Book Details
Seeds
Kore has lived her entire life under her resentful mother Demeter’s shadow, trying her hardest to please a woman grown bitter by betrayal. With her self-esteem in tatters and deliberately isolated by her mother, it’s no surprise that Kore is flummoxed when she meets a collection of otherworldly women – the Goddesses of Olympus – who tell her that her mother is in truth a Goddess herself.
Kore tells them her preferred name, Persephone, and hopes they will not only have answers for her new questions, but the friendship and love she craves. Instead, an imposing and stoic figure emerges from a nearby cave on a magical chariot and snatches Persephone away.
Upon realizing she has been taken to the Underworld by Hades, who desires she become his queen, Persephone vows to escape.
Demeter, enraged upon finding her daughter taken, goes to extreme lengths to reclaim her – putting the lives of all humanity, and even the gods, at risk.
Review of Seeds
Fans of Greek Mythology and the reimagining of the Persephone and Hades lore will be pulled in by this new version of the story. Focusing on the mother daughter relationship between Kore and Demeter, readers will see how the relationship sours, and how Persephone, once in the Underworld, becomes her own person. In this version, even though the author sticks to the original version of how Persephone is taken to the Underworld, Hades, as a character, isn’t a completely horrible selfish deity. He becomes mournful and regrets how he abducted Persephone to be his bride.
As the story progresses, I feel Hade’s is a redeemable character, one that readers will root for and hope he’ll find happiness. He respects Persephone and treats her as a partner, a person worth helping and sharing a life with. Hades doesn’t belittle, criticize, or intentionally make Persephone feel she’s incapable of doing even the most basic of tasks. He encourages her to find her passions and ask him for help or guidance, which he willingly gives, along with praise Persephone never felt she would ever receive or deserved.
Although Seeds started slow, and that the dual POV’s are between Demeter and Persephone, once Persephone is in the Underworld the story picked up dramatically. And Persephone’s self-discovery and slow-burn romance with Hades is one worth continuing.
Keep this one on your radar book friends!
Happy Reading ~ Cece
RATING: 
– Satisfyingly Inked
Content Warnings:
References to child abuse, animal death, starvation, forcible confinement.
About the Author
Angie Paxton is an American author who writes books that explore complex female family relationships in dark, atmospheric settings. She’s a part of the North Idaho Writers’ League. Angie is a stay-at-home mom who enjoys reading and research. She’ll occasionally emerge from her books to run, hike or boat in beautiful Hayden, Idaho where she lives with her husband, four kids and three spoiled cats. Seeds is Angie’s debut novel.
publication details
| Pub Date | ISBN | Page Count | Publisher | Age Group | Source & Format | Review Posted Online |
| 7-Jan-25 | 978-1998076840 | 400 | Rising Action | Adult | NetGalley, Digital ARC | October 12, 2024 |
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