**Some spoilers within**

At times, the writing was a bit jarring, but it mostly was an easy read. At spots the writing definitely felt awkward. 

I’d give the characters a bit higher mark but most of the characterization of Persephone came with the death of her friend, which felt a bit contrived. Hades also has very little personality outside of Persephone, as do many of those who Persephone is close to. 

I found the plot a bit uninspired. I like the overarching plot that seems to be building towards a third book, but much of the conflict in this novel occurs around the death of a certain friend. The way Persephone acted during this process seemed relatively out of character and rather silly, which made a lot of it seem contrived for plot alone. 

Meh.

CW: Sexual content, sexual assault, sexual harassment