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Mythology, Gods & Monsters
“Pomegranate seeds were never just a snack.”
Hades and Persephone, battle gods, trickster gods, the entire god-shit tag. Retellings, originals, and the fantasy worlds where the divine keeps interfering with people’s love lives.
Gods, retellings and the god-shit tag
Books tagged mythology or god-shit — my tag for any story where deities are load-bearing. Greek retellings sit next to original pantheons; some are mythology-first, some are fantasy with gods in the walls.
Darkness varies: Persephone books tend romantic, the Aspect and Anchor books get strange, the Kingmaker books go to war.
Highest rating first
Each title links to the one real review on the site. Within a rating tier, the newest review comes first.
Destroyer of Light
What Lies Beyond The Veil
Elysian
Crown of Midnight
Throne of Glass
A Promise of Fire
Heir of Fire
The Forbidden Wish
A Promise of Peridot
Receiver of Many
Magic Binds
Breath of Fire
Persuasion
Trickery
A Strange Hymn
Dracula: His First Centuries
The Darkest Touch
The Warlord Wants Forever
Tower of Dawn
The Unyielding
What Hunts Inside the Shadows
Bedeviled (Bewitched #3) — A Love Letter to the Queen
Sworn to the Shadow GodNot read, not rated, not endorsed. Yet.
The Throne of Broken Gods (Gods & Monsters, #2)Amber V. NicoleTo read · not yet reviewed
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King (Crowns of Nyaxia, #2)Carissa BroadbentTo read · not yet reviewed
Throne of the Horde King (Horde Kings of Dakkar, #6)Zoey DravenTo read · not yet reviewed
The Wolf & the Wildflower (Fated Fae)Ella FieldsTo read · not yet reviewed
Craving in His Blood (Brides of the Kylorr, #2)Zoey DravenTo read · not yet reviewed
The Warrior Heir (The Heir Chronicles, #1)Cinda Williams ChimaTo read · not yet reviewedThe newest additions to my Goodreads to-read list. No ratings, because there aren’t any yet.
Latest rant / rave on this shelfBedeviled (Bewitched #3) — A Love Letter to the QueenSeptember 2026unratedRead the review →Not sure how dark you want it?
Read the two-minute guide on spice vs. darkness on the hub, then come back and pick with confidence.
Spice vs. darkness