I’ve gotten back into retellings lately and Hades and Persephone Curse of the Golden Arrow is one of my fav retellings. I'm almost finished with the second book "The Golden Blade" and it's sooooo good. Both are illustrated novels which really makes it unique.
I only read the first one - at the time I just wanted to read some romance in english to work on my reading(not my first language!) Without thinking too much and it did serve that purpose🤣 but I thought the first one was more than enough... I guess having absolutely no expectations helped me 😆
I read the first page after having high expectations for so long and my body recoiled!!! I can't even say im surprised, the bar was in hell and yet it went l o w e r, im still recovering from it
@@kimiasbooknook my issue is that i rlly want a hades and persephone book, so i may force myself to go thru them (bcs the rest of the retellings look even worse ) and then we can hate ourselves together
Ik what you mean! I really wanted this one to be the one since I was looking for a good retelling of their story, but dear god, this series keeps getting worse 🙃 but if you did end up reading the whole thing I would love to hear your thoughts, we can throw a pity party 😅
@@kimiasbooknook it's so rough out there, the rest of the retellings or recommended books are somehow worse...do I have to resort to reading the original myth? Or has their story actually been corny all along? We will have to find out! But boy...I started the book again and I don't think I can look away from her ordering a vanilla latte, introducing her friend with her full name and suddenly bringing Hades up and wondering about him...what about you girl!! what do u do!!! stand up please!!!!
I think I would have enjoyed it more if it was on wattpad too! When I'm reading fanfictions the sky is the limit and no matter how crazy the plot is I can deal with it but the second that it's a book and has supposedly went through editing and such then it's like what is this? Who approved this?!!!😅
I’ve gotten back into retellings lately and Hades and Persephone Curse of the Golden Arrow is one of my fav retellings. I'm almost finished with the second book "The Golden Blade" and it's sooooo good. Both are illustrated novels which really makes it unique.
I LOVE illustrated novels, thank you for your recommendation 💛
I only read the first one - at the time I just wanted to read some romance in english to work on my reading(not my first language!) Without thinking too much and it did serve that purpose🤣 but I thought the first one was more than enough...
I guess having absolutely no expectations helped me 😆
Love that! It's absolutely a great idea to sometimes just read books for reason other than the plot itself 😅
I read the first page after having high expectations for so long and my body recoiled!!! I can't even say im surprised, the bar was in hell and yet it went l o w e r, im still recovering from it
You should speak your truth and really come for their throats!! Waiting behind you rn like "we asked for no pickles!"
Omg love the pun 😂 but totally agree with you, I was so disappointed and sort of hate myself for finishing the series 🙃
@@kimiasbooknook my issue is that i rlly want a hades and persephone book, so i may force myself to go thru them (bcs the rest of the retellings look even worse ) and then we can hate ourselves together
Ik what you mean! I really wanted this one to be the one since I was looking for a good retelling of their story, but dear god, this series keeps getting worse 🙃 but if you did end up reading the whole thing I would love to hear your thoughts, we can throw a pity party 😅
@@kimiasbooknook it's so rough out there, the rest of the retellings or recommended books are somehow worse...do I have to resort to reading the original myth? Or has their story actually been corny all along? We will have to find out! But boy...I started the book again and I don't think I can look away from her ordering a vanilla latte, introducing her friend with her full name and suddenly bringing Hades up and wondering about him...what about you girl!! what do u do!!! stand up please!!!!
I hated it by 40 pages in. Poor execution.
It really was the worst!
I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who didn’t like these books and didn’t get the hype!
Nope, you're with us😅
I read it on wattpad way back when so I liked it cause I knew what to expect lmao
I think I would have enjoyed it more if it was on wattpad too! When I'm reading fanfictions the sky is the limit and no matter how crazy the plot is I can deal with it but the second that it's a book and has supposedly went through editing and such then it's like what is this? Who approved this?!!!😅
I do like the myth between hades and persephone. thank you for your service 😅
Same, unfortunately, this one wasn't it, but hopefully, I'll find a better one!!