This novel is a YA romance, but I found myself enjoying it although it's different genre wise from the retellings I usually read. Persephone is a goddess who wants the world, but is given flowers instead. Demeter tries to encourage her towards marriage and fulfilling the role expected of women in a patriarchal society, but Persephone cannot stand the idea of marriage (to a god she does not know especially). She constructs a plan to go to the underworld to hide.

I am always hesitant with Persephone retellings because I have a hard time with Hades being portrayed as the perfect love interest (or the Stockholm syndrome that blinds Persephone), but I feel like this novel does a good job of reimaging the original myth in a way that gives Persephone more agency than in the original sources. It is full of quippy dialogue and tropes, and I think it was a fun read. I love seeing myth retellings in the YA space because it gives younger readers an intriguing entry point to learning more about mythology and the ancient world. 

Thank you to @netgalley and @sourcebooksfire for the opportunity to read and review this book. It is out already, but will be publishing in paperback in the US  September 2. 💚