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I've said every time I've reviewed a Katee Robert book she can't do wrong if you've read her books before and enjoyed them you will enjoy this one. I have been waiting for Eurydice's book since the first book,
I really enjoyed the story and the spice I wish it was longer! I hope to see them again in other book like how we say Hades and Persephone, maybe a short story from her as much as I enjoyed the books it left me wanting more.

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The Dark Olympus series never disappoints! Euridyce is a character I've always been so curious about, and it was nice to read her story.

The overarching plot of the series progresses quite a bit. The spice is well done as usual, but this is heavy on the insta-love. The triad was hot together, yes, but unrealistic.

I'll continue to read this series, though I am not sure they can continue to beat the first two in the series.

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The Dark Olympus series never disappoints! Euridyce is a character I've always been so curious about, and it was nice to read her story this time.

The overarching plot of the series progresses quite a bit in this one, drawing me in more than the books that are purely character heavy. The spice is well done as usual, I can always count on Katee to deliver! It was also great to have some old favorites back in action (hellooooo Hades).

I love the series but I am over the insta-love. The triad was hot together, yes, but so unrealistic. I rolled my eyes several times, it's been like… two weeks people. How are you so invested in the person you hated and hurt you so bad? Probably a me thing, but the relationship felt way too rushed.

I appreciate Robert's dedication to include consent and diversity in this series. The MCs always establish consent, the lack of it being something I feel weird about reading in darker romances. Many white fantasy authors just don't think to make explicitly non- white characters. Katee includes characters of many racial backgrounds and is explicit about it. EVERYONE is queer and there are always NB characters (this one even includes characters with neopronouns). While it feels bonkers to me to live in a city apparently devoid of racism and homophobia, it is nice to get to escape our reality for a bit.

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I really enjoy all of Katee Roberts Dark Olympus books. This one might be my second favorite., after Wicked Beauty. I enjoyed that it advanced the overall plot of the series and I enjoyed quality Hades and Persephone content. I’ve missed them since Neon Gods. The ending was a bit abrupt for me, which is really my only negative comment. I’d have liked the relationships to be fleshed out a little more. It felt like it just kind of ended with not much resolution to that storyline, in my opinion. That being said, I’m absolutely going to keep reading the series. I need to know how it all shakes out!

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It is great getting to see this world continue to develop. This wasn't my favorite books in the series but it was still fun. The pacing of the relationship just felt a little rushed.

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I really enjoyed getting to see Eurdyice's story in this word play out. I think that Eurdyice, Charon and Orpheus had an interesting dynamic. I wasn't sure how I would feel about Orpheus after everything he did in previous books but this installment did a good job of showing his growth and willingness to submit and own up to his past misguided mistakes.

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I have read and purchased all of the previous titles in the Dark Olympus series. For some reason, this particular book held absolutely no interest for me. It just seems to be the same thing over and over again. I just found it extremely hard to find the characters and plot interesting enough to continue the book and the series.

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I love Katee Robert's delicious sexy take on the Olympus mythology. I was fascinated by the myths in my youth and these put a whole new adult spin on the Greek gods and their activities. This is the story of Orpheus Makos, Olympus' golden boy artist, Eurydice Dimitriou, the youngest daughter of Demeter, and Charon Ariti, Hades' right hand man. The political dynamics on Olympus are getting deep. The border that keeps the outside world away is slowly collapsing. We come into the story with Eurydice home with her pregnant older sister Persephone, wife of Hades in the lower city. She's nursing a broken heart when Orpheus put her life in danger nine months ago.

Eurydice Dimitriou is the fragile, delicate, protected one of the four sisters. She finds herself a daughter of one of the powerful Thirteen, sister to two others, and sister-in-law to two more. This makes her a target for Olympus' enemies. Charon Ariti is head of Hades security and has taken it on himself to be her personal protector. He is strongly attracted to her but wouldn't dream of changing their best friends relationship for fear of losing her friendship. When Eurydice starts flirting with a man at Hades' kink club, Charon will not have it. She's his and no one else can have her! Eurydice tells Charon she can't love another until she has closure with Orpheus. So he goes to the upper city to tell Orpheus to come and settle things with Eurydice.

Orpheus Makos is the brother to Apollo and has had a bad year after his betrayal of Eurydice. Apollo finally opened Orpheus' eyes to who he's been and now Orpheus has withdrawn from everything. He hasn't even painted as he's lost his muse. He misses Eurydice so he crosses the border to the lower city, which really hurts a lot, to find her. He apologizes and volunteers to grovel to pay penance to her. The chemistry between these three individuals is interesting to read. They eventually create a triad. In the midst all this Eurydice has tried to befriend Ariadne Vitalis to hopefully gain some intel about what her father Minos is up to. Minos lives outside the boundary and has been working to get a foothold in Olympus. This story has so much packed into it with a great deal of steam. I love this series.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced readers copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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The drama... the angst.... the GROVELING!

