Awakened

I have never been more sexually frustrated by a book haha. The story is compelling and addicting. I finished it in 2 days. And now I’m going to go get the rest of the series! Also the performance is *chefs kiss*

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Needed a cold shower afterwards.

At first I was quite irritated by what direction I thought the plot was going to take. I was happily surprised and relieved that I was very wrong. This retelling beautifully shows the lust, passion and love between Hades and Persephone. I loved the tidbits of other greek myths throughout the book.
I would recommend this book to anyone who loves Greek Mythology (and someone who doesn’t mind some “smutty” scenes) and to anyone who loves a good Romance. I am looking forward to reading the next books in the series.

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Decent Smut for Greek Mythology Fans...

...but I feel like I could have used those 11 hours of my life very differently. Oh, and Hades isn’t a god, he’s a SAINT for putting up with Persephone. I said what I said.

Plot:
The plot was interesting, but the execution was lacking. There were miscommunications and bad decisions after bad decisions just to create unnecessary conflicts and drama, sex scenes that felt forced (no chemistry whatsoever!), feelings that were impossible to believe in. My favourite parts always took place in the underworld, and I wish we’d been treated to more of that instead of repetitive arguments, unnecessary female rivalry, and childish behaviour without consequences.

Characters:
Dull and duller. Persephone is the typical one-brain-cell ingénue-but-yet-super-sexy sensitive-and-compassionate-yet-annoyingly-confrontational brat with the personality of a chickpea. I mean, Hades literally tells her at some point that she’s a sheep who never makes decisions for herself. And she keeps getting in trouble due to silly choices and needlessly reckless behaviour. On the other hand, Hades is another typical FMC-obsessed misunderstood shadow daddy. I liked him and thought he could have done much better than Persephone. Adonis and Minthe are the typical unilateral villains with no substance whatsoever. In the end, Lexa and Hecate had more personality and presence than all other characters combined. But still, it annoyed me that Lexa was the standard, stereotyped sassy best friend. Bottom line: I didn’t care about one single character, so it was very very hard to be invested in their struggles and the overall storyline.

Writing:
This is usually where I get the most critical, but for this one it was actually the opposite. I liked the worldbuilding and thought the descriptions were very creative and evocative. Oh, the smut was also quite good. A little repetitive (e.g., the word “shaft”) and unrealistic (e.g., Persephone’s a virgin, but she always knows what to do and DTs right away). But hot.

Audio deets:
The voice actors were great! The actress for Persephone had such a soothing voice, I could have listened to her all day. She was also good at changing her voice for other characters. I think I might have DNFed if this wasn’t an audiobook.

So there you go. I won’t be reading the rest of the series, or listening to it.

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It's cute, but missing a lot.

I overall enjoyed it. The story itself had a lot of gaps and missing plot points. Persephone made A LOT of dumb choices where you are just confused on why she can't just properly explain and instead acts like immature teen meanwhile she is hundreds of years old at this point. Her interactions with Adonis were just Bleh.
Meg Sylvan did a great job and the characters had great emotions and the intimacy scenes were really captivating because of her. Unfortunately the Hades counterpart falls flat and emotionless. Read like an AI, and was just hard to listen too, But the bonus chapter was really nice, after the office scene in a touch of darkness there is an additional scene that makes it feel more complete in the hades book.

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Easy fast read

The narration was really good, I loved the storyline. It was super fast paced and over all I really enjoyed it!

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Fun read

This is a book you can fall asleep to because the dialogue and characters are pretty predictable but the story is still addictive enough that you keep listening until you zzz...
The protagonist is pretty unlikeable however, she second guesses the motivation of her love interest in a way that makes you want to roll your eyes sometimes.
The narrator is amazing when it comes to voicing the female characters. Her voice goes from sweet to preppy to sexy seamlessly. But I can't say the same for her narration of the male characters. It took me some time to get use to it but eventually I did.
Anyways, I don't regret my purchase of the book since I remained interested to the end.

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Too quick romance

The story was frustrating, I wanted to enjoy the interesting world and idea of the novel. However, the instant romance was annoying. The author was trying for an enemies to lovers but it felt like the relationship was based solely on desire; any hate the characters felt was only from misunderstanding. There was no strong connection to the characters.

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great story

I listened to this one on Audible. I enjoyed it more than I expected I would. It was a fun story of the gods that I didn't know that I needed. I don't know why I put this one off for as long as I did.
Wanting to have a normal life is understandable but embracing your strength and power while finding a balance is ideal.
I can't wait to out what happens next.

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Such a good book!

Love this story and audiobook. I usually prefer 2 narrators to voice female and male lines but this was a good one! Loved it

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I’m not even finished the book and it’s a 5 star for me

First of all this is a sexy book with a plot line retelling the classic Hades x Persephone story. I really love the characters, even though Hades is, to me, a little bit flat in terms of personality, but still definitely hot. I’m not even finished the book yet and it’s a 5 star review for me already. I can’t wait to read the second book. Also the narrator does a fantastic job!

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