s books 3 star because I find her to be quite frankly insufferable as a FMC. I’ve consistently rated Hades books 4 stars mainly because they’re better than hers and also because they tend to have more of the Greek mythology.
In this one, I enjoyed Dionysus and Ariadne’s scenes. I also liked the end? The last chapter or two of this was compelling from Hades POV and the rest I could have honestly lived without, I feel like it should have been included in Persephone’s book. There wasn’t enough of a fresh perspective or any hidden secrets coming from Hades to justify his own book rehashing the same stale story without adding anything.
The 7th book is the final one and I want the closure that reading it will bring but I’m so not excited for it if this is anything to go by. Am I well? Well and truly tired 😔
In this one, I enjoyed Dionysus and Ariadne’s scenes. I also liked the end? The last chapter or two of this was compelling from Hades POV and the rest I could have honestly lived without, I feel like it should have been included in Persephone’s book. There wasn’t enough of a fresh perspective or any hidden secrets coming from Hades to justify his own book rehashing the same stale story without adding anything.
The 7th book is the final one and I want the closure that reading it will bring but I’m so not excited for it if this is anything to go by. Am I well? Well and truly tired 😔
April 16, 2025
This has been my least favorite book of the series so far. I had read every book prior to this one a few years ago, but never finished the last two books in the series, so I decided to re-read and finish and I remembered how much I love the series, so this one was a little disappointing.
In general, I've really enjoyed the books told from Hades' POV, because it added to the story. We had whole separate storylines going on for things that were happening when he wasn't with Persephone, that we had no idea about when we only had her POV, so even though the timeline was the same as Persephone's books, it felt like Hades' books moved the story forward and provided more context. That wasn't the case with this book. This one felt more like being told the same story again rather than a complementary one. We did learn some new information, especially with the introduction of a different character's POV, but honestly it felt like that POV was added so there could be a spin off series focused on that character and relationship, and that what we learned from them could have been written slightly differently and then still been done from Hades' perspective.
I still enjoyed it, but didn't love it like I did the other books in the series. Now onto the final book!
In general, I've really enjoyed the books told from Hades' POV, because it added to the story. We had whole separate storylines going on for things that were happening when he wasn't with Persephone, that we had no idea about when we only had her POV, so even though the timeline was the same as Persephone's books, it felt like Hades' books moved the story forward and provided more context. That wasn't the case with this book. This one felt more like being told the same story again rather than a complementary one. We did learn some new information, especially with the introduction of a different character's POV, but honestly it felt like that POV was added so there could be a spin off series focused on that character and relationship, and that what we learned from them could have been written slightly differently and then still been done from Hades' perspective.
I still enjoyed it, but didn't love it like I did the other books in the series. Now onto the final book!
September 19, 2023
So . . . this was kind of disappointing.
I have been a massive fan of this series - Book 1: A Game of Fate kept me glued to the pages. Book 2: Game of Retribution kept me up at 2 a.m., yet this was . . . just meh.
I felt the chapters of Ariadne and Dionysus did not contribute to the main storyline or move the plot forward. This has always been Hades's story - and now we were introduced to multiple POVs: Hades, Dionysus and Theseus - the antagonist . . .
Honestly, I did not care why he was doing what he was doing or how - who cares? As long as the plot was good - even if only Hade's POV was present - then this would have felt different.
Still 3 stars - was still okay just took me longer to read.
I have been a massive fan of this series - Book 1: A Game of Fate kept me glued to the pages. Book 2: Game of Retribution kept me up at 2 a.m., yet this was . . . just meh.
I felt the chapters of Ariadne and Dionysus did not contribute to the main storyline or move the plot forward. This has always been Hades's story - and now we were introduced to multiple POVs: Hades, Dionysus and Theseus - the antagonist . . .
Honestly, I did not care why he was doing what he was doing or how - who cares? As long as the plot was good - even if only Hade's POV was present - then this would have felt different.
Still 3 stars - was still okay just took me longer to read.
July 4, 2024
2 estrellas y saga abandonada.
