A retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth, a story of fate, the struggle for power, and love found in the most unexpected places. ***** Persephone has been raised in Olympus all her life - her mother absent, her father a cruel king, with her sibl...
- Book Two in the Kore Series - * NOT a stand-alone. Please read Kore before reading this novel!* For her entire life, Kore had allowed others to make decisions for her, and had listened when they told her she was weak. She could've kept listening- if they hadn't taken her from Hades. Now, however, she is tired of th...
In a time where monsters raged and immortals reigned, two star-crossed lovers fight every obstacle to be together. Persephone and Hades find themselves buried in godly drama and anger and fighting across opposite worlds to finally be together. This is the story of how Kore, Goddess of Spring, came to be Persephone, Qu...
When Kore accidentally takes the life of a rabbit, she knows what her mother's reaction will be: taking away the little freedom she has. So she does what any girl would do. She asks the dreaded king of the Underworld to let her bring it back. A short retelling of Hades and Persephone.
Based off the wildly charming and delightful Webtoon "Lore Olympus: A Retelling of the Kidnapping of Persephone" by Rachel Smythe. Cover art is from Chapter 9. Persephone returns back to the Underworld after her assignment abroad. She's looking forward to being reunited again with her secret flame, Hades: King of the...
When Hades sees the beautiful Persephone, he falls in love instantly. But he, as king of the underworld, would never stand a chance with her, so he tries to put her out of his mind, but he does not succeed. And so he does something desperate: he rises from the underworld and takes her to his kingdom below. "You can ru...
In Greek mythology, it is commonly believed that Hades kidnapped Persephone and forced her to eat those six pomegranate seeds. No one asked if she knew what she had done. No one suggested she could love Hades. No one even thought she might want to stay in the Underworld. What if she had been in danger from something...
"I asked him for it. For the blood, the rust, for the sin. I didn't want the pearls other girls talked about, or the fine marble of palaces, or even the roses in the mouth of servants. I wanted pomegranates-- I wanted darkness I want him. So I grabbed my king and ran away to the land of death, where I reigned, and peo...