This is one of my favorites by this author, so getting to read it again knowing that there was additional bonus material made me excited. It was even better the second time through than it was the first time and that says something. It offers all the excitement, passion, angst, suspense, and steam that draws me to romance. The Bonus material comes at the end of book three in this box set and let me just say that it was beyond anything than I could have wanted. The first scene made my heart hurt at everything that these characters had been through and how far they had come, individually and collectively. The second scene, however, made me break into a HUGE Cheshire cat grin because of what it implied as to what is to come. I am 1000% ready for it.

Richer than God
Sweet Holiest of titfires...
This book was hotter than a Las Vegas sidewalk in August. I have been wanting this book since I first finished Hades. I have to say, I love mythology, but this modern twist on Mythology is so much better than the stuff that is taught in school. Had this been what was taught, I would have changed my major. Even knowing that Zeus was a manwhore and not very redeemable in tales of Lore had nothing on Zeus in this book. He is all of that and more.

Getting the opportunity to see a little of what makes him tick, shows that there is something redeemable in him. He does have feelings and it is more than just the feelings of of being supreme. I knew that there had to be so moments in his childhood that sucked, much like it did with Hades, just to a different extent. Even with the small amounts that I did see in this part of the book, I know that there is so much more buried under the surface. I look forward to unpeeling that onion and getting to the innermost layers to find out about him.

That being said, Zeus, made me want to scream and throw my kindle. He is everything I want in an anti-hero and then some. His callous and extremely awful behavior toward the end of this book in regard to Bridgit had me wanting to drop him on his head or shake the ever-loving hell out of him. Bridgit. This girl was no match for Zeus considering her naivete. However, the old Shakespeare quote, "...Though she be but little she is fierce," came to mind. She seemed to make Zeus ponder and distract and for Zeus, that is dangerous. I look forward to finding out more about her in the next book and finding out her backstory.

I also cannot wait to discover more about Demeter. She piqued my interest in the first trilogy and the mere mention of her has me intrigued in this one too. I hope that she gets a story. That being said, I highly recommend this story. It has proven to be well worth the anticipation. Now, I just need to learn that patience is a virtue because I already need the next book.

Sweeter than Sin
Crikey...
I loved Hade's books and with the last book, I still wasn't convinced that Zeus could win the top spot. I was wrong. So ever-loving wrong. Zeus just took Hades and pushed him out of the top spot and then some. The intensity of this book was beyond anything that I could have imagined. I shouldn't have loved him the way that I did, but good lord, how could I not. There is a reason that he is an anti-hero but even that couldn't stop me from loving him. That shows how good this author is that she can make someone so borderline repugnant and irredeemable and make him someone that I not only want to shake some sense into but that I also want to lock him up in my house and make little Zeus babies and I don't even like babies (except the one that I helped create and that makes me a better human). That, too, speaks volumes about this author.

From the first chapter, this book consumed me. I dreamt about it. These characters feel like real people. Even though this is nothing that I would ever experience in this lifetime and the setting isn't real, it FELT real and that made it even better. This author has bewitched me, first with Hades, and now, especially now, with Zeus and Brigit. It is twisted at times, I wanted to scream at times, and I had my stomach toss and turn with what was happening in this book. It is not a smooth ride but it was worth every bump along the way.

Discovering this author this year and this modern retelling of Greek Mythology, with a twist, is one of the best things about this godforsaken 2020 year. Highly recommend anyone to come on this journey with me because it is well worth it.

Darker Than Night
This trilogy is one of the few things that prove that 2020, in its entirety, has not been a dumpster fire. I latch on to the things that give me joy, and that is this author and her Hades trilogy and now Zeus. I am always guaranteed to be able to get lost in her modern mythological worlds and forget that life exists.

This book picks up right where the last book ended. It is intense. The interactions between Zeus and Hades in this book were sublime. I am not sure how the author manages to create such anti-hero characters that are both quite dickish yet endearing at the same time. However, what really drew me this time was the growth in Zeus as he vacillated in his desire to be both the man that he was and the man he wanted to be. It wasn't an easy ride considering he is a complex man. I liked that Bridgit challenged him. I liked that she was confident in her belief of who he was behind the mask. The steamy times between these two were FIRE in this book. It shouldn't have been hot but it SOOOOOO was.

I did have a couple of areas that I wished had been different, mainly Demeter, but for the most part, this was the perfect conclusion to this trilogy. I loved the peek into what is coming next. I thought it would be someone else, an antiheroine perhaps but regardless, I am excited to read it. I highly recommend these interconnected trilogies to anyone that loves mythology and a great story. ( )