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Girl, Goddess, Queen: A Hades and Persephone fantasy romance from a growing TikTok superstar

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And for this one, its a retelling with a bit of a mix where Persephone is the one who is smart and cunning whilst Hades is the soft one in this relationship. Her emotional journey and growth from dutiful daughter into a confident, formidable Queen was really satisfying to watch, as was her fury and defiance regarding Zeus and Demeter’s plans for her future. You don't have to use every part of a myth but there was a reason for it to be presented that way in the first place; find out why before you say 'yuck' and yeet it into the sun. The dialogue with the friends was quite fun and there were some good side but It just felt like such a missed opportunity.

I love how Hades was portrayed in here (soft Hades made me swoon) and Persephone was potrayed to be a stronger but is still feminine. This was one of my most anticipated reads for this year, I have been looking forward to reading Girl, Goddess, Queen from the moment it was announced. I don’t think I’ve ever read a Hades and Persephone retelling before, and I have no real idea on the original story of either of the characters so I can’t say much about this as an adaptation but I can review it as it stands. Persephone and Hades felt too much like friends in this story so when a romance does finally develop, it felt weird like they shouldn't be doing this.I most definitely recommend this book if you are looking for a unique original spin on the story of Hades and Persephone. She's a badass main character while we get a more soft boy Hades which I adored with my whole heart. I was way more focused on the character elements of the story and persephone’s personal growth, and I actually didn’t really care for the actual plot of the book weirdly. Girl, Goddess, Queen takes Hades and Persephone's tale and creates the ultimate rom-com drama with Persephone's growth and journey at its heart.

In this rendition, its an coming-of-age story of Persephone and of her finding her ways into her girlhood and adulthood, by running to Hell and making Hades protect her under his oath. I think this book was supposed to be about female empowerment and all the 'down with the patriarchy' sort of things, but I personally just find it hard to relate to problems such as having men lining up to court me, let alone men who are so gorgoeus, no beauty as such existed before.I really don't like what was done to Hades's character and how Persephone takes over the Underworld like it's hers to do whatever she pleases with when she has been there for all of five minutes, and Hades doesn't care. I also really liked Fitzgerald’s depiction of Hades, who is portrayed as a kind, gentle and introverted person with a love of art and heaps patience and compassion for Persephone. The other Kronids — Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades and Poseidon — were the stolen children of other titans, which then creates so many more questions. I actually bought this book by accident, but I decided to read it anyway, and it was a really good read. This book cleverly gives a contemporary feel on the low-down without shredding today's vocab into the mix and still keeping a historical Greek mythology feel.

Our Persephone, traditionally portrayed as sweet tempered and kind, is transformed into a daring and fabulously fierce (Ancient Greek) Girl Boss, determined to seek out happiness by any means necessary—even if it means taking on the patriarchy in all its toxic, oppressive forms.Persephone decides enough is enough and manages to escape to the Underworld so she doesn't have to marry (though she still does, she has just delayed it a bit because she didn't think things through). There was no way she was going to be married off to some smug god more in love with himself than her. Now all she has to do is convince the Underworld's annoyingly sexy, arrogant and frankly rude ruler, Hades, to fall in line with her plan.

Overall, a vibrant, fun and thoroughly refreshing Hades and Persephone retelling that YA loving, Romantasy fans should definitely be adding to their TBRs (and Suitcases) this summer! Ie exposition heavy, circular, not really communicating anything, clearly there because the author wants to use a certain line. But faking an epic love story to fool history brings with it complications neither of them anticipated, including the very real feelings they begin to have for each other, which become increasingly difficult to turn off when they’re away from their captive audience.Since I don't want to sound too ranty, I would divide my thoughts into two parts to make it not as long. All fans of Greek mythology, originals and retelling, experience the patriarchal and misogynistic frustration of these men and their rule. At the point the story is happening, Persephone could have been hundreds of years old and still the youngest of the gods. A place she can hide away for a while until she comes up with a better plan to evade her father’s rage and her mother’s suffocating love.

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