I love this book. It is a Hades retelling, but with a different f. M c. It's a fast paced book with a spice level 2. The book follows the FMC as she gets recruited into the crucible. She's playing the game, and her and Hades end up at enemies to lovers. He has, he has an ultimate plan, and he picks her for a purpose. And it goes through that journey, the crucible levels each have intense action. Which is one thing that I didn't like about phantasma, was that as the levels got on the level of danger decreased, but But that didn't happen with the crucible. The ending could have been written better to me. In my opinion, and that's why I didn't give it a 4.5 stars, but then the cliffhanger, leading into the next possible book made up for it in the very good.