Loved the art style of this, loved that it's a Hades and Persephone retelling, and my reading experience with it was quick and enjoyable!! However, as you can tell from my rating - I found this first volume to be just okay.

Yes, it is an introductory volume to the story, but it felt like nothing much even happened over the almost 400 pages that I read. We get to see Hades and Persephone meet, and we get a little bit of her backstory, but that's about it. It doesn't feel like there's any intrigue or much of a plot so far, and while I may decide to give volume 2 a try as well, at this point I can't say that I 100% will.

I also didn't love the SA storyline that the author decided to give Persephone. I get that they're trying to build a world of debauchery and sin (or at least this is my impression from the very minimal build-up that we do get), but it just felt forced, and not necessary at all.

All in all, gorgeous style, bit of a lacking story so far, but we'll see how it goes if I continue along with this series!