Review: Kept me up all night!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 8, 2013
*big yawn* Thank you, Kaitlin, for keeping me up most of the night!I received this book in exchange for an honest review and can say that this is one of the best books I've read in awhile. When I sat down yesterday evening, I did not expect to be stuck in those pages. I hoped it would be good, but I would never have guessed that once I started I'd be stuck until the very last page. Again, thanks, Kaitlin for forcing me to drink a second cup of coffee this morning.This is the story of the teenage Persephone set in modern day times. Yep, she's a high schooler with normal teenage problems - well, at least, until she found out in book one that she is in fact Persephone. (I'll throw in here that I have in fact NOT read book 1, but plan to do so.) In this book, she fights to maintain a balance between a normal human life and that of a Goddess. If that wasn't enough, Zeus has a plan of his own - what for a plan? Well, that's the problem with Zeus. His plans have plans which have plans, making it impossible to know what he's really up to. But one thing's clear, it means Persephone is in danger.I adored Persephone. She's fairly level-headed and tries to do what's right even if she really doesn't know what she's doing half of the time - better to do something than sit and watch injustice happen like most Gods do. Even her romance with Hades is very fitting for her age. And who couldn't like Hades? Hot. Of course. Hard. Oh yes. As God of the Underworld, he is as dark as they get - but with a heart of gold (even if he hates to show it).Although it was hard to picture the Underworld itself, the world building in general is excellent. The dialogue flows naturally. There are twists and turns I honestly did not see coming, but those Gods are sneaky in that way. Normally, I end up skipping over a few paragraphs now and then (it's hard to keep my undivided attention, especially during 'unnecessary' descriptions), but that wasn't the case this time. I was hooked the whole way through.