bangiebangs reviewed Persephone by Kitty Thomas
Review of 'Persephone' on 'Storygraph'
2 stars
Really didn't like this one. Coming right off another Hades/Persephone retelling, this really fell short for me. First off: huge TW for lack of consent and lots of kink. I don't mind kinky stuff (and dont mind it being pretty hardcore), but effectively having no consent anywhere (no discussion of, no description to assume even potential consent) really didn't work for me.
The story itself is ok, though the pacing is off. Since this is relatively short, that's somewhat to be expected, but the character changes are often really sudden and don't make sense.
All in all: a retelling you can skip imo. Read the Hades Trials series instead.
1.5 rating for the interesting twist in her origin story (even if that deviates from usual lore)
Really didn't like this one. Coming right off another Hades/Persephone retelling, this really fell short for me. First off: huge TW for lack of consent and lots of kink. I don't mind kinky stuff (and dont mind it being pretty hardcore), but effectively having no consent anywhere (no discussion of, no description to assume even potential consent) really didn't work for me.
The story itself is ok, though the pacing is off. Since this is relatively short, that's somewhat to be expected, but the character changes are often really sudden and don't make sense.
All in all: a retelling you can skip imo. Read the Hades Trials series instead.
1.5 rating for the interesting twist in her origin story (even if that deviates from usual lore)
The story itself is ok, though the pacing is off. Since this is relatively short, that's somewhat to be expected, but the character changes are often really sudden and don't make sense.
All in all: a retelling you can skip imo. Read the Hades Trials series instead.
1.5 rating for the interesting twist in her origin story (even if that deviates from usual lore)