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The Goddess
of Spring, Persephone, feels like a child under the shadow
of Demeter, her over protective mother. She longs to
experience new wonders but is limited to consorting with
virgin goddesses Athena and Artemis. Although she enjoys
spending time with her friends, Sephie is drawn to the
opposite sex. Her curiosity is satiated when Hades, called
Aidon, God of the Underworld, appears. Before she can
think, he snatches her up and takes her to his underground
home. It’s there that Persephone discovers that she is a
submissive, and comes to relish Aidon’s dominance, and her
role as his wife and Queen of the Underworld.
Will she
choose to remain by his side? And if so, how will she ever
face her mother again after submitting her mind, body and
soul to Aidon?
The
retelling of The Rape of Persephone is a decadently
erotic story of dominance and submission. Various gods,
goddesses and players from the Hesiod and Greek/Roman
legend and lore drop in to The Surrender of Persephone
to recall various stories revolving around the underworld
and its rulers. Each encounter between Persephone and Aidon
is lavishly lurid. Their exploits explode throughout the
realm of the dead. This dark place becomes Sephie’s new
playground and it’s interesting to watch her blossom into
womanhood under Aidon’s dark mastery as she accepts her role
as his wife and equal. Be warned. The sexual escapades are
explicitly intense, equipped with instruments and acts to
test your knowledge and comfort zone. I was thankful this
pair falls deeply in love.
Alas, my
only issue is a reoccurring one. Although these are gods
and goddesses, they display human traits which seem to
overshadow their supernatural posture. Maybe it’s a device
used to connect Sephie and Aidon to the audience but it’s
never worked on me. Where’s the fun in reading about
immortals when they’re too much like people? Reaching the
end, I still had to concede that Selena Kitt does an
excellent job of fine tuning an old story with vigor, humor,
intelligence and passion. |
