Week 7 Review: Sweet Obsession

From Goodreads:

He was mine to protect. Mine to adore. Mine to lose forever.

Icarus may not have flown particularly close to the sun, but he has fallen…right into the rough hands of Olympus's own Poseidon. Being held captive by the gentle giant wouldn't be so bad if Olympus wasn't on the eve of destruction…or if Poseidon stopped looking at him with those irresistibly stormy eyes.

Poseidon doesn't have time to babysit his increasingly bratty prisoner, but he has no Olympus is officially at war, and someone has to keep their best bargaining chip out of harm's way. The thing is, the longer Poseidon is with Icarus, the more he starts to care for his sworn enemy...and the more he realizes that Icarus isn't the villain he's been made out to be. There's a warmth to him, a vulnerability, that Poseidon finds difficult to ignore or deny.

Now with Circe and the Aeaens at the gate and Olympus a hair's breadth away from falling, Poseidon will have to make a difficult about himself, about his allegiances, and about the man who woke his heart from its long slumber only to threaten to break it for good...

A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Poseidon and Icarus.

My Review:
Reading this book was really fantastic! I've loved this series since the beginning, and we're really getting into the end stages, there's only 2 more books after this. And boy, are big moves being made! Plus, I adored Icarus and Poseidon together!

The events in the previous book have really ramped up the stakes in this book, Circe and Aeaens are right on the verge of attacking, and there's not much of a defense that Olympus can put up, given now that their main method of the barrier is now down. 

Katee Robert had made it a point not to write a MM romance until now, which I totally understand. But I'm glad that they wrote these two together, because I really enjoyed them as characters, and their dynamic, that Poseidon was in a place of power, and Icarus was his prisoner, but in the bedroom, it was different.

There were a few big moves in this book, and so much plotting and scheming that Poseidon doesn't want to get involved in, but because of his position, he has to. With what happened in this book and where we left things, I'm really excited for Hera and Zeus' story! 

Loved reading this book, and I can't wait to see how the series is going to wrap up and conclude! 

Author: Katee Robert 
Series: Dark Olympus #8 
Read: February 13th, 2025 
Source: NetGalley  
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a 2025 Retelling Reading Challenge Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca 
Expected Publication: April 1st 2025

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars