She has no idea it’s Hades, they are flirty, she wants to learn how to play poker and he starts to teach her. She’s never played a game of cards in her life, sits at a table by herself, and the mysterious stranger walks over. She ends up in his exclusive gambling den on the second floor.
She’s curious about the God, his nightclub, and the famous bargains he makes with mortals that land mortals in the Underworld. Lexa has a new friend who happens to have two extra passes and the girls are ready to party. While there, Persephone sees a mysterious darkly handsome man staring at her from the balcony. Hades’ club, Nevernight, is notoriously hard to get access to. Persephone and her friend, Lexa, go out one night to celebrate a new internship.
And, they are portrayed as being modern day celebrities with paparazzi following their every move, red carpet events, and trashy tabloid coverage. Sort of reminds me of the fanfare around the British Royals. Zeus owns a marketing and creative agency. I really liked, how in this world, Gods and Goddesses owned mortal businesses. He owns some very trendy nightclubs and casinos. He’s one of the Gods that doesn’t appear much in the mortal world, is shrouded in mystery, and never photographed. Persephone is intrigued by the idea of Hades. They’re mean, manipulative, and Hades is particularly hated. Her mother has given her specific instructions to avoid all the Gods/Goddesses…especially Hades. She’s in college, hiding her Goddess identity, studying to be a journalist. She has been sheltered her whole life from her evil protective mother and hasn’t learned how to use her powers, believes they just don’t exist, and wants desperately to belong somewhere. Persephone has chosen to live in the mortal world. Persephone’s mother is Demeter, the Goddess of the Harvest.
A quick primer on Greek Mythology: Hades is the God of the Dead and Persephone is the Goddess of Spring.
TikTok proving that its algorithm does know me well. In the space of a week, I’ve read book one, 1.5, and book two. I get suggested a lot of books similar in some way to those things and authors.Ī Touch of Darkness is a modern day retelling of the Hades and Persephone story. Full disclosure, I love fantasy books, dystopian, alpha heroes, spicy faeries, and vampires, all things Sarah J. One of the series that enjoys a lot of air time on BookTok is The Touch of Darkness books by Scarlett St. I never post, only lurk, and I go down the rabbit hole at least once a day. Then, I found BookTok and it took my love up a notch. They recommend series, act out scenes, swoon over book boyfriends, show off amazing bookshelves + “shelfies” and even warn you about which books don’t live up to the hype. If you’re not on TikTok, this is a category you can search on the app and you will find tons of videos from creators talking about all things books.
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