I loved The Maiden and the Unseen but I found that the sequel was messy and rather uneventful. With this in mind, I was hesitant when I started reading The Queen and The King, however, I found that I really enjoyed it. Book one remains my favourite but I thought that this book was a wonderful conclusion to Hades and Persephone's story.

Fans of Greek Mythology and romantic fantasy will adore the Love and Fate series!

5/5 Stars

Thank you to Good Girls PR, Rose & Star Publishing, Jeanette Rose and Alexis Rune for providing me with a digital arc.

I read this and The Nightmare and The Daydream as tandem reads and I highly recommend it. If you are worried it is going to be extra work or just take a lot of time, it won’t. Alexis Rune and Jeanette Rose planned these two to work as individuals and as tandem reads so due to that they put footnotes in both books of where to switch back and forth making it insanely easy to read. Start with The Queen and The King and then when you hit a footnote switch books and repeat until your done. This is the third and final book in the Love and Fate Trilogy for Hades and Persephone and then The Nightmare and The Daydream is book 4 and is a novella following Melinoë and Helios during the same time period of The Queen and The King. I love this series and I can’t wait to continue reading whatever these two authors write as I love it a lot.

Spoilers ahead for the first two books.

Hades is left the King of the Underworld without his Queen after she handed herself over to her mother to protect Hades and the underworld. He is left feeling lost and will do anything to get her back but when he finally manages to make contact with her, he learns she doesn’t remember who he is and even what the underworld is. Persephone is a secret her mother held close to home until now where Demeter wants Persephone to marry. But when Persephone starts getting dreams with a dark mysterious and familiar man who insists they know eachother, she realizes something isn’t quite right. Hades is willing to do anything to get her back and Persephone wants to learn everything she can about this man who seems to know everything about her.

I love hades and persephone retellings and this series is one of my favorites. Persephone is very powerful and learns how to use that power instead of being a weak damsel like some series. Hades is rightfully obsessed with her and Persephone also loves him. I love the dynamic between them in these books and I am so happy they finally get their happy ending. I also loved how Hades takes the time to get to know Persephone again while she doesn’t have her memory.

I do recommend this series and I also say if you can do the tandem read do it. It is so good and adds a whole new experience to this series that just feels right.

I’m always up to read a Hades and Persephone retelling. I’ve followed this series for a bit and book one is my favorite. I usually don’t enjoy the amnesia trope but it was understood that the conflict between Persephone and Demeter needed a good ending and it was necessary. I enjoyed how Hades falls in love all over again with another side of persephone. This is the part where you really appreciate her character development, because you have no idea how far she’s come until you see her with amnesia and that version of herself pops up. It is nice to see that in book one she did find herself when she lived alone in the mortal world. Read this if you’re team Persephone.