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A Touch of Ruin by Scarlett St. Clair

3 reviews

hobsreads's review against another edition

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

Hades was honestly the only thing that pulled this up to 2.25 stars. 

Very predictable because it was so similar to the first/second books (which I loved) but I was hoping for the story to have moved on a bit.

Persephone was incredibly repetitive and where I found her quirky previously it was veering towards unlikeable for me this time around.

TW: I also found it incredibly distasteful with the sex scene right after her BEST FRIEND committed suicide?!

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scarlett_librarian's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

<Disappointing writing. Choppy sentences. Often rushed. It quickly became boring. Persephone would screw up, get mad at Hades, distance herself, then make up with him again.  And the sex/make-up sex became boring pretty quickly. Seemed like every other page was another sex scene, overdone and typical. 
Poorly wrapped up problem with a stalker. Done in less than five minutes, then back to poorly written sex scenes. The first book in the series was better. Very disappointed in the rushed writing. Going to read book three for grins and giggles, hoping it will be better.>

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thelostbookmark22's review against another edition

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emotional relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

It's pure smut :)
But no joke i love Hades and Persephone's relationship and I'm a sucker for anything about Greek mythology.

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