HOLY MOLY- how deliciously naughty! The Good Side of Wrong is addictively forbidden, consuming yummy, and hella sexy. I could not put this down- the spice, the tension, the deviance! Absolutely the best kind of wrong! This is everything I love about Jenika Snow- heartfelt romance paired with entrancing smutty spice. My favorite kind of life diversion- I ravenously consumed this story.
The tropes alone had me hooked- forbidden and taboo, age gap, a modernized Hades and Persephone reimagining, a dark controlling alpha hero with an innocent, vulnerable but strong heroine, the guardian-ward attraction.- yummy indeed. In this modern day, Hades is the adopted son of a millionaire with a ton of dark secrets, a heavy chip on his shoulder, and a dark and painful past that has him thirsty for revenge on his family- including his adopted brother. Alas fate takes the opportunity for vengeance out of his grasp,so instead Hades ascends from his dark and illusive isolation to reap the rewards of his familiar connections (with a dash of blackmail) in order to claim his adopted brother’s daughter as his ward so he can enact his revenge on the spawn of his enemy. Yes, he grew up in this family and Persephone grew up knowing him as her uncle- he’s estranged and seen her only but a few times and there is not blood relation, but to some this might cross the line of illicit taboo into cringe- so take warning if that kind of taboo isn’t your style.
Jenika dives STRAIGHT into the tension and heat in this one- the chemistry is a perfect infusion of trauma-inspired hatred and anger paired with protective longing and desire. And it’s so delicious. Fixation soon grows into obsession of a different nature- and Daddy Hades’ desire to destroy pivots into a thirst for control, ownership, lust, and ultimately quite a sweet and tender love. Oh, we’ve got lots of spice- praise and degradation, some daddy kink (not TOO heavy, at times even ironic), and so much heat. We also have a tragic backstory and two very broken characters who find liberation from their past pain in their unexpected connecting with each other- and that I just adored. Hades is dark, devious, controlling, power-hungry and dominating- SCORCHING HOT. Morally grey and unapologetically conniving, but the sweet Persphephone somehow captures the lingering beats of his dying heart and brings light to his soul. She’s his foil in every way- kind, sweet, open and loving. Optimistic and forgiving, gentle. The perfect prey- and the perfect balm to heal him.
As far as retellings, this one definitely is more loosely inspired, but we definitely have the tension that I love about the classic inspiration, a heroine who dives into hell for the man she loves, and a man willing to compromise and change so his darkness doesn’t destroy his treasure. Jenika brings that same thematic lens- how love can find it’s way even to the most unexpected of places, and how free will, not the prisons of our own and fate’s making, define us and the potential of our heart.
I only wish it was even longer- I just gobbled this right up. This book is as hot as the fires of Hades’ hell- and I melted happily with every passing page.
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