A Touch of Ruin

A Touch of Ruin picks up where A Touch of Darkness stops. Once again Clair weaves a flawless story about Hades & Persephone and their road to happily ever after. This book/ series ranks among my favorites. I have always loved the myth of Hades and Persephone and Clair's stories have made me live it even more. Neither of her characters are perfect, they both have flaws and imperfections which makes them even more relatable. Many of their problems stem from these traits. I've noticed lots of peo

I have so many issues with this novel! Hades became this possessive drain on the book and the characters in it. He abducts Persephone several times and teleports her to the underworld. He uses sex to distract her from asking fair questions (seemingly for no reason other than plot convenience?) and withholds important information at several points in the book. Persephone keeps secrets from him, and they argue consistently in this; she also seems to want to make him jealous as a way of exacting revenge. In my opinion this does not depict a healthy relationship and borders on emotional abuse in several passages. I don't feel the conclusion was dealt with carefully or sensitively. Feeling displaced after trauma is a real issue and I don't think it was handled very well. In fact it felt as if the main character made every tragedy about herself; where Lexa's apparent sole purpose was to make Persephone a better person? It is repetitive, badly written and tone deaf. Would not recommend.

Loved it!! Was skeptical to read it due to other people's reviews but I read all 3 books in this series in 3 days and then read the 2 books from Hades point of view in the next 3 days I can not wait for her to release the next 2 books! I'm obsessed!