Dark Olympus #6
e-ARC provided by NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca
Author: Katee Robert
All the way back in book 1, Orpheus abandons Eurydice to a an unknown fate by a bridge leading to the lower city under the old Zeus’s instructions. That forced her into the protection of her sister Persephone and her husband Hades. They have Charon, Hades’s right hand man, guard her and they develop a friendship. Charon is smitten but he knows she needs to heal and nothing can go further between him and Eurydice until she comes to terms with her unresolved feelings towards Orpheus. Charon then heads to Olympus and tells Orpheus to set things straight. Neither Charon nor Eurydice were expecting a repentant and very changed Orpheus to actually show up and accept any form of punishment Eurydice throws at him, even becoming “her dog” (yes, puppy play is involved). Also unexpected was how the attraction between Charon and Orpheus also develops and soon the three realize they can’t live without the others.
Like I have said in reviews of the previous books, this is pretty much a chapter in a long story and you definitely need to read the ones before to understand all the mess going on in Olympus and the Lower City.
There is a strong element of romance underlying the story, but this is mostly an entry in the saga of what’s happening in the cities, with the focus being on Charon, Eurydice and Orpheus.
I wouldn’t say this ends in a cliffhanger per se, but the ending was so abrupt I thought my copy was missing the final chapter.
There is a lot of politics as usual as well as some steamy scenes as we can expect from Katee Robert, but the plot is king here, moving the bigger story along.
Thank you, NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the early copy.
Representation: everyone is queer
Possible triggers: violence, murder, pregnancy (not the heroine), pregnancy termination (by choice, not the heroine)