I was a huge fan of seeing this Dark Olympus series continue with Eurydice, Charon and Orpheus. The build up to this was a long time coming, and whew! The wait was worth it!

This woman has been through so much, and the dynamic of intensity that the overall city is encountering - combined with their own personal developments all seem to come to a head as one. The circumstances that find this trio together provides the readers with a scorching encounter of unique kinks that will leave you dying for more!

This spicy drama series has me reeling to learn what comes next in Ariadne and the Minotaur's story!

Read if you love:
-MMF / LGBT+ representation
-Greek Mythology/ Retellings
-Spicy Romance
-Puppy Play + Groveling
-Redemption ARCS
-City in turmoil

Full disclaimer: This was not my favorite book of the series by far. There are certain things that the author advertised on insta that simply felt a little lacking, and I wish we would have seen more of (hence the dying for more comment above). Also - please check your trigger warnings. Abortion is a topic discussed in this book, and may be triggering for some readers. It was for me, and I felt this should have been warned beforehand.

Overall, I did ultimately really enjoy the continuation of this series - and can't wait to see what comes next!

3.5 Stars for me

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Katee Robert’s is one of my go to authors. I loved Neon Gods. While this one didn’t quite hit home the same as her previous work, it was a fun little read. I love her books when I want a dark, low stress, romance book.

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4/5 Stars

Thank you to Sourcebooks Cascablanca and Dreamscape Media for providing me with an arc to read and review.

I love Katee Robert and I love the dark olympus series so I was excited to get advanced copies of book 6 in the series. This is a couple I have been waiting for as it is Eurydice, Charon, and Orpheus with so much groveling and redemption. While this series started out as interconnected standalones at this point I do personally feel it should be read in order as there is a lot of plot going on as well as the romance. I love that and I really can’t wait to see how it continues but it is something to be aware of.

Eurydice has always been the baby sister and she wants to be able to step out of that role and into who she truly is which she hasn’t been able to do yet. But after what happened with Orpheus she wants to do something to help Olympus and give herself a purpose. Orpheus has been lost in the wind since what happened with Eurydice, he has been cut off from his brother’s money, lost his friends, lost his art, and lost the woman he loved. He wants to at least apologize and show how much guilt he feels about what happened to her and he is willing to do this however she wants. Charon never expected to fall for his boss’s sister-in-law but here he is and he is willing to do anything to show how much he cares for her even if that means reaching out to the man who hurt her in the first place.

I thought book 5 was messy… nooo this is so wonderfully messy. We see Orpheus and Eurydice deal with what happened in Neon Gods finally and they both have a lot to process from that and understand. We then add in Charon who is head over heels for Eurydice but also feels a lot for Orpheus even though he thought he would hate him. All three of them grow so much to get to the point of forgiveness and understanding and figuring out how to make this relationship work.

I can’t wait to see what happens going forward as we are starting to see all the pieces come together and it is gonna be epic. I recommend this series if you want a series of interconnected books that don’t end with massive cliffhangers but do continue a central plot with spicy romance and Greek mythology inspiration.

I really liked the audiobook and the narrators Zara Hampton-brown and Alex Moorcock were amazing. I switched back and forth between an ebook, the audio, and a physical but the audio got me really invested and the narrators were engaging.

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I enjoyed this story. It's interesting the dynamics that we get to see and the smut was great as always.

The politics are getting more complicated but still interesting and I can't wait to see what happens to this place at the end of this series.

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I absolutely loved this book. I’m going to be honest, I started the Dark Olympus series but I was not caught up when I read this book. However, I did read Stone Heart and Neon Gods so I did have some background on the characters. Charon had caught my attention ever since I read Stone Heart so to be finally reading a book on his story made me so excited and it did not disappoint. Charon’s confessions to Eurydice made me swoon so hard and reading his perspective throughout the novel made it hard to put the book down (clearly he was my favourite). I did not read all the books leading up to Midnight Ruin, but I was glad to see how much Eurydice’s character had developed since Neon Gods. She was not the fragile little sister that she had been made out to be in Neon Gods and was now able to stand on her own and I loved that for her. Orpheus was a bit of a surprise. I’m sure I missed out on some vital information by not reading all the books, but a part of me did not expect him to be a part of this couple as I did not read the excerpt of the book before reading - not that I’m complaining because I loved the way that this had played out. I loved that Orpheus and Eurydice had a chance to talk amongst themselves about the events that had transpired over the past year and were able to come to some sort of agreement in a way on how to proceed with themselves and with Charon. This book was spicy (and the spice was very well written) yet it didn’t focus solely on the three main characters and their relationship, which I enjoyed. I love when authors add in more plot to the storyline to make things more interesting. This book was 4.5/5 stars for me and I cannot wait to finish reading this series and seeing where Katee takes the story in the next instalments.

