4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun, Fluffy Romance about a Greek Statue Come to Life, April 27, 2005
I thought A GREEK GOD AT THE LADIES' CLUB was cute. It's the story of Greek god Darius, ruler of gems, who in trying to break a 3,000 year old curse, inhabits a statue that is about to be sold at a charity auction and comes to life - to the chagrin of the statue's sculptor, Alexandra. What happens after that is silly fun, with Darius wanting to go back to his playboy ways, especially to woo Alexandra, while Alexandra tries to trick Darius into becoming a statue again for the sake of helping orphans. Throw in Darius' interesting family of Greek Gods, including a computer-obsessed Zeus, and it's all fun and witty humor. You never know what Darius is going to do or say next, in his charming, egotistical way. Fun reading, with a moral about family at the end.
For similar reads, try Gena Showalter's THE STONE PRINCE, about a handsome alien-turned-statue and the girl who must break his curse. Or, if you are interested in Greek God heroes, read Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series, beginning with FANTASY LOVER.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
3 3/4 stars. Good read, but could have been better., December 10, 2003
Alexandra de Marco is an strugling artist. After spending much time of a year sculpting the statue of Darius, the god of the gems, and favorite son of Zeus, she is finally ready to show her work and auction it in order to use that money to help keep a house with orphans open. Alex is very partial of orphans being one herself (with her sister).
Darius, god of gems, has been pretty much in a state of nothingness for the last 3,000 years after a little incident locked him inside a statue of himself. He has spent these 3,000 years looking for a statue that is perfect do he can enter it and retake his original form. Problem is daddy Zeus was mad as Hades at Darius for converting himself into a statue to get out of a mess Darius got himself into, so mad in fact Zaus decided to curse his own son. So everytime Darius finds a close match of a statue of himself, "Boom!" Zeus destroys it.
Darius has pretty much given up, until Hermes shows up to tell him about a certain statue of Darius that is being made in St. Louis. Then, he decides to risk it.
Alex has no idea that Darius is close to her all this time while she gives the final touches to her perfect work, and that the strange events occuring in her place are being caused by the god.
Shortly after the statue si finished and set for preview at the ladies club, Darius turns to life and that's when all begins.
Alexandra is beyond beleif, and naturally does not beelive him at the begining. Darius can not beleive that jewels are so accecible now days, since he was banned from his position, so he takes what he thinks belongs to him, putting Alex into even more trouble.
The kids from the house Alex is trying to save, are wonderful and funny. And they bring Darius's ego down a notch or two.
Alex's sister is a bit stiff but redemable.
The main problem I had with this book is not the story perse, but the dialogue, or the lack of it.
I found that descriptions is the order of the day here, and dialogue was few and far between. Situations that could have replaced some of the most monotonous descriptions were left pretty much in blank. For example Alex went through an accident before the novel begins, but when she is talking to Darius about it, the author describes the scene soemwhat like this: ""I had an accident." "Tell me about it" and she did. She told him about the accident and..."
This is not the only time I saw the same thing happening and it bother me a lot. Had it not been for this I would have given this book 4 1/2 stars.
Overall, the book was very funny and enjoyable. Slow at some points, and could have been better, but certainly a good read.
The characters are great but they are at times 2 dimensional. Most of the events are funny and charming, some, however, just drag the story. The characterization of Darius's family, at least in my opinion, was way out of character (they were too nice, and we all now that greek gods weren't that compassionate) but this is a work of fiction so I kind of liked the whole twist.
All in all, yes I would recomend this book.
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