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Electric Idol
By Katee Robert
🎧 Narrated by: Alex Moorock, Zara Hampton-Brown
Dark Olympus, Book 2 
Book 6 of 2024

I would read these in order, because there is a lot more world building in book 1 than book 2 and it could be confusing? Or you could just be here for a good time and not worry about understanding the world. 

Book 2 of the Dark Olympus series is a modern Eros and Psyche retelling. 

I am such a fan of a brooding, morally grey MMC and a sweet (at least at the surface) FMC. 

Psyche is a plus sized influencer thriving outside of the image-obsessed inner circle of Olympus. But when Aphrodite overhears Psyche’s beauty praised, she naturally sends her personal hit man after her. (Naturally.)

Since Aphrodite has several layers of evil, her hit man is actually her son, the incredibly handsome Eros. He cannot go through with it, and instead proposes marriage to Psyche so that he can protect her. 

Watching the two of them fall in love was such a treat. There’s almost a found family element to watching Eros get to know Psyche and her family. I absolutely adored Psyche.

An element of Robert’s writing that I always appreciate is how casually queer it is. Both Psyche and Eros get to casually mention their bisexuality without much fanfare. 

I wish this world had just a little more fantasy or was a little more realistic, but that checks out with my general taste in books. 

If you’re a fan of “touch here and die” vibes or the bad guy / good girl trope, you have to read this one!

[ book synopsis ] 

He was the most beautiful man alive.

And if I wasn’t careful, he was going to be my death.

*A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Psyche and Eros that’s as sinful as it is sweet.*

In the ultra-modern city of Olympus, there’s always a price to pay. Psyche knew she’d have to face Aphrodite’s ire eventually, but she never expected her literal heart to be at stake…or for Aphrodite’s gorgeous son to be the one ordered to strike the killing blow.

Eros has no problem shedding blood. But when it comes time to take out his latest target, he can’t do it. Confused by his reaction to Psyche, he does the only thing he can think of to keep her safe: he marries her. Psyche vows to make Eros’s life a living hell until they find a way out of this mess. But as lines blur and loyalties shift, she realizes he might take her heart after all…and she’s not sure she can survive the loss.