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paperback, 353 pages

Published June 20, 2019 by Independently Published, Independently published.

ISBN:: 9781070723310

(1 review)

Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist.

Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible.

After a chance encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead and the terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever.

The bet does more than expose Persephone’s failure as a goddess, however. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows—and it’s forbidden.

2 editions

laika reviewed A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

Great for a lazy Saturday afternoon

3 stars

Content warning mild spoiler

It was really fun to read (and steamy!) but I felt like it glossed over some key details to the Persephone-Hades story, like the complete lack of pomegranate seeds or bargaining about how long to stay in the Underworld. I think it’s also personal preference (and more a reflection on my sensibilities with this kind of fan fiction more than anything else), but I didn’t love the wholesale translation of the Greek mythological world into an Athens where there were iPhones, find my friends, and clickbait. It’s not just because of their existence — I think a modern adaptation would be really interesting — and I thought the setup of the gods with their night clubs was clever. Anyways, it doesn’t have to be that deep. An enjoyable, breezy read.