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A Touch of Darkness Broché – 30 novembre 2021
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From bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair comes a dark and enthralling reimagining of the Hades and Persephone Greek myth.
"Let me worship you," he said.
She remembered the words she had whispered to him in the back of the limo after La Rose. "You will worship me, and I won't even have to order you." His request felt sinful and devious, and she reveled in it.
She answered, "Yes."
Persephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only. Since she was a little girl, flowers have only shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hoped to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. All of that changes when she sits down in a forbidden nightclub to play a hand of cards with a hypnotic and mysterious stranger.
Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible. But nothing has ever intrigued him as much as the goddess offering him a bargain he can't resist.
After her encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead, and his terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. The bet does more than expose Persephone's failure as a goddess, however. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows-a love that is both captivating and forbidden.
- Nombre de pages de l'édition imprimée400 pages
- LangueAnglais
- ÉditeurBloom Books
- Date de publication30 novembre 2021
- Dimensions12.9 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm
- ISBN-101728261708
- ISBN-13978-1728261706
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- Éditeur : Bloom Books; 1er édition (30 novembre 2021)
- Langue : Anglais
- Broché : 400 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1728261708
- ISBN-13 : 978-1728261706
- Poids de l'article : 270 g
- Dimensions : 12.9 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm
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Scarlett St. Clair est l'auteur succès de la saga HADES X PERSEPHONE, Elle est titulaire d'une maîtrise en bibliothéconomie et en sciences de l'information et d'une licence en écriture anglaise. Elle est obsédée par la mythologie grecque, les meurtres mystérieux et la vie après la mort. Vous pouvez trouver des photos de son adorable chien Adela de sur son Instagram @authorscarlettstclair, et des mises à jour sur ses livres www.scarlettstclair.com.
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Et puis.. Sur Terre, il y a Hadès. Et Hadès, il donne pas mal d’envie … Je vous laisse deviner quel style d’envie 🌶
Mais vous savez comment fonctionne Hadès ? Par contrat. Donc imaginez un peu Perséphone qui doit créer la vie dans l’Underworld, elle qui fait crever ses plantes …. Tension ….
Et pas que Tension dans les pouvoirs 😏
🦦🦦🦦
Il ne faut que peu de pages pour être directement dans l’histoire en elle-même. Bien qu’on suive le point de vue de Perséphone, Hadès fait très vite son apparition, pour notre propre bonheur (héhé). Directement les caractéristiques des différents Dieux sont bien explicitées du coup on a directement une vue d’ensemble 😁
Bon, j’ai trouvé que le jeu du chat et de la souris durait un peu longtemps. 🤷♀️ Après, le timing était parfait car quand j’ai commencé à trouver cela long, ca a changé !
On est sur un laps de temps assez court. Donc romance qui apparait super vite mais je n’ai pas été trop perturbée par ca. Je l’ai trouvé vraiment bien amenée donc ça vaaa ! Mais après, j’avoue que quelques semaines supplémentaires n’auraient pas été du luxe pour mon cerveau en mode : ca fait 3j les gars, 3j 😬
Perséphone a un peu des comportements de gamine au départ mais elle grandit avec l’histoire donc c’est un grand point ! Petit à petit, elle apprend à mieux se connaitre et à connaitre sa valeur par la même occasion ! 😄
Hadès lui, bah il a quelques centaines d’années derrière lui du coup il est plus posé, bien qu’il ne faille pas trop le chauffer (sans jeu de mot🤭). Lui aussi grandit au fil de l’histoire, il apprends à se tempérer (c’est un euphémisme quand on est dieu de l’Underworld non ?)
J’ai eu ce moment où j’ai pensé aux 3 mamys d’Hercule, vous voyez lesquelles ? 👩🦳👩🦳👩🦳
J’ai vraiment passé une bonne lecture et j’ai envie d’acheter la suiiitttee bien que le tome 1 se suffise à lui-même !
Et mon dieu, ces deux-là sont devenus des personnages préférés ! raaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh😍😍😍

Et puis.. Sur Terre, il y a Hadès. Et Hadès, il donne pas mal d’envie … Je vous laisse deviner quel style d’envie 🌶
Mais vous savez comment fonctionne Hadès ? Par contrat. Donc imaginez un peu Perséphone qui doit créer la vie dans l’Underworld, elle qui fait crever ses plantes …. Tension ….
