The Power of Hades by Eliza Raine & Rose Wilson
My rating: 3,5/5 ★★★☆☆
I've been kidnapped by Zeus. Plucked from the streets of Manhattan and frightened half to death by a freaking Olympian god.
And now I'm trapped in the Underworld, being forced to compete in a series of deadly trials for the position of Queen of the Underworld. Which would mean marrying Hades, the utterly terrifying Lord of the Dead. Who the hell wants a husband at all, let alone one made of smoke and riddled with death?
I have to get back home, to New York and my brother. But I can't leave without completing the trials and they've been designed for a godly Queen, not Persephone - barista and botanical garden enthusiast.
I'm surrounded by lethal, all-powerful maniacs. Sexy-as-hell maniacs, sure, but as dangerous as they come. And I'm going to have to prove to all of them that there's a goddess of hell inside me. It's the only way I'll survive the Hades Trials. But then what? And why, why, why am I so desperate to see under Hade's smoky exterior and find out what he's hiding from me?
If I win the trials, I have to marry the devil himself. But losing might mean losing my life.
My Review:
As a "HadesXPersephone" story junkie, I must say I was very intrigued by this book initially. I was so eager to read it, but as a Greek, myself and Greek mythology enthusiast, I might have quite high expectations. I wanted to read a good representation of the Olympians, and I must say that the writers tried and gave a good one. It was different from most of the other stories that are out there.
Although the characters had a very good structure, in my opinion, something was missing from the plot. I know it is meant to be a part of the series but still, it felt incomplete as a first book. With many questions unanswered and something about Persephone didn't make a huge impact. Also even if you could feel this whole tension between the two, Hades and Persephone, there was not much into the romance part.
The very first chapters made me think for a second to stop reading it but I think I did well not doing it. It's a good story, with great potential and I will definitely start the second one soon.
Take care of yourself and I'll see you soon, Alexa...
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