If you want to read a retelling that's got a soft, sweet, helpless, loving, Hades who's consent-king™ and empowers Kore without the needless asshole-ery then I highly recommend this book to you. That's also why he's got such a pure draw to him, why I found myself rooting for him without a speck of hesitation. And that's why it was heart wrenching to see him pine, struggle to read social cues, to suffer quietly. It's not that the other Hades in other retellings lacked a palpable vulnerability to them, it's just that this is the first Hades who lacked toxicity. This particular Hades is unlike any other Hades I've read about. At first I felt nothing for or from his character - zero chemistry, but as the pages were turned I realised that it's not just a slow burn for the two MCs but a slow burn for me as well.
immortals) in his magical chariot, stealing Kore away like a flower easily swiped from a field. Then waltzes in Hades, who has been pining away for Kore for who knows how long (tch. The plight of Kore (Persephone) under Demeter's thumb is always hard to read. Demeter is a raging bitch in nearly every retelling and that never fails to enrage me. The first bundle of pages was slow going for me, especially considering this isn't the first Hades x Persephone retelling I've read. At first I felt nothing, then I felt e v e r y t h i n g.
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