Et pas que Tension dans les pouvoirs 😏
🦦🦦🦦
Il ne faut que peu de pages pour être directement dans l’histoire en elle-même. Bien qu’on suive le point de vue de Perséphone, Hadès fait très vite son apparition, pour notre propre bonheur (héhé). Directement les caractéristiques des différents Dieux sont bien explicitées du coup on a directement une vue d’ensemble 😁
Bon, j’ai trouvé que le jeu du chat et de la souris durait un peu longtemps. 🤷♀️ Après, le timing était parfait car quand j’ai commencé à trouver cela long, ca a changé !
On est sur un laps de temps assez court. Donc romance qui apparait super vite mais je n’ai pas été trop perturbée par ca. Je l’ai trouvé vraiment bien amenée donc ça vaaa ! Mais après, j’avoue que quelques semaines supplémentaires n’auraient pas été du luxe pour mon cerveau en mode : ca fait 3j les gars, 3j 😬
Perséphone a un peu des comportements de gamine au départ mais elle grandit avec l’histoire donc c’est un grand point ! Petit à petit, elle apprend à mieux se connaitre et à connaitre sa valeur par la même occasion ! 😄
Hadès lui, bah il a quelques centaines d’années derrière lui du coup il est plus posé, bien qu’il ne faille pas trop le chauffer (sans jeu de mot🤭). Lui aussi grandit au fil de l’histoire, il apprends à se tempérer (c’est un euphémisme quand on est dieu de l’Underworld non ?)
J’ai eu ce moment où j’ai pensé aux 3 mamys d’Hercule, vous voyez lesquelles ? 👩🦳👩🦳👩🦳
J’ai vraiment passé une bonne lecture et j’ai envie d’acheter la suiiitttee bien que le tome 1 se suffise à lui-même !
Et mon dieu, ces deux-là sont devenus des personnages préférés ! raaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh😍😍😍

Je le trouve parfait
C est une superbe histoire d amour
Une sorte de Roméo et Juliette à la fois moderne et antique
J adore ce subtil mélange
Premier point qui ne m’a pas totalement convaincue : Perséphone. Bon d’accord, elle est jeune et se cherche encore. Mais j’ai eu du mal à m’attacher à son personnage.
Ensuite, je suis pas 100% convaincue du world bulding, autant j’ai aimé l’enfer et sa représentation autant j’ai eu un peu plus de mal avec le monde « humain»
En ce qui concerne le Ennemies to Lover, ce n’en n’est pas totalement un car il sont instantanément attirés l’un par l’autre. Mais j’ai quand même beaucoup aimé l’histoire d’amour entre les deux protagonistes.
Concernant l’intrigue, notamment le pari entre les deux personnages principaux. C’était bien mais sans plus, je pense que ça aurait pu être pu être mieux travaillé.
En ce qui concerne, Hadès, je n’ai pas du tout été déçue, au contraire 😍
C’est le grand point positif de ce livre.
Son personnage est juste génial : sombre, mystérieux, charismatique,...
Bref tout ce que j’attendais.
Du coup, je sors de cette lecture mitigée : des éléments géniaux et d’autres où je suis un peu déçue.
J’ai bien évidemment envie de lire la suite, mais certains avis du tome 2 m’ont un peu refroidis.
Review : It's my 2nd time trying the book but this time I decided to go further and that was such a good idea! Not regretting reading it, really worth the hype! I love this kind of concept/trope so I have high expectations for the 2nd book!
I loved reading the book, I devoured it and can't wait to read the other books, I've already ordered and pre-ordered the others !
The rewriting of the tale is really good, you get into the story quite easily, and as a French, it's an easy enough read.
I really loved the contrast between Persephone and Hades. They both hold darkness within but they deal with it and use it differently. I actually liked that Persephone's behaviour resembled that of a human, she was flawed and a bit childish/immature at times, but it's understandable given her past with her mother and her living amongst simple mortals, it would have been weird to have her without any human flaws.
