A Touch of Ruin by Scarlett St. Clair
Spoiler Version
This was enjoyable, but it didn't have the choke hold on me that the first book did. Persephone is trying to date Hades, keep her divinity a secret, and live a mortal life. It's not going well. She is being punished by her boss for writing about Apollo and getting backlash. She and Hades have communication issues. Demeter is now a full on villain desperately trying to break them up. That is not a scared mother trying to protect her kid, now she just wants to exert control over her child in any way possible. Lexa is hit by a car and Hades can't help her so she turns to Apollo, but Lexa's soul was already fractured so she returns to living, but ends up killing herself because she can't do life anymore. Persephone at least gets to meet her at the Styxx and say her goodbyes, and now they get to meet in Elysium while Lexa heals. Meanwhile, there's Lucee, one of Hades' former lovers. Demeter is using her as a pawn, while Persephone has been just trying to help her. Persephone quits her job and starts an online paper, a blog. She also has a stalker who is a demigod. His torture in Tartarus is going to be fantastic since he kidnapped Persephone and was going to rape her. Hades proposes multiple times and she finally says yes. And the book ends with snow in August, it' means war is coming. They are obviously setting up Demeter for even more horrible actions just because she is mad Persephone is with Hades.While this wasn't as strong as the first book I still enjoyed it and I will be continuing with the series.
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