While Hades isn’t the best communicator of all times, : insert dark and brooding types never are : he desperately loves Persephone and he really is trying. How could she be so stupid? Answer? Because we all do stupid things when we are insecure, unsure, and afraid. But this is long after you’ve wanted to shake the dickens out of Persephone. You start to see some redemption by the last quarter of A Touch of Ruin. You have the set up in the first book, the fall down in the second, and redemption comes in the third book. By the way, this is classic sequel territory. Her powers are manifesting in ways she can’t control, and all the general stress of life and being in the public has gotten to Persephone in ways that are not helping matters.īasically, everything is going wrong. Hades past is catching up to him, and Persephone is still dealing with her feelings on trust and love. Justice warrior Persephone to the rescue!Įverything is going wrong. Persephone is still dealing with the pressure of her mother’s displeasure of being with Hades, her boss is requiring an exclusive story on her and Hades relationship, and now she just found out, her friend Sybil, an oracle of Apollo’s, has lost all her power since she won’t sleep with Apollo. Except for her best friend, Lexa who knows the truth ( who gets a whole story within this book as well). Persephone and Hades are officially public, though all still think Persephone is a mortal. Clair takes place a few months after A Touch of Darkness. I think newer writers can use all the help we loyal supporters can give them.Ī Touch of Ruin by Scarlett St. I thought I would take the time to review both of the books to support the author, Scarlett St. Just this last week, the sequel dropped and I had it read in a few days. So, I reviewed the first of a trilogy (?) of a Hades and Persephone retelling, A Touch of Darkness.

A touch of ruin book series