This is myth…with a dark twist.Since I was old enough to understand I knew I was worthless. A girl child when my powerful politician of a mother prayed for a boy. Someone to mold in her image. I stayed out of her way, until I couldn’t, and she made me regret every stumble, every misstep, every breath.Like clockwork, she paid off doctors to drag me into a mental hospital at her most crucial … her most crucial career moments. I rotted behind cinderblock walls for six months at a time. It became my life…until I met him.
Ash. A one night stand in the back seat of his car turns into my only solace while locked away. He pretends I’m just another patient, until I force him to see me…the woman…Kory…someone who needs him more than anyone else.
My mother is a monster. I’m nothing more than a pawn. But Ash…he’s my salvation.
Hades and Persephone like you’ve never seen them. This is magic, this is menace, this is myth…with a dark twist.
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**I received an advance copy of this from Candi Kane PR on behalf of the author. I volunteered to leave an unbiased review**
3.5*
I’ve been on the hunt for a solid Hades and Persephone retelling for a long time. I found a good one from this new to me author.
Kory (Persephone) meet Ash (Hades) in a bar. Little do they know they will soon meet again under very different circumstances.
This is set in a modern setting (a hospital) And I liked the name drops of different characters from the myth.
Ash and Kory’s story is fast paced and full of the kind of drama that you’d expect from a Myth retelling.
I’d really like to read other books in this series by this author.
I fully enjoyed reading this book. Greek myths have long fascinated me, so I was excited to read this updated version of Hades and Persephone. Like Shakespearean tragedies of old it’s filled with seriously twisted family dynamics, along with lots of heat, politics and a fierce female desperate to break free. Enjoy the ride of seeing if she can indeed break the bonds that hold her.
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Deranged: a Hades and Persephone Story (Twisted Myth Book 1) by Monica Corwin
I received this book from the author for an honest review.
Mythology nerd here. I was mega pumped to read this story because who does not know the love story of Persephone and Hades??
I loved the twist of the story that Demeter, Persephone’s mom, is a politician because weren’t all the mythological Gods essentially politicians??? She hides her daughter away in a mental institution when she is on tour for the Presidential campaign. She is also a super awesome mom….said no one ever in this book!!
Hades or Ash, is a super great doctor who is flummoxed as to why this patient is constantly locked up with no read diagnosis. He is also stunned stupid that this patient is also the hottie he picked up at the bar last night for some hot car sex action….whoops!! That is getting really close and personal with your patients!!!
The couple keep building the chemistry before they erupt, and Ash is fully invested in helping his patient out of the hospital. A few twists and turns later, and we see Demeter doing her best to derail the couple. We get a visit from Zeus and well its good to see he is still cheating on his wife Hera….again Mythology you make me so happy!!
I loved the story and look forward to more from the series because again…mythology nerd!!