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A review by apalershadeofwhite
A Game of Fate by Scarlett St. Clair
3.0
One thing I love about this author is that they title their chapters and one thing I adore is that they use the title of the book as one of the chapters. However, the namesake chapter title was really abrupt; the second chapter! In the Persephone Saga, the titles were teased and finally used towards the second half or end of the books. It's a super minor issue, but I still wanted to note it haha. The chapter titles are really funny, though! Which just helped me laugh along with the narrative as well. I found myself chuckling a lot more to this book than the other saga.
On a better note, the opening of the book was amazing! St. Clair establishes Hades as the protagonist and as a powerful individual, but they also establish his character and his own morals and values. I was really worried this saga was going to be the exact same as 'A Touch of Darkness' but just simply retold through a different point of view, so I'm very glad that isn't case! Seeing Hades go off on his own errands and have the narrative not completely revolve around Persephone is a nice surprise to what I was expecting. Through his own endeavours, it was really interesting to see how to gods work and communicate; especially in regards to the Olympians! I love the rapport that the author has going between Hades, Hecate, and Hermes.
Side note, I don't know if it was intentional, but the use of threes is so good! The three 'H' names, the three moons of Hecate's symbol, the three heads of Hades' Guardian of the Underworld, and the three main names for Hermes (God of Thieves, God of Trickery and Mischief, and Messenger of the Gods) is a excellent touch.
Last thing... "Fucking Fates."
On a better note, the opening of the book was amazing! St. Clair establishes Hades as the protagonist and as a powerful individual, but they also establish his character and his own morals and values. I was really worried this saga was going to be the exact same as 'A Touch of Darkness' but just simply retold through a different point of view, so I'm very glad that isn't case! Seeing Hades go off on his own errands and have the narrative not completely revolve around Persephone is a nice surprise to what I was expecting. Through his own endeavours, it was really interesting to see how to gods work and communicate; especially in regards to the Olympians! I love the rapport that the author has going between Hades, Hecate, and Hermes.
Side note, I don't know if it was intentional, but the use of threes is so good! The three 'H' names, the three moons of Hecate's symbol, the three heads of Hades' Guardian of the Underworld, and the three main names for Hermes (God of Thieves, God of Trickery and Mischief, and Messenger of the Gods) is a excellent touch.
Last thing... "Fucking Fates."