Name: Promises and Pomegranates
ISBN: 9781737668121

Sav R. Miller

A dark, contemporary romance loosely based on the myth of Hades and Persephone.

Monsters & Muses Book One

Promises and Pomegranates

Bianca Miller 

Keira 💫

Laura Poghosyan 

Emma Wolfe

"Or all that time she spends with her nose buried in a book.”

Maybe Hades was lonely too, and he brought Persephone to his realm because he knew she'd bring the light with her. 

If hearts were made of glass, the remaining pieces of mine would be jagged and splintered, wholly incapable of being glued back together. 

"If you love him," Stella says, adjusting her glasses, "then you love him. Plain and simple. That doesn’t go away, no matter the circumstance.”

Emilia Jarvis

She’d say humans are made up of energy, and that energy has a certain magnetism to it that attracts both what we fear and what we desire, and that it was up to us to reflect the kind of life we wanted to the universe so it would be able to deliver

"Doctor Kal Anderson assumes his heart worked at some point in his life. But at thirty-two years old, the organ in his chest seems to play a mechanical role at best. His cold, emotionless existence gives him an edge as a fixer and in-house physician for the Mafia, while his judgment is impartial and complication-free.

Until Elena Ricci, his boss’s twenty-year-old daughter.

After admiring the heartless doctor from afar most of her life, Elena catches him in a moment of weakness, and the pair shares a night of passion as they attempt to work each other from their systems. Only, the night seems to have the opposite effect. Elena is no longer a simple temptation to Kal, but a necessity.

An obsession.

One he won’t let anyone stand in his way of—even if that means crashing her wedding to another man, forcing her hand in marriage, and stealing her away to the corrupt island he resides on.

Alone with the man of her nightmares for the first time ever, Elena starts to chip away at the layers of ice surrounding his hardened heart. But the warmth and depravity from her new husband may not be worth the secrets unveiled, or the lives that will forever be altered.

Promises and Pomegranates is a standalone dark romance inspired by Hades and Persephone. 
Though it is not necessary, it is highly recommended to read their short prequel, Sweet Sin, before diving in. 

The first 100 pages (+ prequel) were amazing! After that it got very boring. I think the characters are well written but the plot was lacking.

Emma Kamer

Didn't find the storyline great,  Didn't keep me engaged 

Louise McCarthy 

ugh i pissed it left on a cliffhanger!!! i need more!!! 

jules hill

God this book was absolutely fantastic. Such a fast paced book but at the same time so perfectly drug out. Very original, unlike any other book live read so far. Can’t wait to finish this series!! 

Kai Morgan 

Samantha 

definitely uncharted territory for me 

But I enjoyed the overall story despite my aversion to certain…um, fetishes. I would never seek a book out because of those details but it did nothing to dissuade my hope for their HEA

Korinna R

This book was my introduction to dark romance, and has be absolutely obsessed. I loved reading this book and it brought me out of a dreadfully long reading slump. Anyone that is interested in trying dark romance, this is a good place to start. 
I love the playlist at the beginning of the book. It prompted me to create a playlist on amazon that consists solely of songs from book playlists.

Woof… I do not think that book was my style. Outside of the darker aspects of it, I really couldn’t find much to humanize or romanticize about kal… 

Katie Avila

ZERO STARS holy crap this book is god awful - shame on me for blindly believing internet hype and borrowing the book from the lib without reading about it more. 

The writing is utterly mediocre and I’d be embarrassed if anyone saw me with the book in public. I read up to 172 pages, so I gave it a good chance. This reads like the shitty work of a 14 year old wattpad author. GOODBYE 

Sophia 

ZERO STARS holy crap this book is god awful - shame on me for blindly believing internet hype and borrowing the book from the lib without reading about it more. 

The writing is utterly mediocre and I’d be embarrassed if anyone saw me with the book in public. I read up to 172 pages, so I gave it a good chance. This reads like the shitty work of a 14 year old wattpad author. GOODBYE 

Katrina Meyers

wouldn’t recommend this to anybody i don’t even know why i finished it

ariah west

this book was a whole lot of something, but a whole lot of nothing at the same time. it was kinda crazy how much of this book I had to drag myself through. like if anyone says they like this book for more than the smut then I really have to wonder why. and speaking of the smut, why are these human being ingesting blood like they're vampires????? its not cute...next. would also like to point out that multiple times in the book they pointed out the age gap between the two, and I get it sometimes people like age gaps, but lets be fr here. he's, what, 32???? and they state multiple times that she is underaged...this girl can't even drink...like I get it hades and persephone but ok moving on, and half of the story was only about kal sleeping with Elena's mom...only keeping this book on the shelf because the cover it pretty honestly

Niyah<3

Farra McChesney

I love how she paints these vivid images & bares the characters souls to the reader.

I felt like this idea was very interesting & had a lot of potential, but I wasn't invested. It was lacking some development and the climax was lack luster for me.

I love a hefty dose of sex in any book, but I needed more from the plot & overall storytelling to really pull me along.

Gabriela Gorgoni

I don't know why I keep getting sucked into reading books from my tiktok fyp, but it's once again just wasted my time. This book had (emphases on had) good potential, but definitely fell short in a lot of categories. Within two or three chapters, I had to search online to double check that I had the correct book. From the beginning, it just feels like I'm reading the second book in a series and missing so much information. I'm all for great spice scenes, which lived up to the expectation, but it's hard to enjoy them when there's barely any chemistry between the two. The MC annoyed me as well, but that's just a matter of my opinion. Regardless, if Miller had just provided us some more detail prior to beginning the story it might've saved the original plot. Would only recommend if you need to pass a few hours on a boring Sunday, besides that, I'd pass.

