“Respect could build an empire. Trust could make it unbreakable. Love could make it last forever.”

Persephone gets in a contract with Hades without her mother knowing and has 6 months to meet her end of the deal, or else. The development of Hades and Persephone as individuals was amazing and done beautifully. However, there were a lot of repeated sex scenes, a few situations that made me uncomfortable. The story reminds me of a modern Greek version of Beauty and the Beast. Persephone is trapped by Hades (although not to the extent of Belle). While others see Hades as a monster (as the village people did Beast), Persephone sees the good in him and challenges him to bring it out (just as Belle brought the good in Beast out).