As always with this series, if you care about myth retellings sticking pretty closely to the original myths, this isn't the series for you.

I enjoyed this a lot more than the previous volume! It finally feels like all the plots are finally coming to fruition. It's satisfying to see Persephone finally having some agency and making choices for herself, without cowing to what other people what for her. It's nice to see her

starting to make progress in terms of dealing with her sexual assault through therapy.

However the will-they-won't-they is so dragged out at this point in a way that makes these characters feel like they are teens on a CW show. It's all very high school and while Persephone is 19, Hades is thousands of years old. So why is he acting just as immature as Persephone? It's frustrating to read.

Tl;dr it's better than the previous volume but still retains some of the same problems.