Instead, all of the plot was squashed into the last 10-12% of the book, which made things beyond confusing. I just found it incredibly infuriating to see how Persephone's trauma had been so casually mishandled. In the first book, these two had such great chemistry that I really just can't find anywhere in this book.

No scene where Persephone has to pick between work and love, no scenes where Persephone ACTUALLY works, it all felt like filler plot. shes still a pretty big whiny cry baby, but i appreciate the effort she has put in to strengthening her magic and herself. Hecate could have been here a bit more just as Hermes and Apollo just because I felt like they weren't there as often as I expected it to be.It didn't really matter to me if the conflict was even resolved in this book, just as long as we got some answers. Given how good the King’s Fall weapons appear to be, this catalyst seems to be worthy of your time and effort. Now, the whole time, while I was reading this, I was wondering, so they're in a hostage situation, right? One of the tropes I dislike the most in books is the miscommunication trope, and is something that was evident between Persephone and Hades in the previous books, but not this one!

Every bite they tear from the Light only deepens, never fills, the raging emptiness behind their terrible mouths.Additionally, while not explicitly mentioned in the perk description, enemies poisoned by the Darkness Bolt take 50% more damage from all Weapons of Sorrow, i. Clair went to the University of Oklahoma, where she graduated with an undergraduate degree in English Writing. According to the Books of Sorrow, Oryx intended for the weapon to be built, and since it was, he was able to maintain his immortality, continuing to feed off the victims of the weapon. Turns out that Theseus is trying to overturn the old gods and somehow harness their power to become/create new gods?

I thought “well, maybe she is going to have an internal conflict about this later in the book, realizing that she cannot be a goddess/queen while also having a full time career”, but NOPE. If you want Touch of Malice, you’re unfortunately going to need to kill Oryx each week until you get lucky. Someone's throwing swords at someone else, Persephone is growing vines over people, buildings are being destroyed, and the writing isn't exactly detailed.

Do they allow Persephone to marry Hades and go to war with Demeter, or prohibit their union and take up arms against the God of the Dead? I started this series knowing that it was going to be pretty trashy, but at least in the beginning, it was enjoyable trash.

The sex scenes between them aren’t any different than what we see in the previous two books, and now read as repetitive and bland.And that last part is important because Exotic catalysts can be extremely hard to find and/or unlock, but the benefits are not always up to par. It grants Rapid Hit; if used correctly, this allows the user to cancel its intrinsic perk faster if necessary while also reducing the kick from Charged with Blight, making the weapon easier to control and more comfortable to use over long periods of firing.