Thank you so much to Katee and NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for my review.

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I love me some Katee Robert and her decadent retelling of Greek gods and their fantasies. Brought back to the world of Hades with the story of Charon, Eurydice and Orpheus I was not disappointed in the heat or the story. And finally figuring out some of the mystery about who is targeting the 13 was an added bonus. Looking forward to the next installment.

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This series just always hits the spot. Definitely have to be in the right mood to read it. But it's always fun

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This series has been hit or miss for me, but I keep powering through because I really want to know how the series plot arc concludes. This is a triad romance featuring Eurydice Dimitriou, Charon Ariti, and Orpheus Makos. If you are all caught up on the series, then you already know the history between the three–but most especially between Eurydice and Orpheus. Charon makes his entrance into Eurydice’s life later on when Hades appoints him her protector.

As with any Katee Robert romance, this is a very, very, very dirty book. There isn’t a whole lot of build up to the relationship between the three, which didn’t really bother me since there was development in previous installments. Think instalust, with instalove shortly behind. What I will say is that I expected groveling on the part of Orpheus, because of course any romance reader would after the way he behaved in the past and the hurt Eurydice suffered by his actions, but I was kind of taken aback by the puppy play. I mean, it’s for a short amount of time in the beginning of the threesome, but… not my kink.

This felt like a bridge book, with a whole lot of sex and relationship filler thrown in while advancing the overall series plot. Readers do learn the identity of Minos’s benefactor and why the barrier is failing. Hades finally shuts down the lower city in order to protect his people. Hera makes an appearance, and there are also some developments in Ariadne and the Minotaur’s relationship. Which is nice since their book is up next.

I will definitely be reading the next book in the series. I simply have to find out how they fix the barrier, and I really can’t wait to get to Hera and Zeus’s story.

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Eurydice finally gets her story told in the Dark Olympus saga. She's fled the upper city of Olympus to nurse her wounds with Charon, Hades' second in command. She's forgotten about Orpheus and ready to move on until Charon goes and invites Oroheus to the lower city, because reasons. In the mean time the secret nemesis behind the assassinations of the 13 is revealed and tries to draw out Hades.

It took me a minute to get into the story because Robert's characters all sound so vapid and similar. The bedroom scenes were kind of spicy but over all this threesome wasn't that memorable or unique.

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Sadly, this was. my least favorite of the Dark Olympus series so far. I'm not here to yuck anyone's yum, but this specific relationship dynamic isn't my thing.

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The 6th addition to the Dark Olympus series is here and I've been waiting for this specific storyfor SO long. Here's the breakdown:

At some point before the beginnning of the 1st book in the series (aka Neon Gods, which is the Persephone X Hades coupling of this world), our FMC Eurydice is betrayed by her then-boyfriend, Orpheus. We don't know what actually happened, but this ordeal is mentioned in every book, even before we officially meet Orpheus as a character. Whatever did happen was B A D and Eurydice was shattered with a capital "S" because she has since cut contact with Orpheus in favor of hiding out with her sister Persephone. LITERALLY the whole world knows her business so...big sheesh.

As it happens, Charon (our male lead #1) was also introduced in NG as Hades' right-hand man and makes sporadic cameos throughout the series; we usually catch him actively hovering near Eurydice so you just KNOW there's something cookin' with those two.

In Midnight Ruin, Orpheus (male lead #2) is feeling pretty rough about his actions toward Eurydice and is absolutely frothing at the mouth for a chance to apologize to her. Whatever happened is haunting both him and Eurydice and neither of them is able to move on. Charon knows this but accepts it until he doesn't, forcing them three of them to confront it all in their own special way...together.

I give the whole thing 3 stars. The series itself has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs and while the book didn't fall completely flat for me as other in the lineup have (I' looking at you, Radiant Sin), it wasn't a banger like Cruel Beauty was (definitely the strongest novel in terms of character interaction in my humble opinion).

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This is my favorite book by Katee. Sometimes she’s hit or miss for me but my god when her book hits it really really HITS. I highlighted 90% of the book. I couldn’t tell you what character I loved more because to me one simply doesn’t exist without the other. This love story is forever etched in my brain and on my soul; as far as mythology goes it is now a canon event to me. I will be using it to alter history for my kids and their kids.

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