The Dark Wife
by:
Sarah Diemer (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
2940012468604 (0012468606)
Publish date: May 12th 2011
Publisher: Sarah Diemer
Edition language: English
Veronica speaks as Persephone as she tells the story before all has happened, and as it happened. Veronica does cracking voices full of emotion when the book notes it. She feels to speak with such love and emotion that draws my heart into the story. A stunning vocal performance from Veronica as she ...
This is a retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth. But with a twist. In this book, Hades is a woman. This was good (or average). I liked that it was different. But, I would have liked Hades to be a little bad-ass. I thought at times she was too perfect and maybe even a little doormat-ish. Zeus wa...
EDIT 5/18/2016: removed major spoilers from reviewBy all accounts, I should have hated this book-- a coming of age story, a YA book, a bastardization of mythology, a "chosen one" narrative, love at first sight, and all told in first person perspective? Usually, I wouldn't have gotten past the first ...
I have always been a sucker for fairytales and myths I consider myself doubly lucky that “The Dark Wife” is a retelling of the mythical story of Persephone and Hades with a romantic twist. Certainly I could say that it was a lesbian twist but I think qualifying this story as a lesbian retelling wou...
This myth is one of my favourites, so I was really excited to read this book. And the idea is a good one, having Hades be a woman and giving the story a break from the heteronormative tale we all know.So why 2 stars? Well, first of all, I need to point out that it's not badly written, the prose is e...
6 years ago
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