neon gods is an erotic romance novel about persephone escaping a forced marriage with zeus before meeting the "mythical" hades and falling in love with him. i would say this is a retelling of greek myth in the way that a quesadilla could be considered a sandwich. 

i do think it's a little unfair to judge this erotica novel based on its literary merit since that's clearly not what was trying to be done here, but can i admit that the sex kind of sucks? this whole book operates on the assumption that one of the reader's greatest fantasies is to have a sexy powerful man taking care of you, and if that doesn't describe you, most of this book will not work at all. and yet i still want to come back for electric idol. just take me out back and shoot me. and the worldbuilding is total butt ass too.. i was genuinely curious about the thirteen but my questions were never answered

i read this via audio and yes it was fucking insane. would i reccommend? honestly yes even if the british accents are not your thing i would go for it. fair warning though persephone's narrator does make hades sound like dracula which is never not funny during a sex scene

at some point i was genuinely invested in the story here but there is literally one plotline and the severity of it just gets repeated over and over by the characters and i'm like ok. let's keep it moving.. but i just love a happy ending come on now