A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair is a romantic, spicy, modern retelling of the relationship between Hades and Persephone. In the world of A Touch of Darkness, the gods of Olympus have descended into the mortal world and many of them live amongst humans, much like our modern day celebrities. Persephone is a goddess, the daughter of Demeter, but wishes to live life as a mortal human. She’s never unlocked her own power, but when she convinces her overbearing and controlling mother to let her go to college, she discovers what she’s really talented at. Her dream is to become an investigative journalist and she excels at in-depth research and writing. In A Touch of Darkness, Persephone only has two semesters before she graduates. She lets her best friend and roommate convince her to go out to Hades’ club and she unwittingly enters into a game with him, losing and having to join Hades in a contract. Can she find her power and manage to break free from Hades while navigating her new internship, her final few semesters, and this intense new feeling she gets anytime she’s with Hades?

A Touch of Darkness is enthralling, well-paced, and just the right level of spicy for me. This book came highly recommended from my best friend and I checked it out from my local library through Libby. I downloaded it on my eReader and was quickly sucked in. I couldn’t put it down! Persephone is written as the sheltered goddess she truly is in mythology and there are many nods to true mythological stories in every new god she meets. Every detail in this book from St. Clair’s extensive research comes together in a beautiful way. Her world-building skills are phenomenal.

I give this thrilling romance a five out of five stars. I thoroughly enjoyed this read and plan to continue reading this series. As we speak, my best friend has sent me a care package with the next few books to enjoy very soon.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a modern retelling of greek mythology, spicy and somewhat dark romances, and intrepid investigative reporters like Lois Lane.

If you have any more book recommendations or reviews you would like to see, don’t hesitate to comment them below! My TBR list gets longer every year, but my goal of 50 books this year is not spoken for yet!