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《Blade》Hell is an Empty Heart

REVIEW - HELL IS AN EMPTY HEART (AnnamitaMuscaria)

REVIEWER - Blade DeathBlade__

(First 3 chapters were reviewed) 

Title: 5/5

I love the title a lot! It is a part of a quote that I really like and keeping that as the title works wonders with the book. 

There’s a lot about love in this story from what I can tell (especially now that Hades kidnapped Persephone for a forced marriage). He is also the king of the underworld and this marriage was arranged by her father for her, so both the hell and the empty heart parts of the title tie in together.

Hermes also lost the girl he loved which could also contribute to the title. 

In the first three chapters itself, I could relate the book a lot with the title and there might be more instances in the future. 

The title is really good and perfect to attract new readers. 

Cover: 3/5

I love the font/ everything related to the texts used on the cover. I love the flowers and leaves growing from the swirls in the text, it represents Persephone’s attachment to them and their attachment to her. 

However, other than the font, the cover is a bit simple, especially the background image. I’d prefer if there was a lot more going on in the cover to give off more of a magical feeling. I mean, the story heavily follows greek gods, and a cover showing the extent of their power would have been a better fit. 

My suggestion would be to go for a manip cover with more magical elements rather than a plain image. 

Overall, the cover does look great but I’d like it better if the background grabbed my attention greater than the font did. 

Blurb: 4/5

The blurb is short but it conveys a lot, all the while building up the reader’s curiosity. The last two sentences really create intrigue (it definitely did for me). 

But she chose to be the prisoner of her husband’s love. When I read that sentence, I was really in awe. There are many ways to interpret it which again, leads to greater curiosity. The word prisoner made it seem like she was unwilling to be there but the word love may contradict it. It’s the perfect sentence!

The only issue was the first sentence. Again, it's a great starting sentence but it feels a bit incomplete. Personally, I’d change into something like this, 

“It is this sacred blood that made you strong, dangerous, and above anything, a woman”

Without the It is, the sentence feels like it should continue but it doesn’t

Other than that, I loved the blurb! It was enough to reel me into the book!

Writing Style: 10/10

There are no grounds for me to complain about this. Everything was perfect! The description of the characters was perfect, I loved how you described the smallest details (such as the flowers) and the overall writing style was so unique! It gives a sense of olden times, without being too hard to read and it was a perfect balance!

The first chapter opened with started off in a poetic way that I’ve never seen before. It was certainly very unique and it also gave an overview of Mount Olympus and how it looks. The paragraph following that had stunning vocabulary (as did all three chapters). You described the flowers and the research done on them made it very authentic. I loved how you introduced the readers to Persephone and the whole paragraph was filled with imagery.