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This is described as a retelling of the Hades and Persephone (Kora) myth with greater characterization. The description is somewhat misleading, as the book is more than halfway done (on Kindle, about 53%) before Kora even gets to the underworld and finishes before she eats the pomegranate seeds. The first half is predominantly the story of Demeter before Kora is born and Kora’s childhood. While this could be perfectly fine in a book, I feel a better story summary is in order to allow readers to understand what they’re getting into, or let them know that the description is talking about the entire trilogy, not just the first book.

It’s also a pretty big jump within the book because the first section takes place in the ‘present’ with an adult Kora before drastically changing course and going into a 27-year flashback. I feel that if the author wanted to include the 27 years before ‘present’, the book should have started there, or else the author should have cut about half the novel to focus on the Hades/Persephone portion of the story.

Frankly, this book was difficult for me to get through. It has a lot of potential, but it is repetitive and in need of serious editing. My major issues with the writing:

-There were sentences (even in the first chapter) that I needed to re-read several times to understand because of the order of the words in the sentence, the repetition of words in the same paragraph, length of the sentences, etc. This continued throughout the novel.

-The story could be significantly consolidated. There were ideas, turns of phrase, and words used repeatedly. A phrase might be used in a paragraph, and again several sentences later re-emphasizing what had just been written, and again several chapters later when invariably no story development happened and the audience needed a reminder as to the current story point.

As an example, this is paraphrased and consolidated with the main points from several paragraphs: Kora was bored. The only time she had fun was when the nymphs told her stories. They stayed around a lot, but still had interesting stories to tell her. They brought exotic tales from the mainland. The nymphs quickly learned how to keep Kora entertained. All they had to do was tell her a story. They’d had exciting times off the island. Out of all the tales, Kora loved these stories the best. She wanted information about the outside world.

-There are sentences, paragraphs, and pages dedicated to myths that have nothing to do with the story at hand, other than that they take place in the same timeframe. We get hints at the story of Danae, namedrops of various gods and goddesses that have nothing to do with the plot and are never mentioned again, discussion on the differences between the brand of war Ares and Athena govern, and so on. While it’s nice to include some of this information for world-building purposes, the author should do so in a constructive, story-progressing way. I did not feel this was the case.

-The perspective shifts quickly between characters, and I mean there’s a lot of mid-chapter head hopping. I believe the author was going for 3rd person omniscient, but it seemed more like rapidly changing 3rd person limited. One page shifted from the perspective of Persephone to Kerberos to Hades in the span of three paragraphs.

I think that the concept of a detailed retelling, including information on what Demeter’s life was like and how Persephone’s childhood was impacted, is fantastic. I also think this book has great ideas for how to get there. But in its present state, it lacks focus and needs to be severely edited for copy, content, organization, and purpose.


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Seeds Volume One M M Kin 9781482619140 Books Reviews