August 6, 2023
⭐️.5/5 🌶🌶🌶/5
TW - nightmares, torture, sex trafficking (mentioned), rape (mentioned), blood, attempted rape,
CW - primal play, light exhibitionism
Tropes - romantasy, greek mythology / retelling, hades x persephone, possessive, jealous
me, the smut enthusiast, skipping the smut scenes? someone call the authorities.
Sorry not sorry but this was so fucking boring I can't even??? I feel like I have a lot of thoughts on this book so get comfortable lmao. The only reason I didn't DNF this is because ATOC is the last book and I'm reading that for CLOSURE. if you liked this book, do not read this lmao
I know some people were living for the Dionysus POVs and ik Scarlett said she included them because it gives context for A Touch of Chaos but I could not find it to care even a little bit about what Dionysus and Ariadne were doing because it just felt like it was breaking up the flow of the story. It was like being locked into a YT vid and then there's an unskippable ad. Dionysus' POVs would've landed much better for me if Scarlett had just written a novella that goes between this book and ATOC because I just couldn't make myself CARE; I didn't pick up this book to read about what Dionysus was doing, I want to know about Hades
I really struggled with the 3rd person in this one. By 5% I was like this is boring af and it felt like the story was being recounted to me as oppose to being told. I enjoyed AGOF and AGOR because Hades was off living a completely different life and this just felt like the exact same book as ATOM and that was disappointing because I really enjoyed AGOR.
In general, i feel like authors take a massive gamble when their books are spread across 3+ years because so much about a reader and their reading experience may change that your book may not land the way it could’ve if read in immediate succession. I remember really loving these books c.2021 but they’re just not hitting the same anymore which may just be a me problem but I'm so annoyed that this isn't hitting the way it used to for me
Persephone and Hades are defo a sex solves all couple and while I enjoy the smuttiest of the smuts and I'm literally a smut enthusiast, I do also feel like Scarlett is ruining her story with how much Persephone and Hades, fated mates, have sex instead of communicating like adults, both literal gods with one that has been alive for fuck knows how long. Their relationship felt very transactional and it was weird given how much they claim to love each other. I felt like I had the same problem with Queen of Myth and Monsters because I loved KBB when it came out but between that and QMM, the smut really diluted what could have been a good plot. In this series, you can tell Scarlett has really done her research with Greek Mythology but all of that was diluted for me with the rest of the bs in this book and I feel like she didn't do her characters justice. Like this isn't meant to be erotica and a lot of the times it feels like the smut scenes didn't acc fit, it’s weird and repetitive and takes away from the plot.
The best part of this book were the scenes with all the Olympians and even that wasn't anything different from ATOM
Sidenote, Hera is a bitch and literally stands for nothing and Ariadne is just dumb???
Scale:
⭐️ - would've DNF'ed / continued out of spite
⭐️⭐️ - shit, but whatever
⭐️⭐️⭐️ - meh, could've been better
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - lit 👅
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - loved it, inject this shit into my veins 🤪
🫑 - no smut
🌶 - no point
🌶🌶 - mediocre at best
🌶🌶🌶 - standard smut, hot
🌶🌶🌶🌶 - 🥵 okay, some CW
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 - fuck me 🥵🥵 CWs / filthy with a side of filth - see Poison / Room Twenty-Two: Hide and Seek
TW - nightmares, torture, sex trafficking (mentioned), rape (mentioned), blood, attempted rape,
CW - primal play, light exhibitionism
Tropes - romantasy, greek mythology / retelling, hades x persephone, possessive, jealous
me, the smut enthusiast, skipping the smut scenes? someone call the authorities.
