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Thousand of years can pass and I’ll never forget the mortal that brightened my heart.
Hades
9th book of 2022
First book in the Contemporary Mythos series
A Hades/Persephone re-imagining.
Stephanie Costas has always had a passion for humanity. As a digital forensics examiner, she fights bad guys from the technical front. When a closed cold case is dug up, she finds herself becoming consumed to set things right. No amount of eighties music or repeated viewings of her favorite movie Dirty Dancing were enough to distract her. She needed a vacation in the worst of ways.
When she set foot in the gorgeous tropical resort in Greece, she had no idea she’d meet a man claiming to be Hades, god of the Underworld. And she certainly had no idea that he was telling the truth. Her Greek vacation was about to become very…interactive.
Rating
Review
I had a great time with this book, even if I think it has a lot of flaws.
First, the chemistry between Stephanie and Hades is here without being here. Let me explain; this book is a fast-paced one as it’s only 294 pages which means that you know that there will be an insta-love and not a slow-burn. However, in this one, you have a mix of those types of love: It’s an insta-love and a slow-burn, which makes things strange from time to time.
Second, the problem is that as I didn’t like the pov, we are following in the book, so I appreciate the book a little less than I should have, I think. I didn’t care about Stephanie, one of the main characters. I don’t know, I sometimes hesitate between: “is she stupid?” and “no, she is only naive,… isn’t it?” I don’t understand her reaction toward Hades. He never hid something from her, especially the fact that he is a god, but she can’t put the clues together. And once she “discovers” that he is the real Hades, she acts surprised by it and then starts to act so strangely. Like nobody does that in real life. Was some scenes as cringe as it’s funny? Yeah!
Finally, I initially struggled to understand if the gods are present and known or are just under disguise in this world.
Also, it’s not a flaw, but you don’t need to search hard for a plot; there is nearly none. I say nearly as the main plot is the romance between Stephanie and Hades. There are two sub-plots, one that I liked a lot but came a little from nowhere, and one that we follow from the beginning of the book.
Overall, this book was fast-paced and funny from the beginning to the end, and even if there were flaws, I had a great time reading it. I will surely continue with the series; I already buy Apollo.
Liz.
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