First Day of Spring: Hades and Persephone Retellings

Happy first day of Spring! My high school English teacher (Hi Mrs. D!) named her daughter Persephone and always made a big deal about today in honor of it. I love a good Hades and Persephone retelling which isn’t surprising since I love retellings. But I am particularly drawn to Greek Mythology.

I studied Latin in high school and college and also took Greek in college! I had a FANTASTIC professor (Hi Professor Begley! He’s not reading this but I wish he would, I adored him) who made me love so many aspects of the language, history, and mythology.

Here’s a little bit on the story of Hades and Persephone if you’re unfamiliar!

Now most of these are Romance retellings, so they range in spice levels. But a few of them are QUITE spicy 👀 so you’ve been warned if that’s not your thing!

A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

Neon Gods by Katee Robert

A Deal with the Elf King by Elise Kova

Hot As Hades by Alisha Rai

King of Shadows by Amelia Wilde

Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues

Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe

Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones

A Star Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi

I have a feeling this post is going to be my next rabbit hole of book buying. I want Lore Olympus so badly now! I had seen it make the rounds on TikTok and now I think it needs to be in my library.