Date published: April 2009
ISBN: 978-0-06-172449-7
Fantasy/Young Adult
Hardcover
Dawn
Everyone knows about Persephone and how she was stolen away by Hades to be his queen down in the underworld. This is the tale of how Persephone became the Queen and love of the Lord of the Underworld, told by Persephone herself. A young woman determined to live a life for herself and in the end, finds a love worth fighting for and a life worth living.
RADIANT DARKNESS is from debut author Emily Whitman and tells the tale of Persephone’s life before she became the Queen of the Underworld with Hades. Ms. Whitman delivers a wonderfully told story that tells Persephone’s point of view on the whole myth and that one young woman’s desire to have a life of her own, even if her mother, Demeter, doesn’t agree. Full of teenage angst, Ms. Whitman delves deep into Persephone’s heart to show that even a young goddess wants love and a chance to have a life of her own, on her own terms. This author dives into the mythical tale with abandon and the reader gets a chance to see that maybe the myth that is being told in books and history just might not be the real story. RADIANT DARKNESS is Persephone’s story in her words of how she became the Queen of the Underworld and how the seasons of winter and spring came about in the aftermath.
Meet Persephone, a young teen goddess chafing for something, anything to get her some much needed excitement in her mother’s vale. When she meets Hades, she has no idea who he is but he calls to her deep inside her soul. With boredom and the need to show her mother, Demeter that she is not that little girl anymore, Persephone embarks on an adventure that delivers her a whole new world and love beyond what she ever imagined. Ms. Whitman definitely gets who Persephone is in RADIANT DARKNESS. Strong, yearning to be free of her mother’s strings yet also looking for love of her own; Ms. Whitman delivers a character that keeps you glued to the pages as you read about her adventures in the underworld and her romance with Hades. Can she find her place in his world? Will she ever be able to come into her own and become the person she thinks she should be? Is Persephone the victim history has made her out to be?
RADIANT DARKNESS is a story that shows the reader a new spin on the myth of Persephone and Hades’ courtship and love. Ms. Whitman does a fabulous job in creating a young lady full of hurts, independence and what she finds along the way to her heart’s reward. Can Persephone find a way to make her mother “see” her in a new light? RADIANT DARKNESS is a delightful tale that will show you a new way of thinking in that maybe Persephone wasn’t the victim here and that being true to one’s self means also sacrificing something in order to get her heart’s desire. I look forward to seeing more from this intriguing new author and if you love a good retelling of mythical tales full of gods/goddesses, then you will enjoy RADIANT DARKNESS.
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