Sorry not sorry but this was so fucking boring I can't even??? I feel like I have a lot of thoughts on this book so get comfortable lmao. The only reason I didn't DNF this is because ATOC is the last book and I'm reading that for CLOSURE. if you liked this book, do not read this lmao
I know some people were living for the Dionysus POVs and ik Scarlett said she included them because it gives context for A Touch of Chaos but I could not find it to care even a little bit about what Dionysus and Ariadne were doing because it just felt like it was breaking up the flow of the story. It was like being locked into a YT vid and then there's an unskippable ad. Dionysus' POVs would've landed much better for me if Scarlett had just written a novella that goes between this book and ATOC because I just couldn't make myself CARE; I didn't pick up this book to read about what Dionysus was doing, I want to know about Hades
I really struggled with the 3rd person in this one. By 5% I was like this is boring af and it felt like the story was being recounted to me as oppose to being told. I enjoyed AGOF and AGOR because Hades was off living a completely different life and this just felt like the exact same book as ATOM and that was disappointing because I really enjoyed AGOR.
In general, i feel like authors take a massive gamble when their books are spread across 3+ years because so much about a reader and their reading experience may change that your book may not land the way it could’ve if read in immediate succession. I remember really loving these books c.2021 but they’re just not hitting the same anymore which may just be a me problem but I'm so annoyed that this isn't hitting the way it used to for me
Persephone and Hades are defo a sex solves all couple and while I enjoy the smuttiest of the smuts and I'm literally a smut enthusiast, I do also feel like Scarlett is ruining her story with how much Persephone and Hades, fated mates, have sex instead of communicating like adults, both literal gods with one that has been alive for fuck knows how long. Their relationship felt very transactional and it was weird given how much they claim to love each other. I felt like I had the same problem with Queen of Myth and Monsters because I loved KBB when it came out but between that and QMM, the smut really diluted what could have been a good plot. In this series, you can tell Scarlett has really done her research with Greek Mythology but all of that was diluted for me with the rest of the bs in this book and I feel like she didn't do her characters justice. Like this isn't meant to be erotica and a lot of the times it feels like the smut scenes didn't acc fit, it’s weird and repetitive and takes away from the plot.
The best part of this book were the scenes with all the Olympians and even that wasn't anything different from ATOM
Sidenote, Hera is a bitch and literally stands for nothing and Ariadne is just dumb???
Scale:
⭐️ - would've DNF'ed / continued out of spite
⭐️⭐️ - shit, but whatever
⭐️⭐️⭐️ - meh, could've been better
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - lit 👅
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - loved it, inject this shit into my veins 🤪
🫑 - no smut
🌶 - no point
🌶🌶 - mediocre at best
🌶🌶🌶 - standard smut, hot
🌶🌶🌶🌶 - 🥵 okay, some CW
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 - fuck me 🥵🥵 CWs / filthy with a side of filth - see Poison / Room Twenty-Two: Hide and Seek
June 11, 2024
I am yawning so hard my jaw is cracking…
Everything from Hades’s point of view was basically copied from “a touch of malice”…
This is nothing new, but I would have hoped things had changed, and it aggravated me more in this because in the first two I at least felt like he did something outside of being with Persephone the whole time. Like Hera’s labor’s in “retribution”.
The scenes were barely even written differently.
I would always wonder how he felt and thought as he said the things he said, but the times that was explained even in a short sentence was far in between. It was just straight up boring.
I liked this the least of all the books, because I am so fed up with Hades not telling Persephone anything.
I stupidly thought things were different when reading “a touch of malice” because I felt like Persephone was more involved in the growing plot. It wasn’t until this I realised how much of a fool I was for thinking it.
The only thing that kept this book afloat was Dionysus and Ariadne. I craved their chapters every time a new one started, because they were actually in this together. They plotted, and worked, and fought together, and I believed a lot more in their love from the short snippets we got, compared to what we have seen between Persephone and Hades over the course of several books.
I mean Persephone doesn’t even know who these people are!
We got to know them so well in this book, and she is just not a part of it at all.
She is only in Hades’s bed, either asleep, or waking up, or in need of rescuing, where she eventually pass out.
Hades is so worried about her safety and her ability to protect herself from a world she barely understands because of her mother, but he is the one allowing her to stumble through it blind.
An example is how he didn’t tell her about Hera’s involvement with Theseus, or about the creature everyone was looking to kill, to be able to defeat the gods.
Everyone else around her knows about it though. Because they talk about it, and plan ahead, and fight to stop the war, or at least prepare for it. And they do it together.
