It's hard to find good Hades/Persephone retellings and this is one of the good ones I'd say. Penelope is a character with a sense of naivete but still has a strong personality that challenges Michael which is very entertaining to read. Michael is someone that has been hurt in the past and has a hard time trusting people and deviating from his goal of vengeance. The author did a good job of building up their relationship and the miscommunication between the love interests was realistic and believable. I also appreciate that the sex scenes didn't feel weird. I've had my own bout with weird sex scenes in books (talking to you Sarah J. Maas). I'm looking forward to reading the sequels because I think Chase and Cross are really interesting suffer characters and we didn't get nearly enough of them here. Overall, I do recommend this if you're into this type of retelling.