Review: Couldn't put it down!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 12, 2013
**Review written for an originally posted on my blog, Book Bliss.I received a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased and honest review**Review: 5 starsGeneral: What an absolutely amazing book. From page one until the end I could not put it down and was so grateful I had book 2 to get to when I finished! This book and series as a whole is fantastic for any reader, not just YA/NA lovers. The take on Greek Mythology absolutely blew my mind. Pair that with the fabulous world building and I was Persephone from almost the first page. The book is a filled with everything – love, teen angst, battle, evil and all wrapped up in a plot that is sure to blow your mind at the end. The characters from Persephone to Cassandra to Charon are all so unique and entertaining to read interact.Gods and Goddesses are different in this series as much as they are the same. It is the strongest element of the series to see such a classic topic reworked in a fresh new way. I won’t giveaway any spoilers to that effect but they aren’t dead and gone and they aren’t quite walking around with us either. The mixture of plot and characters was well done and everything flowed seamlessly into the next. This may have been the best first person narrative I have read aside from Krelsey Cole’s Arcana Series and I would easily put this book right up with it!Characters: Persephone- Persephone is a heroine you will fall in love with from the beginning. She is in for a whirlwind and her emotions follow suit adequately. She goes from normal to extraordinary in a blink and the way she handled it was believable. She is gentle and moral to a fault as well as loyal. Her chemistry with Hades is spot on and had me swooning over the top of them as soon as I realized in this tale the two would be lovers not captives.Hades- Hades is absolutely perfect. I rarely fall so in love with a first person narrative of the other characters because I feel like it’s not an adequate look at them. But holy heck is Hades amazing! He has dark and deadly down to a t and sexy and protective to match. He was snarky and the exact opposite of every Hades I have ever seen and I loved him for it!