Without her!
And I was so mad when Hades left Dionysus and Ariadne with Poseidon. I understood why he left, but not why he didn’t come back! He knew Dionysus’s powers was no match to Poseidon’s, and he knows how Poseidon relish in raping women, which he almost did to Ariadne by the way!
But no. He didn’t come looking for them because he brought Persephone to a private island to have sex several times.
I lost respect for Hades after that. At least some of it.
Everything from Hades’s point of view was basically copied from “a touch of malice”…
This is nothing new, but I would have hoped things had changed, and it aggravated me more in this because in the first two I at least felt like he did something outside of being with Persephone the whole time. Like Hera’s labor’s in “retribution”.
The scenes were barely even written differently.
I would always wonder how he felt and thought as he said the things he said, but the times that was explained even in a short sentence was far in between. It was just straight up boring.
I liked this the least of all the books, because I am so fed up with Hades not telling Persephone anything.
I stupidly thought things were different when reading “a touch of malice” because I felt like Persephone was more involved in the growing plot. It wasn’t until this I realised how much of a fool I was for thinking it.
The only thing that kept this book afloat was Dionysus and Ariadne. I craved their chapters every time a new one started, because they were actually in this together. They plotted, and worked, and fought together, and I believed a lot more in their love from the short snippets we got, compared to what we have seen between Persephone and Hades over the course of several books.
I mean Persephone doesn’t even know who these people are!
We got to know them so well in this book, and she is just not a part of it at all.
She is only in Hades’s bed, either asleep, or waking up, or in need of rescuing, where she eventually pass out.
Hades is so worried about her safety and her ability to protect herself from a world she barely understands because of her mother, but he is the one allowing her to stumble through it blind.
An example is how he didn’t tell her about Hera’s involvement with Theseus, or about the creature everyone was looking to kill, to be able to defeat the gods.
Everyone else around her knows about it though. Because they talk about it, and plan ahead, and fight to stop the war, or at least prepare for it. And they do it together.
Without her!
And I was so mad when Hades left Dionysus and Ariadne with Poseidon. I understood why he left, but not why he didn’t come back! He knew Dionysus’s powers was no match to Poseidon’s, and he knows how Poseidon relish in raping women, which he almost did to Ariadne by the way!
But no. He didn’t come looking for them because he brought Persephone to a private island to have sex several times.
I lost respect for Hades after that. At least some of it.
May 1, 2024
"Fate does not make sense. That is why it is so easy to blame."
September 30, 2024
these cliffhangers do not bode well for my blood pressure!
daddy death will always have my heart, even if he constantly fumbles in the emotional moments with persephone. it’s sweet to see his vulnerability in contrast with hers in the touch pov’s.
but my god.
dionysus & ariadne!!! i was jaw dropped at their cave scene. hot hot hot.
theseus is the kind of hot guy i’m okay hating. lmao i’m almost embarrassed to find his description attractive but alas.
seriously can’t wait for more 🥵
daddy death will always have my heart, even if he constantly fumbles in the emotional moments with persephone. it’s sweet to see his vulnerability in contrast with hers in the touch pov’s.
but my god.
dionysus & ariadne!!! i was jaw dropped at their cave scene. hot hot hot.
theseus is the kind of hot guy i’m okay hating. lmao i’m almost embarrassed to find his description attractive but alas.
seriously can’t wait for more 🥵
September 16, 2021
Omg… 2023? Why do far apart?
December 22, 2023
I’m just saying…a lot of shit could’ve been avoided if Hades was just more transparent with Persephone lol.
August 10, 2023
I was soo excited to read this book! I was so excited to be back in this world and to see Hades and Persephone. I love Hades perspective on on different things in the world. I can’t wait to read the last book!
September 23, 2023
I definitely love Hades! And these series are better than Persephone's ones
October 23, 2023
Not even sorry to say this but the Dionysus and Theseus chapters were SO unnecessary. Some of Dionysus maybe, but not all of that. Ready for this to be over with the next book
March 19, 2024
2.5 stars
It is never a good thing when both characters of the OTP start to get on your nerves. Both of these characters made some really bad decisions. For as old as he is, Hades was an idiot for giving an open ended favor. Perse was just the same Perse she has been through the series.
