So this sounds interesting, right? It sounds like an interesting romance with a couple of guys who want nothing to do with said romance.

What it is instead is an uncomfortable comedy of errors where one guy purchases an escort and falls for him, only to start stalking him in ways that are 100% beyond creepy and definitely arrestable. It's creepy. And made me incredibly uncomfortable the entire time.

And when Pallas finally gives in and they start to date, Harris says he'll be fine with his profession, and then isn't, loudly so. And when Pallas breaks it off, the stalking starts all over again.

It's ... not okay. It's really not okay. This is in no way a healthy relationship, and it should be ended. Like, now.

Unfortunately, this book wasn't for me. I just couldn't connect with it and so picked it up several times and then DNF.

I might pick back up but alas this is not for me.

I struggled through this from the start, mostly because I couldn't connect to the characters and their relationship at all...I don't even know if I really liked them as individual characters, to be honest.

There were often dialogue-only passages back and forth, where Harris and Jude were talking but we had no clue what they were doing. The dialogue itself was very formal and also had this whole feeling of being wealthy and overprivileged, and it was also overdramatic. It just didn't flow naturally and seem real, like real conversations wouldn't sound like that.

We were never given any internalization, especially from Jude, so we never knew what he was really thinking. And Jude was so hot and cold about the idea of having more with Harris, it was hard to figure him out. This was definitely a case of being told what was going on, not shown.

I think the idea of the story was interesting and I liked the blend of Greek mythology into the story, but this definitely fell short for me and I couldn't get into the story at all.

I received a copy of this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Let me 1st start off by saying that I love me Mel Bossa.
But this book just didnt work with me.

I had a hard time concentrating on it and even liking the characters.

Sad to say this one was a DNF for me. Maybe Ill go back 1 day to start all over again and then try to finish it.

:(

Mare~Slitsread

This book was...okay.

I didn't love it and I didn't hate it.

It had too much detailing in some aspects (like the technicalities of perfumery) and in others not so much(like what happened to Mineau? Is he still with the business? How about Charon?). The writing also went lent into the what I call "over artistic". I kept saying to myself "there is no way anyone talks like this in real life" or maybe the simple fact is that I need to expand my social circle? I don't know.

I expected Harris (Hades), as the blurb said, to be strong willed, fiery , assertive and an all round badass. What he was, however was timid, obsessive and a bit childish. He always wanted to get his way and if things didn't go as he wanted, he went off the bend.

As for Jude(Pallas) the other MC, I didn't even know what to make of him. One moment he was all suave and in charge, the next he was running away only for him to cave into demands when Harris persisted. He was a mess (and not the type that you feel empathy for).

In all honesty, I didn't care for both of the MCs and come to think of it, I didn't care for any of the other characters as well. The whole book was a bit monotonous, nothing really happens and it got to a point where reading it got tedious. I just...wanted it to end.

Fortunately I managed to finish it and I think I deserve a pat on the back for it .