I was not ready for the amazing content that I was in for. I also saw a couple of quotes but that's it. my reviewĪll I heard about Drag Me Up was that it is a Hades and Persephone romance and that it's the first in a series. Or stepping into the light.Ĭontent warnings: sexual content, bomb blast, mentions of stalking/harassment, manipulative familial relationships, violence. But when Zeus ups the stakes, they must be willing to go all in, even if it means coming down from the sky. He gives her a soft place to land, and she makes him want to reach for the stars. Hades isn’t prepared for her either, but it’s soon evident they’re a force when together. Meeting a man she’d been convinced didn’t exist? She could never be prepared for that. Landing a residency at the legendary Casino Asphodel is everything she trained for. Though it’s easier to ignore the bars when she still has room to fly. Now she’s lead in Calliope’s Cirque production but not without great cost, and there is not enough money in the world to pay off the debt accrued for the simple mistake of trusting Zeus. The mere mention of the Wraith of Khaos Falls is enough to keep order, and he is rarely forced to leave the shadows of Casino Asphodel.Īnd Persephone clawed her way out of Demeter’s shadow to reach it.

He may do all the work, and Zeus may get all the credit, but at least it allows Hades to preserve the one thing he truly cares to have: his solitude. I still haven't read Katee Robert's Neon Gods, opens a new window, which is the beginning of a whole series called Dark Olympus, but these are all standout examples of how to play with the idea.And Hades prefers it that way. Instead, they’ve explored the potential personalities of such a pair, and dropped us into different versions of the story. The people who have been exploring the pair have taken a different lens than many of us were taught-mostly that Hades isn’t an all-bad kidnapper holding the spring goddess hostage for half the year. One of the myths that’s seen a bit of a bump recently is the story of Hades and Persephone. I’ve been reading translated versions of the actual stories since I could read compound sentences, and people have been twisting and retelling those stories much longer. Classical education often included examination of Greek and Roman history and myths, and that has bled through into our own study of world literature.

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Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues