Persephone

Persephone
Kaithlin Bevis


Publication Date: 6 July, 2012
Finish Date: 27 October, 2012
Format: e-book
Source: copy for review from author

From Goodreads: There are worse things than death, worse people too

The
“talk” was bad enough, but how many teens get told that they’re a
goddess? When her mom tells her, Persephone is sure her mother has lost
her mind. It isn’t until Boreas, the god of winter, tries to abduct her
that she realizes her mother was telling the truth. Hades rescues her,
and in order to safely bring Persephone to the Underworld he marks her
as his bride. But Boreas will stop at nothing to get Persephone. Despite
her growing feelings for Hades, Persephone wants to return to the
living realm. Persephone must find a way to defeat Boreas and reclaim
her life.

Normally
I am not a big fan of mythology books, sometimes I do pick one up
though. When I was asked to review this book I didn’t doubt a second,
the blurb sounded interesting and I love the cover!

I don’t read
many mythology books and I actually had to ask someone else to explain
the myth about Persephone to me so I knew where the book would be about.
Nevertheless I did really enjoy the story. It’s a mix between
Persephone who is trying to live a normal live at first and then the
mythology aspect as she learn who she really is. The story was
predictable at times, but it also surprised me. I finished this book in
one day, because I just wanted to know what was going to happen next.

I
really liked Persephone as a main character, she reacted so believable!
When she learned she was a goddess she actually freaked out and didn’t
believe it at first. She reacts very believable throughout the whole
story and I really liked her as a character. I also loved the romance
with Hades and how we got to know all the characters from the
Underworld. I do think that the side characters could’ve given some more
attention as I had difficulties forming a good impression of their
characters. There are also some side characters which are worked out
really well, like Cassandra, Thetanos and Hades.

Because I don’t
know that much of mythology I had a bit more difficulties getting to
know this world than most people who do know a bit about mythology.
However this book gives the reader enough explanation to still
understand what’s going on even without knowledge about mythology. Some
myths are even explained short and I liked how the author dealt with
this. I would like to know more about the world because I love world
building, but I really liked how the author dealt with the world
building. We didn’t get one big information dump, but learn more about
the world gradually as Persephone learns more.

To conclude: I
really liked this book. The story is interesting and I really liked the
characters. The world building is done very well and I am looking
forward to seeing what will happen in the next book.