Series: Hades and Persephone #1
Author: Beena Khan
Pages: 436 pages
Version: Ebook (ARC)
Release date: 8 April 2022
Rating: ★★★★.5
Synopsis
I gave Hades a fake name at the club, and now, he’s chosen me as his mate.
Once upon a myth…
I’ve always been sheltered by my overprotective mother, hence the nickname given to me by my tormentors. ‘The nun.’ As a geeky scholarship student at the ancient and prestigious Saint Eudora Academy, I craved freedom, so, I sneaked out into the nightlife for the first time to mend my broken heart. There, I met a pair of alluring blue eyes and our worlds collided leaving nothing but destruction in its wake.
It was a single night, and we both wanted to forget someone. He said, I have six months before he returns. Six months to tell my old life goodbye. In my drunk state, I agreed, and he declared us as betrothed. The next morning, I ghosted him.
Imagine my surprise when I see him at my academy six months later. He’s returned like a raging inferno to claim me.
The connection and recognition are still there. He was supposed to only be a myth. The man I meet now is different. He’s tortured, dark, and deadly like Hades. A sense of danger surrounds him, trapping me toward him. I don’t know what he is capable of until a favor from the reaper and a chilling murder forces us to bond.
I fear the unknown ahead of me when I finally unmask him. I’m entangled in a web of secrets and lies where money and power rule in his dark world. He says he collects souls, and now he is here to take mine.
Valerius Vitalli will never let me go.
Loosely based on the myth of Hades & Persephone.
Once upon a myth…
I’ve always been sheltered by my overprotective mother, hence the nickname given to me by my tormentors. ‘The nun.’ As a geeky scholarship student at the ancient and prestigious Saint Eudora Academy, I craved freedom, so, I sneaked out into the nightlife for the first time to mend my broken heart. There, I met a pair of alluring blue eyes and our worlds collided leaving nothing but destruction in its wake.
It was a single night, and we both wanted to forget someone. He said, I have six months before he returns. Six months to tell my old life goodbye. In my drunk state, I agreed, and he declared us as betrothed. The next morning, I ghosted him.
Imagine my surprise when I see him at my academy six months later. He’s returned like a raging inferno to claim me.
The connection and recognition are still there. He was supposed to only be a myth. The man I meet now is different. He’s tortured, dark, and deadly like Hades. A sense of danger surrounds him, trapping me toward him. I don’t know what he is capable of until a favor from the reaper and a chilling murder forces us to bond.
I fear the unknown ahead of me when I finally unmask him. I’m entangled in a web of secrets and lies where money and power rule in his dark world. He says he collects souls, and now he is here to take mine.
Valerius Vitalli will never let me go.
Loosely based on the myth of Hades & Persephone.
Review
This book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Beena Khan!
A Beautiful Liar is the first book in the Hades and Persephone series and tells the story of Annabella and Valerius.
Beena Khan did it again! She’s such a talented author and I love her take on fairytales and myths. A Beautiful Liar is loosely based on the Hades and Persephone myth, and I really enjoyed it. This book is also Beena Khan’s first Dark Academia, and I think she did an amazing job with the gothic-ness and the academy vibes. Besides Dark Academia, this story is also a Mafia Romance with a lot of darkness and suspense.
A Beautiful Liar is about Annabella and Valerius. Valerius is the brother of Enzo, a character you might know if you’ve read the Beauty & The Beast series. I really loved both characters because they both have been through a lot and they found each other one night, and that night changed everything for them. I really enjoyed reading about Anna and Val, and getting to know them. I also loved the Hades and Persephone references such as the overprotective mother, the 6-month-period, the flowers, …
A Beautiful Liar is another amazing book by Beena Khan, and I didn’t expect anything else. I’ve read quite a few of her Mafia books, and every time she surprises me again. Her world-building, her characters, her writing, … AMAZING. I really enjoyed reading A Beautiful Liar, and I’m looking forward to reading the next book in the series. I’m still not over how A Beautiful Liar ended, so I really hope we get the next book, A Terrible Villain, soon!