Persephone is 18 and a senior in High School when her parents are killed in a car crash. Even though she is legally an adult, she is placed in the custody of her Uncle Hades. Hades was adopted into the family as a young child, so he could be abused by his Father and Brother in order to toughen up his Brother so he could run the family business. Hades’s original plot is to destroy Persephone so he can get posthumous revenge on his brother, but of course, he wants to bang her which leads to falling in love with her. He treats her horribly, so of course, she wants to bang him too.
This is the worst book I have read so far this year, and I have read all kinds of weird monster smut. The only way in which this is a Hades & Persephone retelling is by using their names. I have finally decided that Mafia and Dark Romance just generally isn’t for me. There have only been one or two exceptions. I know plenty of people who love it, and I refuse to kink shame. I just can’t relate to a female main character who falls in love with what is essentially their abuser. This book sucked, even for free on Kindle Unlimited.