She's not at all weirded out by his exhibitionism kink and they're just magically in tune with one another in all ways. Persephone and Hades lust after one another at first sight. But apart from a sinister beginning, it was just mostly, well, fluff. From a story that is supposed to be so dark, I would like some real stakes. Like, yes this is a nice cake you made here ma'am BUT I DID NOT ORDER THIS FROM YOUR MENU. It's like ordering a dark chocolate cake and cutting it open and having all these rainbow sprinkles and gumballs come flying out. Which I would not have a problem with if it weren't being packaged as a dark romance. And then it's mentioned that some of the gods have social media accounts, and they're kind of a cross between society folk and a mafia, so who gave them all this power and how were the thirteen created and DO THEY HAVE MAGIC? Are they gods? Because at one point they're described as human, but they seem to have these preternatural talents that mark them as gods, and some of them are born to the role but others are elected and others inherit AND I AM JUST SO CONFUSED. What even is this? Is Olympus in the U.S.? Is it in its own dimension? Is this fantasy? It feels like it is kind of its own thing, but then there's all these weird references, like Persephone wanting to go to Berkeley, or Hades having a Princess Leia fetish, or Hermes stuffing her mouth with Cheetos. 👍 Persephone unapologetically owning her sexuality. Especially in books that are more kink-forward. But fantasy is fantasy and for those who like consent, I am very happy that there are an increasing number of options trying to put the 'sensual' in consensual. Which is weird because I also like books that have dub-con.

The two of them were great and I wish them nothing but the best. Loved the idea to gender-flip Hermes and her bromance (girlmance?) with Dionysus. It's way too easily to imagine a twisted Bizarro universe where Zeus kills off all his consorts. Zeus is a jerk, okay? Disney's Hercules has made a lot of people picture him as some sort of benevolent Santa figure, but he was a real jerk. 👍 Making Zeus a sinister Bluebeard kind of figure. Thoughts that are conflicted and numerous, so I have decided to bullet point my likes and dislikes for my convenience and yours. Now that I've finally read the book, I have a lot of THOUGHTS. How could little ol' me pass up the chance on a series called Dark Olympus? I'm a sucker for stories about Greek gods and dark romances and this book even had the word 'dark' in its title. I've been wanting to read NEON GODS ever since I first heard about the book.

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