[ARC Review] The Queen and the King by Jeanette Rose and Alexis Rune

PUBLISHER'S SYNOPSIS: God of the Dead. King of the Underworld. The Unseen. The Renowned.

A King without his Queen.

They were at odds for what felt like months living together, and just when he finally felt they were on stable footing, she's again wrenched from his grasp. Is this their true destiny? To be torn from each other over and over again? Yet, Demeter could never count on their mental connection, one as tied to the Underworld as they are. Too powerful and too old for even Demeter to touch.

Goddess of Spring: The Maiden. The Mistress. The Venerable One.

The Queen without her King.

It's another day on Olympus, as her mother's carefully guarded secret. Never seen. Never heard. Except for the dark, mysterious man who visits her dreams.

One who keeps insisting they know each other. Not just know each other He states quite clearly, they're married.

Destiny. Fate. Fortune. Kismet.

Time's Up.

Yet the lack of memory isn't their only problem, the Underworld is under attack. And the Titans are loose. Blood will be spilled. The Destroyer of Worlds will awaken. And nothing will be the same.  

MY THOUGHTS: After the ending of book two of this Hades and Persephone retelling by Jeanette Rose and Alexis Rune, our main characters definitely had a lot to figure out, but I was so happy with the way these two wrapped up the main love story.

Without spoiling the end of the second book, Hades and Persephone had a lot of obstacles to tackle before they could finally find some peace in their relationship. I thought Rose and Rune did a fantastic job at both tying up those storylines while also moving forward with the pieces in play.

The Greek pantheon is no stranger to bad parenting, and poor Persephone and Hades had it in spades in this book. I absolutely loved that Rose and Rune acknowledged these issues, but didn't make excuses for people like Demeter like some Hades/Persephone retellings have.

Of course, even when they were apart, Hades managed to use his Underworld-given Shadow powers to keep things spicy. While they both had a long journey to go on, l enjoyed every bit of their time apart as well as the time they finally got to have together.

Full of action and spice and a whole pantheon of great characters, The Queen and the King is a must-read conclusion to Rose and Rune's Hades and Persephone retelling.