Words I Write Crazy: Week 2 Reviews: The Power of Hades, The Passion of Hades, The Promise of Hades

Saturday, January 11, 2025

Week 2 Reviews: The Power of Hades, The Passion of Hades, The Promise of Hades

From Goodreads:

I've been kidnapped by Zeus. Plucked from the streets of Manhattan and frightened half to death by a freaking Olympian god.

And now I'm trapped in the Underworld, being forced to compete in a series of deadly trials for the position of Queen of the Underworld. Which would mean marrying Hades, the utterly terrifying Lord of the Dead. Who the hell wants a husband at all, let alone one made of smoke and riddled with death?

I have to get back home, to New York and my brother. But I can't leave without completing the trials and they've been designed for a godly Queen, not Persephone - barista and botanical garden enthusiast.

I'm surrounded by lethal, all-powerful maniacs. Sexy-as-hell maniacs, sure, but as dangerous as they come. And I'm going to have to prove to all of them that there's a goddess of hell inside me. It's the only way I'll survive the Hades Trials. But then what? And why, why, why am I so desperate to see under Hades smoky exterior and find out what he's hiding from me?

If I win the trials, I have to marry the devil himself. But losing might mean losing my life.

From Goodreads:

I'm trapped in actual hell. And just about everything here is trying to kill me. Even the god who claims he once loved me has come pretty close to ending my life.

But things are about to change. I'm fed up of being Persephone - human underdog in the Hades Trials. I've managed to awaken a little bit of goddess inside me, and now I have power, I'm not afraid to use it.

Although I don't actually have a clue how to. Nor do I know what I did to get cast out of Olympus twenty-six years ago, or why strangers are seeking to punish me for it. All I know for sure is that I survived the first round of the Hades Trials, and now I need to survive another. One step at a time I will get back to New York.

Because I can't stay here. Olympus is filled with monsters, and ruled by monsters, and I do not fit in.

The trouble is, the more I discover about the mysterious King of the Underworld, the less sure I am that he fits in either. My connection to him is undeniable, and its not escaped the other gods' notice. They don't want me to stay in Olympus, and now that I have my power back, they're going to make the next three Trials even more lethal.

If I can survive, I'm a step closer to getting home. But if I spend much more time with Hades, I'm not sure I'll ever be able to leave.

From Goodreads:

The Greek God of the Underworld has turned my life completely upside-down and made me question everything I thought I knew about my life.

And now I dont even know who I am anymore. An internal war rages inside me, as I try to balance my need for more magic with the knowledge of what power does to people in Olympus. What it may have done to me in the past.

The one thing I do know though, is that my feelings for Hades are real. The Lord of the Dead is so much more than I ever realized, and something inside me knows that I need him as much as he needs me. But between the Hades Trials, the other Olympians, and whoever it is that's trying to kill me, I may not survive long enough to find a way for us to be together.

Hades says a light so bright can't live in the dark. But I'm not sure a life without him is worth living.

My first review of The Power of Hades
My Review:

I'm so glad that I can finally read this whole series! I really enjoyed the first book, but I'm a completionist, and so I had to go back and read the other series in this world (I'm not going to pick up the one that's upper middle grade/younger YA) before I could come back to this series. And I'm glad that I did, because I had a deeper understanding of the world.

Of course I had to reread The Power of Hades once I got back to this series, it has been 4 years since I first read it!

Loved reading these books, and I can't wait to continue on with this world!

Authors: Eliza Raine and Rose Wilson
Series: The Hades Trials #1, 2, 3
First Read: January 30th, 2021

Read: January 9th, 9th, 9th, 2025
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and they're 2024 Retelling Reading Challenge 2025 Books and Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Books! And The Promise of Hades is a End of Series 2025 Book!
Publisher: Logic in Creativity
Published: May 1st 2020, June 15th 2020, September 18th 2020

The Power of Hades: