He’s one of the Gods that doesn’t appear much in the mortal world, is shrouded in mystery, and never photographed. Persephone is intrigued by the idea of Hades. They’re mean, manipulative, and Hades is particularly hated. Her mother has given her specific instructions to avoid all the Gods/Goddesses…especially Hades. She’s in college, hiding her Goddess identity, studying to be a journalist. She has been sheltered her whole life from her evil protective mother and hasn’t learned how to use her powers, believes they just don’t exist, and wants desperately to belong somewhere. Persephone has chosen to live in the mortal world. Persephone’s mother is Demeter, the Goddess of the Harvest. A quick primer on Greek Mythology: Hades is the God of the Dead and Persephone is the Goddess of Spring. TikTok proving that its algorithm does know me well. In the space of a week, I’ve read book one, 1.5, and book two. I get suggested a lot of books similar in some way to those things and authors.Ī Touch of Darkness is a modern day retelling of the Hades and Persephone story. Full disclosure, I love fantasy books, dystopian, alpha heroes, spicy faeries, and vampires, all things Sarah J. One of the series that enjoys a lot of air time on BookTok is The Touch of Darkness books by Scarlett St. I never post, only lurk, and I go down the rabbit hole at least once a day. Then, I found BookTok and it took my love up a notch. They recommend series, act out scenes, swoon over book boyfriends, show off amazing bookshelves + “shelfies” and even warn you about which books don’t live up to the hype. If you’re not on TikTok, this is a category you can search on the app and you will find tons of videos from creators talking about all things books.

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