The bet does more than expose Persephone’s failure as a goddess, however. Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible.Īfter a chance encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead and the terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. Clair, “A Touch of Darkness” What It’s About: You don’t know what I’m capable of.’ ” – Scarlett St. Hades chuckled, leaning in so that when he spoke, his breath caressed her lips. Characters are also just fine and the vocal performance was average to say the best.Genre(s): Fantasy, New Adult Romance Total Star Rating: 3.75 Stars

This is an OK book as far as the story of this book is concerned. It required that Persephone should create life within the Underworld or otherwise just completely lose her freedom for good. All of his many favorite bets were assumed to be impossible, to say the least.Īfter having a chance encounter with Hades, Persephone discovered herself in close contact with the mighty God of the Dead. The God of the Dead, Hades was the one who built a big gambling empire in the mortal world.

After relocating to New Athens, she was hoping a lot to lead over some unassuming life that would be best disguised as that of a corporeal journalist. The truth since the time of her childhood is that the flowers have shrunken at her touch. Persephone for Spring was the Goddess but only by title. She was good with the female voices but her voices for all male characters sounded the same.

The audio narration of the book is done by Meg Sylvan. From the same series, you will love to experience her A Touch of Ruin as well. Apart from the subject book, A Touch of Malice from the same series is a very good book by the author. She is an exceptional author with many successful series to her name. This is a science fiction and fantasy novel which is authored by Scarlett St. A Touch of Darkness is the first book in Hades & Persephone novel series.

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