Barnes & NobleNeon Gods (Dark Olympus #1) By Katee Robert

Good Retelling and Romance Story

Star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 The consent in Persephone and Hades’s relationship was important, and I enjoyed reading a book where consent was an important topic and point in the relationship. Persephone’s relationship with her three sisters is adorable, relatable, and inspiring in the way of trying to love and protect one’s siblings amid backstabbing political and dangerous situations. The way the book showcased the various ways in which power can drive a person to do evil things such as killing one to three of their wives was well-done and intriguing to see. The blooming, quirky, and sassy banter and friendship between Persephone, Hades, Hermes, and Dionysus bring a relatable feature and human-like nature to the story and the characters that are quite enjoyable. The writing was easy to understand, read, and imaginative at points. The book could have used more information on the way the people were selected to take over as one of the thirteen and the powerful political system to help readers better understand the nature and hand that the thirteen and politics play in everyone’s lives in the book. While I enjoyed Persephone and Hades’s friendship and relationship, it did feel quite instant-lovey and the book seemed to focus more on the sexual side of their relationship than the emotional or mental side of it. I think the book would have benefitted from more of the emotional and mental connection between Persephone and Hades being shown more or well-balanced with the sexual side of their relationship in the way of allowing a better knowledge and connection of the readers to the characters and their relationship. The plot was intriguing and was good but did feel a bit lost and unorganized in the end which could have been done on purpose by the author to represent the chaos of the situations occurring in the book. Overall, the book was a good retelling of the Hades and Persephone relationship and story. Recommended for anyone over the age of 18 looking for a somewhat similar but also unique Hades and Persephone retelling.

Absolutely wonderful

This is an amazing story. I love the use and manipulation of the Greek mythology. The characters are so rich and bold. The plot has so much intrigue and emotion. The spice was amazing. The world building was so featured and creative. I absolutely adored everything that this book is. Such an wonderful book.

A good read

I love Greek mythology and this was a fun retelling of the story of Hades and Persephone. I like the modernization and making Olympus its own city.

Wattpad smut for 19 year olds

So many plot holes. This book makes no sense. Save your money. The whole series is the same thing, different characters.

Otherworldly

Is Katee Robert a god? Because the hold she has on me is not natural. Plans for tonight? To go get my hands on the next in series.

Unbelievably good

My friend handed me the book, and said, “I’d think you’d like this.” I’d been staring at the section looking for something & nothing seemed good enough. She handed me this. I looked at the cover , seen it was modernized Hades & Persephone & immediately got it. I didn’t even realize it was smut until someone told me (I hadn’t gotten to the smut yet) & Jesus Christ was it good. I live Hades & Persephone in general, along w Greek mythology so to have this book retell it in such an interesting, creative new way.. it’s unbelievably good. It’s so interesting. It only gets better as you go on. I love this book way too much. I’m making my mom read it lol. It has a little twist towards the end. Once I really started reading it. I literally had to force myself to put it down. Hades is just .. perfection. I love how he’s written so much.

🥰

I absolutely loved this book I’m currently on the third book in the Dark Olympus series and all I have to say is no matter what Katee Robert writes it’s always amazing to me ❤️

So fun and sooooo hot!