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Admittedly this is primarily an art book, but that is simply no excuse. Certainly, the paintings, mainly by Linda and Roger Garland are beautiful. As a coffee table book, it is perfectly acceptable. But upon reading the text by Nigel Suckling (and goodness knows who edited) my estimation of this book dived rather sharply. The stories themselves are lucid, colourful and well told, but the entire book is let down by a number of errors in punctuation, grammar and spelling. Twice, sentences are actually left unfinished, dropped midway through. I paid almost $50 for this book, and expected more than the amateurish job it delivered. Don't bother.

When I first purchased this book, for some reason I was under the impression that it was a coloring book, which it most definitely is NOT. At any rate, the full-color artwork inside the covers is nice, if somewhat slick and mainstream, of the same caliber as many fantasy and sci-fi cover art. Nothing really caught my eye or made me go, "Ooh!" I was disappointed by the fact that many of the larger, more intricate pieces were spread over the center of two pages (like one of Lilith as the serpent tempting Eve) - meaning that if the book has a tight spine, you miss a good portion of the picture. The stories of the featured Goddesses and deities are spliced together into short-attention-span-friendly blurbs rather than full versions of the myths.

If your looking for text to stimulate your brain, this is not the book. This book is a must have for fantasy artists! The art is beautiful. I bought this book for the eye-candy. But if your not an artist, the book will dissappoint you, as the writing can not be compared to the art.