Sarah's Reviews > A Touch of Darkness

why does someone drive a Lexus in this book? when there is no other indication that this takes place in "our" world? why??

i keep comparing this to neon gods, also a hades/persephone story. i like this one's worldbuilding better and i like this one's general writing style better, but it also has hugely annoying problems. i didn't like it LESS than neon gods, though, so i guess they get the same rating.

persephone was absolutely the most frustrating, sometimes too-stupid-to-live character. so many of her problems could have been solved by actually just talking about them? raising a concern? the whole issue she ends up having at her internship, like... you are an intern!! you don't have to handle this yourself!! she creates her own messes because stuff happens to her where she's out of her depth, she doesn't talk to anyone about it, and then things get predictably worse. she doesn't talk to hades about her concerns, she doesn't talk to him about her feelings, she doesn't talk to him when she's upset, she just assumes the worst at every corner.... girl come on!

i liked the assembled cast of characters in this one, i liked the conflict between persephone and her mother and the whole aspect of her being a secret/hidden goddess, and wish that plot had a better resolution. i wish we'd gotten to spend more time with the souls of the underworld. i suspect these things happen in future books.