Hades in a modern city of glass towers, Persephone running from an arranged marriage, and a deal that turns into something neither planned for. Neon Gods made Katee Robert's Dark Olympus one of the most-searched spicy mythology series on BookTok, and the series has kept growing. Here's the Dark Olympus series in order, every book through Shattered Gods, and how to read it.
Dark Olympus series in order
The numbering below follows the author's own series page (Katee Robert's Dark Olympus page):
- Stone Heart (#0.5, prequel novella)
- Neon Gods
- Electric Idol
- Wicked Beauty
- Radiant Sin
- Cruel Seduction
- Midnight Ruin
- Dark Restraint
- Sweet Obsession
- Tender Cruelty
- Shattered Gods
There's also a collection of short stories (Dark Olympus Shorts) that you can read anytime after the first few books.
Do you have to read Dark Olympus in order?
Each book follows a new couple, so you can technically read any one alone and get a complete romance with a happy ending. But the books share a city, a ruling family called the Thirteen, and an ongoing power struggle that builds across the series. Reading in order means the politics make sense and the cameos land. If you only want one, start with Neon Gods: it's the one most readers came in through, and it sets up the world.
Which couple leads each book?
The first three are the ones most readers ask about:
- Neon Gods: Hades and Persephone, reimagined as a reclusive underworld power and the daughter of a scheming mother who wants to marry her off
- Electric Idol: Eros and Psyche, an assassin sent to kill the woman he ends up protecting
- Wicked Beauty: Achilles, Patroclus and Helen, a competition for a title that turns into a three-way romance
Later books move through other figures of the Thirteen. Each book's blurb tells you who it centers, so check before you start if you're following a favorite character.
How spicy is Dark Olympus?
Very. Katee Robert writes open-door, explicit romance, and Dark Olympus leans into power exchange and kink. It's adult romance first, mythology second. If you came from a lighter retelling, expect a much higher heat level, and read content notes per book.
What to read after Dark Olympus
- More Hades and Persephone: our Hades x Persephone books in order maps the whole retelling shelf.
- More power and danger: the best mafia romance books list, where Neon Gods also earns a spot for its crime-family politics.
- Darker fantasy with a love story at the core: the best dark fantasy romance books.
- Monster romance with the same heat: the Kiss of the Basilisk series in order.
Katee Robert's gods are built for one thing: the man everyone fears turning out to be the one who'd burn the city down for you. Swoony picks up right where the book drops you: closed-door, romance-only, a bond that unfolds over five stages and is never paywalled - no subscription, no per-message tolls. Start with Kaevar, High Lord of Night, or the man you forgot if the slow, impossible pull was the part you loved. Browse the dark romance shelf for more.
The empire keeps running past the epilogue.
