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The Swindler and The Swan: Hades x Persephone
by J.A. Good
Why Read This?The one-sentence sell. What do you get for showing up to this book, even when it's hard?
You'll get a swoon-worthy, mythic romance with perfect spice and divine drama that leaves you eagerly awaiting more.
Synopsis
When the goddess Demeter shows up to a party on Olympus in Hades' signature color he decides to react to the slight by stealing her beloved Swan. However, as soon as they cross into the Underworld the Swan changes into a woman revealing that she is Persephone, daughter of Demeter. Eager to continue his plot to annoy Demeter, Hades agrees to help Persephone break the curse on her, but he soon finds that she is nothing like he expected. What starts out as a harmless revenge scheme turns into something else entirely. Persephone can't remember a time when she didn't spend her days as a swan and her nights as a woman. Trapped and confined to her mother's lake for her entire life, when Hades steals her she is offered a way out for the first time. While in the Underworld she won't transform and if there is one thing she knows it's that she is never going back. As a new world opens up to her she finds that the god of the Underworld is nothing like she expected and he has a lot to teach her.
At a Glance
3.71 ★ GoodreadsTop TropesPlot devices and story situations that drive the romance. These are the circumstances that throw characters together or create conflict, not how they personally relate.
MoodWhat you felt reading this. Swoony? Gutted? Deliciously unhinged? The emotional fingerprint.
Book Details
Goodreads RatingThe crowd's verdict. Take it with salt, though. Some masterpieces are polarizing.
3.71 ★
Page CountHow long the commitment is.
415 pages
PublishedWhen this hit shelves. Helpful for tracking vibes by era.
2023
Primary GenreWhat type of book this is. Romance? Fantasy? A 400-page therapy session disguised as a thriller?
Fantasy Romance
PairingWho's falling in love? The gender makeup of your main romance. Helps you find your specific flavor of love story.
M/F
POVWhose head are you in? First person = deep in the feels. Third = watching from above. Dual = emotional whiplash (affectionate).
Dual POV
Romance PacingHow long until they kiss? Slow burn = 300 pages of tension. Insta-love = page 12 and it's already chaos.
Medium Burn
AudiobookCan you experience this book while driving? Washing dishes? Working out while emotionally destroyed? Check here.
AvailableCan you experience this book while driving? Washing dishes? Working out while emotionally destroyed? Check here.
Yes
FormatHow fancy is the audio? Standard = one narrator. Full cast = theater kids went off. GraphicAudio = a MoViE iN yOuR mInD.
Standard
NarratorThe voice in your ears.
Stefanie Kay|Logan McAllister
Narrator Count
Dual
TropesPlot devices and story situations that drive the romance. These are the circumstances that throw characters together or create conflict, not how they personally relate.
Mood & Vibe
MoodWhat you felt reading this. Swoony? Gutted? Deliciously unhinged? The emotional fingerprint.
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