Review #1
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I was shocked to read ”A Touch of Darkness” based on the synopsis I was data. A modern retelling of the Hades at the same time Persephone myth? Amazing! Then I started the audiobook at the same time it all went downhill from that. The only method to properly address my emotions about this book is that to classify things in a list, so here we move: 1. Persephone as a heroine. Persephone just a little functions as a protagonist, let without the help of others a heroine. Her motivations are all over the dispose: does she wish adventure, a indefinite outside her mother’s tenacious? Does she wish passion at the same time/or adore (two things that are alternately conflated at the same time differentiated, as the situation dictates)? Does she wish to hope Hades at the same time challenge her preconceived notions of him? Or does she wish those notions proven, despite his words at the same time deeds? She seems ready to reckon the worst of Hades at all times, no matter than anyway he does. She knows him he should let's go struggling mortals to rehab? He does so, at the same time she blames him of doing it to ”make funny of” her. If she’s so eager to be released from under her mother’s thumb, at the same time her mother hates at the same time mistrusts Hades, you’d think Persephone would decide no matter what at the same time every opportunity to look the best in him, specifically to spite her mother. She also barely nondescript doesn’t heed when Hades speaks (when he bothers to elucidate himself at all, look below). He’ll tell her, ”I don’t have real keep under control over my agreements at the same time have to consult with the Fates”, at the same time she’ll last to berate him for his ”unfair” agreements that ”impose the impossible”. Lastly, she spends a lot of time thinking Independent Lady ideas, but all of those seem to fly out the window the 2nd she gets in the presence of Hades at the same time his wonderful dick. 2. Persephone as a goddess. Persephone is that, nominally, the goddess of spring. If she was, as the story implies, born 20-some real years ago, how has spring happened before her birth? Since she can’t make her opportunities manifest, how does spring happen at all? Who gave her the title of ”goddess of spring”, if a) none of the other gods understood about her (as is that assumed) at the same time b) she indicates no gift for anything springtime-related? 3. Hades as a hero. So Hades has a reputation as a chilly, heartless, inhuman despot who challenges mortals to games of cards in a row to trick them into ”impossible” agreements. (His definitions contain things like challenging drunkards bestow up drinking. For you might recognize that as anything that’s certainly problematic, but not impossible.) What, Persephone buys into this reputation at the same time often blames him of this at the same time worse, at the same time Hades hardly ever shields up for himself. At worst he stays taciturn, at the same time at best he’ll they say anything along the lines of, ”It’s not like that,” but doesn’t follow up with an clarification. He allows Persephone to last thinking ill of him, then gets irritated when she thinks ill of him. If he truly didn’t care about anyone’s opinion this would make sense, but he knows Persephone more than once that Her opinion matters. He barely doesn’t seem willing to do much to change it. The only time he makes an effort to alter her perception of him is that when he starts a rehab charity for mortals, at Persephone’s suggestion, but–as mentioned–she only takes that as an offense. 4. Shortcoming of logic. I don’t barely greedy that manners make illogical choices (although there’s plenty of that, very). I greedy that discussions/strings of actions don’t seem to follow no matter what sort of reasonable pattern. For instance: ”No, Girl Persephone. Hope me, when we fuck, you’ll understand.” WHEN? ”Your arrogance is that alarming.” His views flickered. ”Will that a challenge?” A challenge to than anyway? If Persephone had followed the expression about arrogance with anything like, ”We will Never have sex,” his response might make sense. It could be disgusting, but it would make sense. But exchanges like this happen always. It’s like the creator crossed out from sentence to sentence, kolupala than anyway she wanted to say in no matter what data moment, regardless of than anyway had barely been misspoke/done or than anyway was about to be misspoke/done. 5. A weary lively. Can we move past the lively of ”virginal college-aged woman” at the same time ”brooding prosaic billionaire”, delight? It was awkward in 50 Colors of Grayish at the same time it was awkward here. Persephone is that in her 20s, at the same time we’re implied to reckon that not only is that she a virgin, she’s never even masturbated. Is that she okay? It’s also time to retire a lively where one party (ordinary the lady) says anything that implies she isn’t interested, at the same time the other party (ordinary the men) ”contemplates past” her protests to than anyway she ”really wants” at the same time reports her of her possess desires. It’s gross at the same time problematic. It gets a SLIGHT pass in this story, since Hades is that practically a