This is a classic story of the dark lord seeing Persephone before she’s able to see herself and her magic blooms beautifully as the story unfolds.Įxactly what you’re looking for in a Hades and Persephone retelling. She has accepted that life for herself and wants to create her own space to excel at something, if not being a goddess, so she finds herself trying to be ‘normal’ in the mortal world. Sheltered Persephone trying to make a life that’s her own, in the shadow of her mothers rules and expectations, check. This modern retelling has everything you want and need.īroody and misunderstood lord of the underworld, check. She has what would be considered a normal life, her only interactions with the gods are when she makes her way into nightclubs that they own. I say modern day in that Persephone goes to university in New Athens and works at a newspaper. The novel follows young Persephone, the Goddess of. Asphodel Persephone exclaimed, recognizing the flowers mixed among the grass. They walked along a slate path among tall shoots of grass. After, Hecate took Persephone on a tour of the grounds beyond Hades’ obsidian home. This world is really fun, it’s a ‘modern day’ version of ancient greece. A Touch of Darkness is the first novel in the Hades X Persephone Saga written by Scarlett St. Persephone gathered her tools, and Hecate showed her where to store the itemsin a small alcove near the palace.
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