A Touch of Darkness, Scarlett St. Clair
A Touch of Darkness, Scarlett St. Clair
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A Touch of Darkness

Author: Scarlett St. Clair

Narrator: Meg Sylvan

Unabridged: 11 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/30/2020


Synopsis

Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist.

Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible.

After 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.

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—and it's forbidden.

Contains mature themes.

About Scarlett St. Clair

USA Today bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and the author of the Hades X Persephone series, the Hades Saga, the Adrian X Isolde series, fairytale retellings, and When Stars Come Out.

She has a master's degree in library science and information studies and a bachelor's in English writing. She is obsessed with Greek mythology, murder mysteries, and the afterlife.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Arini on April 20, 2021

Readers are bound to get hyped because of the Hades & Persephone reference, and I feel like this updated cover might lead to false expectations cause it’s too pretty and not enough risqué. Therefore, you should be informed that this book is a smutty urban fantasy loose retelling of the King and Quee......more

Goodreads review by jessica on July 08, 2020

uh oh. someone please admit me into rehab because i am A D D I C T E D. i started this last night, just wanting to read a couple of chapters before bed. and the next thing i knew, it was 2.30am and my eyes were glued to each page. i swear this book is a drug, with each chapter feeling like taking hi......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on February 28, 2021

This was a huge miss for me. From the start, the writing felt very unpolished and I wasn't a fan of the writing style. The way things were explained felt very choppy and I could not ignore how badly things were explained or characters were developed. As far as the characters go, Persephone was so in......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on February 28, 2021

TW: sexual harassment This is a pretty popular Hades and Persephone retelling, so I decided to give it a try. It sadly falls into the trap of many of the retellings I’ve read that feature these characters - the characters end up feeling a little flat. The Persephone character had the spunk and fire......more

Goodreads review by Zoe on April 26, 2022

I hate Persephone I hate her one brain cell I hate how selfish and stupid she is I hate that Hades chose Persephone when he could have had someone so much better ✨me✨ I hate the lack of chemistry there was I hate how I felt nothing But most of all I hate how much I hated it {previous review} I hated the s......more