Electric Idol

In this addition to the Dark Olympus series, we follow Persephone's sister, Psyche. In a wild twist of events, she is forced to enter into a marriage of convenience with Eros, a ruthless fixer for his mother, Aphrodite. What follows is them exploring their relationship while trying to navigate the political maneuverings of Olympus.

I was really disappointed with this book, and it looks like I'm in the minority that felt that. The first book, Neon Gods, was so good. This one just fell short for me. There are some of my least favorite tropes in this book, including insta-love. This book only takes place over like a week or a two. This made the relationship feel disingenuous. I felt like both characters did so many things that were so out of character. I understand having a false outer persona, but this felt like more than that. I felt like this marriage of convenience was not the only option they had out of their situation, and it felt utterly absurd that that's what the plan was from the start. In a romance book, I can look past some bad plot points if the steamy scenes are good, but these felt so vanilla and boring compared to the first book.

All-in-all, this felt very boring and contrived. It appears most people are loving this though, so I would recommend this to people that liked the first book.

TW: abuse (emotional, financial), body shaming, murder (off-page), guns, explicit sex