A Touch of Darkness: Book Review

A *spicy* and modern retelling of Hades and Persephone full of night clubs, overprotective mothers, and closely-held-secrets.

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Overview

• Average Rating: 3.65 stars on The Storygraph
• My Rating: 4 stars
• Genre:Fiction, erotica, fantasy, romance
• Descriptors: Adventurous
• Pace: Fast-paced
• CW/TW: Graphic: sexual content, Moderate: sexual assault, sexual harassment, emotional abuse, (full list here).

Summary

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…