god at the same time can practically look into people’s souls, but it’s still attractive skeevy. Not to mention that if Persephone is that college-aged at the same time Hades is that 1000 years old, the age difference is that far beyond anything even Twilight managed prominent at us. 6. Embodiment of mythology. It was really problematic to get a handle on the method in what mythological manners were considered employed in this story. Which gods had been around since antiquity, like Hades, at the same time which were considered brand new, like Persephone? Was the Adonis we meet bound to be similar mortal that Aphrodite falls for in the myth, or was he a modern men with similar name? Was Sibyl the Oracle of Delphi, or was she a modern lady who barely happened to also be an oracle? Was Orpheus the young man with the lyre we know, or barely a bereft widower refuted the opportunity to exchange his soul for his wife’s? It seemed that the creator cherry-picked types/names/themes from mythology without taking the time to construct a cohesive universe with them. 7. Shortcoming of proofreading. Look, I’m not here to rag on self-publication as an industry. I think it’s a amazing method for brand new creators to get their work out to an audience, in particular an audience that might be smallest than a publisher wants to bet on. My problem isn’t that St. Clair “independently hosted” this book. My issue will that she right didn’t employ No matter what sort of editor in the process. I can’t say on the textual version, but even the audiobook was rife with ridiculous word choice at the same time sentence structure, not to mention moments like this: ”Oh no,” Persephone misspoke. Hades increased a brow. ”Than anyway?” ”I know that look.” He increased a funny brow. ”Than anyway look?” Freelance editors are available to everyone online. Employ them. 8. The definitions of bets at the same time agreements. Premature in the story, Hades offers to train Persephone to play poker. They wager questions: whoever overcomes a palm gets to impose the other a question, which must be answered. But, once they’ve ended, Hades is that able to note Persephone, indicating that she is that at the moment under agreement with him. The definitions of that agreement are dared right behind the fact. This makes zero sense. If questions at the same time answers were considered the wagers, how can she then owe him a agreement fulfilled? How can for you possibly be beholden to a agreement without its definitions being determined 1st? 9. The audiobook narrator. This is that anything that Scarlett St. Clair can’t be blamed for, but bears mentioning: the narrator of this audiobook has 3 major shortcomings, as far as I’m concerned. A) Her male voices all acoustics similar: gravelly at the same time molasses-slow. Hades sounds like Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith. B) She over-enunciates practically everything. C) She gets into the sex scenes. Like. Really gets into the sex scenes. I’m convinced that’s a lot more to talk about but this
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Review #2
A Touch of Mist audiobook streamming online
Right behind rading SJM & The Bargainer television series this was okay. I liked it but it seemed like anything id read before chagrin. Smutty but I pictured my lover instead of Hades so, ya know. I didn’t like Persephone as a journalist at the same time no one of the dialog was aggressive to reckon but all in all 3.25/ 5 11 people found this helpful
Review #3
Audiobook A Touch of Mist by Scarlett St. Clair
I don’t wish to be greedy about this book, but honestly it wasn’t for me. The manners seemed practically undeveloped at the same time mostly 2 dimensional, while also being inconsistent. If sentences along the line of ”wanted him to fill the emptiness inside her” at the same time practically only referring to male genitalia as ”his arousal” at the same time ladies genitalia as ”her core” are you then for you would for sure like the sex scenes in this book if that type of phrasing makes for you cringe, I advise reading a different book. 7 people found this helpful
Review #4
Audio A Touch of Mist narrated by Meg Sylvan
I don’t like to compare but at the same time I know almost all of this is that base on the mythology of this two gods/goddess but a lot of the story had a lot of similarities to the funny book found in WEBTOON / future to Nexflix soon (Lore Of Olympus by Rachel smythe ), it barely had gigantic similarities. At the same time I’m aware of the myth at the same time creators will shackles that spin on the myth of that choosing on gods at the same time goddesses but when both acoustics so much alike I don’t know if that’s my cup of tea . Don’t get me wrong I like touch of mist at the same time will last to read on but I’m smelly with lore of Olympus this one for me . P.s not hatting on this book. 6 people found this helpful
Review #5
Free audio A Touch of Mist – in the audio player below
From a technical point of view haven’t ended this still, but a few ideas right out the gate. 1) the narrator really can’t do a male voice at the same time it’s really ridiculous; 2) the whole 2nd one half of this story is that barely a television series of sex scenes 5 people found this helpful
