My thoughts on this were mixed there were some things I liked and some things I didn't. Overall I'm giving it 3 stars but I just as easily could have given it two, it gets one more for the spice. This is a SERIES by the way, it is not a standalone.

There were a few issues straight off the bat I don't like the whole cheating thing no matter how it's done, I think it sullies the romance between the main characters. I don't care if one of the couple thought they weren't exclusive, the other clearly does, so cheating and miscommunication are just ew. In my opinion, is lazy writing. It also ruined my opinion of Persephone, she's supposed to be this headstrong individual, and yet ew? Hades isn't much better he says he wants her to be fully single but then does things with her anyway? Also, Jackson (the guy Persephone is cheating on with Hades) cheating on her does not cancel out the cheating, two wrongs do not make a right...Persephone is also a bit wishy-washy in her thinking but that can I suppose be excused by her overbearing mother and her want of freedom. Miscommunication also dominated this book, it was the major conflict and all the minor conflicts too there should be a limit to this kinda stuff. But then again most people don't pick up smut for the plot.

Thank you to Jeanette Rose, Alexis Rune, NetGalley, and Rose & Star Publishing, for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Book #234 of 2022