I can't wait to read what comes next!
I wonder if the books will ever be translated in French so I can convince my friends to read this story ?
At first the big point that bothered me was the story told in the 3rd person, it prevented me from really attaching myself to Persephone. It's a personal choice but I still prefer 1st person stories (with a few exceptions). Knowing that we only have Persephone's point of view, a 1st person book would have been better.
Then the character of Persephone absolutely annoyed me .. I rarely had a main character irritating me so much .. I found her unbearable, immature with annoying behavior. On the other hand, I really liked Hades.
On the story in general, I found that it lacked lightness and a touch of humor. It's too serious and wants to be a little dark. It's a rewrite that wanted to be original and in the end to wanting too much to do it loses its meaning.
I would read Volume 2 anyway to give me a final opinion.
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So I knew this was a hades and Persephone retelling but the modern setting threw me at first, I just wasn’t expecting it, once i got in a flow I actually quite like the way this story was told. I liked the characters and the story flowed at a good pace. The writing was ok, it didn’t blow me away but it was fairly simple and easy to read which I much prefer to convoluted.
When I was about half way through, the book was getting a solid 4 stars, but then the smut started. Now don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against it, i enjoy a smut scene as much as the next but it was too much. Scenes were getting steamier as the book progressed which was fine, great even, but once they crossed that line properly it was just constant, every chapter!! I grew bored and began skimming to finish the story. I will read the next one in the hope she tones it down, if it’s more if the same I won’t be continuing

Here are a list of reasons this book was one of the worst books I've read:
1: The main character (Persephone) is the most annoying character. She's whinges about everything. I. Mean. EVERYTHING
1.1: Almost all dialogue from Persephone ends with "she demanded" "!" And it gets old real fast.
1.2: Who randomly just accepts a drink because it's "on the house" and then leaves her drugged up friend in a club to go home with a guy (Hades). Then dry humps said guy in his car, forgetting all about her drugged friend, sleeps in his bed and wakes up the following day - still not thinking of her friends wellbeing.... Yeah Persephone is kind of a dick.
1.3: She demands everything from everyone all the time. Like a spoiled brat.
1.4: She sees everything wrong with Hades but can't leave him because of how attractive he is ... I honestly wish this was a joke. But no. Seriously. He leaves bruises on her mouth from kissing her aggressively, but apparently abuse is hot? I'm sorry, wtf?
1.5: All of her dialogue is just terrible. Did anyone even edit this book?
Moving on...
2: The absolute disaster that is their 'relationship'
2.1: Hades pretty much just kisses her aggressively to shut her up - throughout the entire book.
2.2: Even though it's not stated who Persephone's father is, if you've read any Greek mythology you would know that Zeus is her father.... Which is Hades brother... Which is her uncle... Who she slept with 🙄 (yeah I know, I pretty much walked into this one when I purchased the book)
2.3: The underlying abusive nature of Hades towards Persephone is trying to be covered by his "protection of his people" B.S - there's no excuse for treating a woman (or anyone) in a controlling and manipulative manner like he does throughout the whole book.
2.4: Already mentioned above but needs to be mentioned again- STOP romanticising men who are aggressive in the bedroom or overly passionate that they leave bruises on their lovers... What kind of impression does that leave on women? That this behaviour is okay? nooo
2.5 They have the most toxic relationship, but that's apparently cool if the characters are both attractive.
Overall:
- Characters have no development
- Annoying and half assed dialogue
- Way to many explanation points
- Hyping up a toxic relationship
- Terrible grammar and too many sloppy paragraphs
- Poorly constructed storyline
The amount of "this book is everything" reviews is a complete lie. I'm not even sure half the people reviewing this have even read the same book...
Do not recommend, it was one of the most disappointing books I've read.

I would have liked to see Demeter feature more prominently, especially since she’s the reason why Persephone can’t use her magic. She speaks of her mum putting her down and controlling her and making her reliant on her. Hades says to Persephone that she’s too focused on pleasing her mum that she’s too afraid to be herself. Yet I didn’t really get that through the book as Demeter pops up occasionally but there wasn’t as much interaction or back story as was probably needed to really make this point. Demeter also tells Persephone fairly early on to stay away from Hades or she’ll take her away from the mortals and back to the greenhouse, yet they see each other all the time and people know they are in a relationship yet Demeter doesn’t follow through on her threat until much, much later when Hades is conveniently there to stop her.
