
A Touch of Malice
Scarlett St. Clair · Hades x Persephone #3
Shares gods & immortals, bargain / deal & forbidden love. Same author, too.
Read-alikes
A Touch of Ruin is gods & immortals, forbidden love & bargain / deal — spicy (4/5), first-person, ending on a hard-won happy ending. These 12 romantasy read-alikes are ranked by how much they share with it, closest first — each one explained.
Persephone and Hades' relationship has gone public, plunging her into a media storm that threatens to expose her as a goddess living undercover in modern New Athens. When a devastating tragedy strikes and Hades refuses to intervene, Persephone strikes a dangerous bargain to take matters into her own hands — forcing her to confront whether she can truly step into the role of his queen.
Share the most of what makes A Touch of Ruin work.

Scarlett St. Clair · Hades x Persephone #3
Shares gods & immortals, bargain / deal & forbidden love. Same author, too.

Jennifer L. Armentrout · Flesh and Fire #2
Shares forbidden love, morally grey & gods & immortals.

Laini Taylor · Strange the Dreamer #2
Shares forbidden love, morally grey & gods & immortals.

Holly Black · Modern Faerie Tales #1
Shares forbidden love, morally grey & bargain / deal.

Scarlett St. Clair · Hades x Persephone #4
Shares gods & immortals & morally grey. Same author, too.

Scarlett St. Clair · Hades x Persephone #1
Shares bargain / deal & gods & immortals. Same author, too.

Jennifer L. Armentrout · Flesh and Fire #1
Shares forbidden love & gods & immortals.

Rebecca Yarros · The Empyrean #2
Shares forbidden love & morally grey.

Carissa Broadbent · The War of Lost Hearts #3
Shares forbidden love & morally grey.

Danielle L. Jensen · The Bridge Kingdom #4
Shares forbidden love & morally grey.

Jennifer L. Armentrout · Blood and Ash #1
Shares forbidden love & morally grey.

Jennifer L. Armentrout · Flesh and Fire #3
Shares gods & immortals & forbidden love.