Because of course Persephone can’t just be a normal goddess – her powers are basically non-existent. She also ends up dealing with her mother, who just reminds her that she’s useless without her borrowed magic. She writes an article on how awful Hades is because of these bargains he makes with mortals and has a nasty experience with a co-worker. The plot is largely minor struggles, with her bargain with Hades taking up the lead.

She must bring life to the Underworld and if she can’t she gets trapped there for half the year. Until she ends up unintentionally making a bargain with Hades in one of his gambling dens. She’s got a sweet journalism internship, an apartment with her best friend, and life is going pretty well. Persephone is trying to escape from under her mother Demeter’s thumb and is pretending to be a mortal and attending university. Mortals celebrate them and fawn over them like celebrities because, well, they are. This is a Hades and Persephone retelling set in a modern day Greece where the gods have returned to Earth to walk among mortals. There wouldn’t be much plot if she would stop being so disagreeable like 100% of the time and if either of the main characters could hold a conversation that didn’t devolve to idiocy.Īnyway, a summary. This one was… well, it was fun and steamy but the main character is an idiot. Fantasy Romance binge continues, but upon further consideration I may increase the rating of some other books I’ve read recently. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows-and it’s forbidden.

The bet does more than expose Persephone’s failure as a goddess, however.

Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible.Īfter 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. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only.

A touch of darkness about