It is never a good thing when both characters of the OTP start to get on your nerves. Both of these characters made some really bad decisions. For as old as he is, Hades was an idiot for giving an open ended favor. Perse was just the same Perse she has been through the series.
July 29, 2023
Το storyline της Αριάδνης και του Διονύσου ήταν το καλύτερο κομμάτι του βιβλίου.
March 3, 2025
In conclusion Hades POV is better than Persephone's and I'm still salty that these aren't included to the main series and have to be read as it's own book 😤.
March 26, 2025
This book was almost exactly what I expected it would be save for Theseus and Dionysus POV, and I mean that respectfully. I was extremely invested in Dionysus and Ariadne’s relationship, the tension between them was written extremely well.
I hated Theseus’ chapters, they were actually painful to read. I hope when he dies, it sucks.
Not really sure why, but the way this book ended really bothered me.
Despite that, it was a good time overall.
I hated Theseus’ chapters, they were actually painful to read. I hope when he dies, it sucks.
Not really sure why, but the way this book ended really bothered me.
Despite that, it was a good time overall.
September 20, 2024
Meh. Predictable for a romantacy.
Some surprisingly really good lines and quotes. Really unique writing style that's quite beautiful, especially dialogue between both characters. However, at the same time: A little cringe with the casual banter between side goofy characters. Felt unnatural, not easing into the flow.
At the same time felt like the *real* plot was only getting started on the third book. Should have introduced the antagonist and the actual war plot in book 1, even though the first half of the series is literately just romance.
Just don't get the sudden switch up now. Not well executed either, pretty much exact plot as Percy Jackson (yes all Greek Mythology but literately exact events and use of the lore).
Too much smut. Why?? This book wasn't even supposed to really be about their relationship; instead nearly every third chapter smut happened. Felt unnecessary; only added a lot of blah.
Thesus villan arc chapters were by far the most interesting to read. I love love loved his chapters, felt so much different than anything in this series/saga. Especially the way she wrote his thoughts were so interesting.
Could've done a lot better. This had a lot of potential. However felt lacking.
Some surprisingly really good lines and quotes. Really unique writing style that's quite beautiful, especially dialogue between both characters. However, at the same time: A little cringe with the casual banter between side goofy characters. Felt unnatural, not easing into the flow.
At the same time felt like the *real* plot was only getting started on the third book. Should have introduced the antagonist and the actual war plot in book 1, even though the first half of the series is literately just romance.
Just don't get the sudden switch up now. Not well executed either, pretty much exact plot as Percy Jackson (yes all Greek Mythology but literately exact events and use of the lore).
Too much smut. Why?? This book wasn't even supposed to really be about their relationship; instead nearly every third chapter smut happened. Felt unnecessary; only added a lot of blah.
Thesus villan arc chapters were by far the most interesting to read. I love love loved his chapters, felt so much different than anything in this series/saga. Especially the way she wrote his thoughts were so interesting.
Could've done a lot better. This had a lot of potential. However felt lacking.
November 5, 2023
I don’t want to talk about how long it took me to read this book. I’m happy I finally got back into it and finished it. I did like it a lot but I had a problem with the all the grammatical errors. I’m not very good with grammar but even I could tell there where mistakes, certain sentences just wouldn’t make sense. I also noticed that the chapter “titles” changed. From Darkness to Malice and Fate to Retribution the chapters had titles, not POV’s. Idk why she changed it but I know Chaos will be the same way. I’m not trying to criticize the author because I love her books, I’m just voicing my opinion and thoughts.😌 That is all, I still love her books. Now I just have to wait for A Touch of Chaos to finally be released.😭
July 31, 2023
DNF like 5 chapters in. I like this author but this does not flow at all, I like smut but the point where they have sex right after Hades finds Persephone changing because someone poured hot coffee in her lap was the end for me. Everything from hades pov for me has been a miss. 🤷🏼♀️
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