I also felt the character of Adonis could have been utilised far more effectively, especially with the plot reveal at the end of the book. If Aphrodite didn’t want Hades and Persephone together then she could have used Adonis to try to drive a wedge between them. Again it’s kind of attempted but not really effectively. I also didn’t really get the point of Aphrodite’s reveal at the end, especially when she tells Persephone that she does love Hades. It didn’t seem like she was trying to be spiteful so I don’t know what her character was trying to achieve, except that it was convenient to the story for Hades and Persephone to have an argument based around this. Plus with what was revealed about Hades through this conversation it just seems so obvious that Hades was indeed using Persephone despite his insistence otherwise. I think it would have been more effective to the story if he had started out using her but quickly fell in love with her, instead of denying that he has this motive when clearly he did.
I’m trying not to spoil the ending but there was information that was never given such as what Hades was getting from Aphrodite. Does she ever tell Hades about Minthe? Why did she not tell Hades that Adonis published and changed her article and that she never said such harsh things about him especially in relation to his physical appearance, something about dark chasm like eyes that would have been hurtful for Hades to read. Who drugged Persephone at the club? Was it random? Was it Adonis trying to take advantage? Was Lexa drugged too? Was it Aphrodite to drive a wedge between Persephone and Hades? Was it Aphrodite who gave Persephone the password to Hades club and if so, why when she doesn’t want Hades to fall in love so why give him the opportunity? How did Hades know she had been drugged and needed help? I had a lot of questions that went unanswered.
There were also some typos that became too frequent that it kept pulling me out of the story. It might seem like a lot of criticism but I did actually really like the story, I just think it could have been tightened up in a few areas to make it even better. I’m definitely looking forward to the next one.

It was already on my kindle, but you know how sometimes you need a book friend to recommend it, in order for you to pick it up and read it. Initially, I didn't plan on reading it as the first book of July, but it was kind of out of my control, to be honest. I don't want to spoil it for you, just fair warning that if you start reading, you might not want to stop, you might finish it in one-sitting. That's what happened with me. I got curious, I started reading, Hades appeared, one thing led to another and boom, book one finished. Did I jump immediately into book two? OF COURSE. But that's another story.
It's a modern re-telling; a contemporary romance novel with all the feels my romance-loving heart desired.
The story takes place in New Athens, where Persephone is enjoying her freedom by attending university. However, she and her best friend get exclusive invitations to Hades' club - yes, my darlings, HADES - where he offers anyone and everyone a deal. He's a successful business... well, man but god too, but not many like him. Of course, most fear him because God of the dead, the Underworld. Such a misconception on their part, if you ask me. Hades' Underworld, written by Ms. St. Clair sounds intriguing.
So. Hades & Persephone re-telling done well? Check.
Stays true to the legend? Somewhat, but I love the added twists and turns; love the author's touch.
Amazing side characters you can't help but fall for, yet they do not steal the show? Check.
Should you read it? Yes.
Will it be reread?
Yes. Is it now a favorite? YES.
5 stars. But I think you already guessed that.

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 - 𝐀 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 - 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐒𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫
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8 months. 8 long months this has been waiting for me to pick it up
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Well, I finally picked up and yes, you've guessed it - I really enjoyed it. The world is so unique. Yes it's a retelling of Hades and Persephone but Ancient Olympians living amongst mortals in a modern day world definitely puts a fresh spin on this well loved tale
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I loved Hades. He's cunning, secretive, guarded and sinful. Yet when he let's his guard down he's really quite charming and compassionate. The tension between him and Persephone is palpable and grows exponentially every time they're in the same room as each other and especially when they are talking to one another
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Persephone had a few questionable moments for me, but she's blunt and direct and that meant I liked her and I am looking forward to seeing her character growth in the second instalment
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I'm glad I didn't put this off any longer. It was a great end to my September reads and I'm more than looking forward to picking up the next one