I will review the entire trilogy (with every effort to avoid spoilers, not including the elements of the original Greek myth). The myth of Hades and Persephone is an excellent source of a captor/captive romance or a forced marriage romance, both of which settings are quite popular in the historical and fantasy romance genre. This book creates a wonderfully complex retelling, allows the reader to immerse themselves in the world of the ancient Hellas where the gods and goddesses are quite real. There is a lot of backstory, telling about the personalities and relationships of the Olympian gods and goddesses, the events of the Titanomachy and the story of Persephone's parentage and childhood. All the classical gods and goddesses have a distinct personality, fitting to their traditional roles and imagery, but more fleshed out. I liked the rather irreverent and unsympathetic portrayal of Zeus, whose sexual profligacy and lack of responsibility or any consideration for the feelings of others leads to a lot of the trouble in this story; Demeter's love for her daughter which turns into possessiveness and unwillingness to let her grow up and be her own person; Hades who is a strange mixture of a dedicated monarch, a dominant male and a partner enjoying the personal growth of his mate. The human characters, although most of them is only superficially characterized, provide a point of view to contrast that of the gods.
Now, about the protagonist characters and their romance. Kora/Persephone is a strong female lead. We first see her as an adolescent whose principal wish is to grow up, to develop to her full potential, to be recognized (this natural process is delayed by her mother). After her abduction we see that she is determined to fight to shape her own destiny, while she is eager to experience all that is offered to her the various parts of the Underworld, the vast knowledge accessible in Hades's library or the pleasures of the flesh he tempts her with. She is determined, tries to find the right answers to every challenge and isn't afraid to turn back when it appears she made a wrong decision. She is willing to compromise but isn't afraid to state her own opinion.
Hades is a complex character. He is selfish/dominant/manipulative enough to provide the main conflict of the story (he wants Kora for his bride, and after a token permission from Zeus he just kidnaps her and keeps her in the Underworld against her will) but considerate enough to refrain from raping her (although he seduces her into steamily described sexual activity except intercourse), and respects her willingness at any given point regarding intimacy (except he doesn't allow her to refuse intimacy completely and gradually seduces her into more and more - but she is never described as being uncomfortable with it). He gives her all sorts of wealth, allows her to grow intellectually, shows her all parts of his kingdom, respects her opinion and decisions (except for her wish to go back to the surface world).
These well-rounded characters allow a complex approach to the issues in the forced marriage/captive romance freedom, mutual respect, dominance and defiance,, working out a compromise; and to the issues of forging one's own destiny versus embracing freely that which was declared by the Fates and find happines in it. I think every single person would view the actions of Hades and Persephone from a different angle and would draw a different line in what is acceptable in a relationship. I would have preferred some more detailed admissions from Hades about what he did wrongly before he would earn forgiveness; the transition for Persephone until she wanted to be with Hades felt a little sudden, and at one point I felt that an action of Hades was definitely coercion/seduction but was later rationalized as a consented action by both partners. Overall, however, this story was satisfying in developing their romance into a mature, committed relatonship between equals.
Some minor complaints there are a few editing/typing errors, and some usage of crude language that I dislike in literature a few occurrences of "f*ck" both as a curse word and as reference to sexual activity.
I definitely recommend it for those who like Greek mythology and forced marriage romance stories!
This story contains extensive explicit sexual scenes.
This review contains spoilers.

This is described as a retelling of the Hades and Persephone (Kora) myth with greater characterization. The description is somewhat misleading, as the book is more than halfway done (on , about 53%) before Kora even gets to the underworld and finishes before she eats the pomegranate seeds. The first half is predominantly the story of Demeter before Kora is born and Kora’s childhood. While this could be perfectly fine in a book, I feel a better story summary is in order to allow readers to understand what they’re getting into, or let them know that the description is talking about the entire trilogy, not just the first book.

It’s also a pretty big jump within the book because the first section takes place in the ‘present’ with an adult Kora before drastically changing course and going into a 27-year flashback. I feel that if the author wanted to include the 27 years before ‘present’, the book should have started there, or else the author should have cut about half the novel to focus on the Hades/Persephone portion of the story.

Frankly, this book was difficult for me to get through. It has a lot of potential, but it is repetitive and in need of serious editing. My major issues with the writing

-There were sentences (even in the first chapter) that I needed to re-read several times to understand because of the order of the words in the sentence, the repetition of words in the same paragraph, length of the sentences, etc. This continued throughout the novel.

-The story could be significantly consolidated. There were ideas, turns of phrase, and words used repeatedly. A phrase might be used in a paragraph, and again several sentences later re-emphasizing what had just been written, and again several chapters later when invariably no story development happened and the audience needed a reminder as to the current story point.

As an example, this is paraphrased and consolidated with the main points from several paragraphs Kora was bored. The only time she had fun was when the nymphs told her stories. They stayed around a lot, but still had interesting stories to tell her. They brought exotic tales from the mainland. The nymphs quickly learned how to keep Kora entertained. All they had to do was tell her a story. They’d had exciting times off the island. Out of all the tales, Kora loved these stories the best. She wanted information about the outside world.

-There are sentences, paragraphs, and pages dedicated to myths that have nothing to do with the story at hand, other than that they take place in the same timeframe. We get hints at the story of Danae, namedrops of various gods and goddesses that have nothing to do with the plot and are never mentioned again, discussion on the differences between the brand of war Ares and Athena govern, and so on. While it’s nice to include some of this information for world-building purposes, the author should do so in a constructive, story-progressing way. I did not feel this was the case.

-The perspective shifts quickly between characters, and I mean there’s a lot of mid-chapter head hopping. I believe the author was going for 3rd person omniscient, but it seemed more like rapidly changing 3rd person limited. One page shifted from the perspective of Persephone to Kerberos to Hades in the span of three paragraphs.

I think that the concept of a detailed retelling, including information on what Demeter’s life was like and how Persephone’s childhood was impacted, is fantastic. I also think this book has great ideas for how to get there. But in its present state, it lacks focus and needs to be severely edited for copy, content, organization, and purpose.