Michaela

I really liked this book for what it was, a quick, easy, steamy read. The story was a bit weak but I assumed that when I decided to read this book, I just wanted an entertaining book to spend the day reading. Overall, it wasn’t a horrible read but also not the best thing I have read, just an enjoyable quick read.

Sofia Arcângelo 

I think I need the wash my eyes with holly water after this book! LOL (kidding) 
It's a nice story, well written, but the plot behind the story isn't well developed, and the whole book revolves around the hot, crazy, intense, dark sex the MC's have. I liked it, but this book isn't just for everybody, it has some details about cutting and blood that may disturbe some readers.

This book made me rethink my entire spice rating system. I think this is probably the darkest and most explicit romance book that I’ve read to date. This is certainly a book for those who like toxic, degrading, and dirty romances.

Promises and Pomegranates is a dark contemporary romance based loosely on the story of Hades and Persephone. Elena is the daughter of a mafia boss and Kal is the enforcer and extractor of information, the one who does the dirty work. Kal forces Elena into marriage and whisks her away to a secret(ish) location. Kal is trying to leave his role in the mafia behind and fulfill terms to a secret of his own but Elena’s family makes it difficult at every turn… not to mention Elena is always finding herself in a mess.

⚠️ There are extreme trigger warnings in this book ⚠️

Overall, the plot was good and there was a decent amount of character development. There were some unresolved points in the story that I would have like to of seen finished. I also found Elena to be a little whiny and she forgives him way too fast. The ending was a bit sudden and I would have liked to see that played out a little more. It is one of the better Hades and Persephone tropes that I’ve read though. And there’s A LOT of sex.

amidpages

This book made me rethink my entire spice rating system. I think this is probably the darkest and most explicit romance book that I’ve read to date. This is certainly a book for those who like toxic, degrading, and dirty romances.

Promises and Pomegranates is a dark contemporary romance based loosely on the story of Hades and Persephone. Elena is the daughter of a mafia boss and Kal is the enforcer and extractor of information, the one who does the dirty work. Kal forces Elena into marriage and whisks her away to a secret(ish) location. Kal is trying to leave his role in the mafia behind and fulfill terms to a secret of his own but Elena’s family makes it difficult at every turn… not to mention Elena is always finding herself in a mess.

⚠️ There are extreme trigger warnings in this book ⚠️

Overall, the plot was good and there was a decent amount of character development. There were some unresolved points in the story that I would have like to of seen finished. I also found Elena to be a little whiny and she forgives him way too fast. The ending was a bit sudden and I would have liked to see that played out a little more. It is one of the better Hades and Persephone tropes that I’ve read though. And there’s A LOT of sex.

This novel was ok. I will likely read more of the series

Amanda Autumn Berrey

caitlin buckley 

the smut omg,so dark but so cute , THE ENGRAVING OF INITIALS, maybe I now have a knife kink, no comment... kal is honestly so sweet, carmen can DIE, she groomed kal u can not change my mind; i cant wait to read the second book, we are going to overlook him killing matteo, and making elena sign the vows on his dead body, the ending wasn’t really anything surprising, but still I loved it, I wish we found out what happens with violet, and if/how her and kal get closer. Bitches need to re-name their child tho 😭

Zoe feeke

Read in one sitting. Couldn't put it down and lived for the toxic tension

I liked this book but I also couldn't get into it. Maybe it was because I wasn't feeling chemistry? I am not really sure why not. 

Callie Scott 

jaz ☁️

Last time I read this book it was a DNF. 

Deciding to give it another go, this time I finished it but it just wasn’t my cup of tea 

If you like spicy books, then this is for you, out of the 300 + pages, 280 of them are spicy smutty scenes. 

I liked the ideas behind the characters and storyline but the execution didn’t do it for me. Jumping straight into the relationship between two people without any prior history, no slow burn, it just didn’t create a connection for me. 

The ”plot twist” (I’m assuming that’s what it was) at the end was nothing to be surprised at? The characters appearing throughout the book had no backstory and no substance what so ever. 

This book overall is just 🌽, if you want smut then this is for you as that’s all it basically is and it’s in extreme detail. 

Not for me. 

⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

megan rapoza

Spoilers in the highlights and notes!
Okay I enjoyed this book tbh , the smut was immaculate and the DIRTY TALK PHEWWWW but just the storyline was just okay. I loved Elena’s and Kals relationship and how she was just as fucked up as him but in the best way, but I wish she would have made him grovel a little more at the end!
I also really enjoyed Elena’s relationships with her sisters, Ariana was hilarious.

Daniella Cuesta

Idk y’all… book tok stays disappointing me. I did not enjoy this lmao. Was he hot? yes-ish. was she a bit boring? Yes. Age gap was so completely questionable and unnecessary. Was the smut good enough to keep me with the plot? No. I hate when you write an MC who is supposed to be unbeatable and then spend the whole first half showing me that literally everyone and their mother can bamboozle him. What. Is. The. Point. I DNF’d.

Promises and Pomegranates Monsters & Muses Book One