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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 27, 2018
*I received an ecopy of this book via NetGalley. This has not influenced my review.*
This was one of those books that wasn't all bad but just wasn't for me and failed to make me feel invested.
Part of the problem was that I had the wrong expectations. I had imagined a guy getting marooned on an island with a dangerous and kick-butt gorgon, but then she'd take a liking to him instead of turning him to stone right away, and they'd fall in love. Instead, it was about a guy getting mixed up with Greek deities, getting rushed into a marriage with a gorgon, and then having battles and going on mini quests. It was one of those stories about an ordinary guy who gets thrust into a crazy situation, turns into a bad---, and gets the girl. The gorgon was basically just a damsel-in-distress who was hardly in the story at all, which disappointed me because she was the main reason I read this book. (I've heard from the author, however, that she'll feature more in the next book.)
Another part of the problem was that the POV (which I think was omniscient) was very distant, and the story plot-driven. Not necessarily bad things, just not my preferences. I never felt close to the characters or really knew what their emotions were.
The other main reason I think I didn't enjoy this as much as I wanted to was that it seemed like the book teetered on the edge of realistic and silly without fully committing to either, and that just didn't quite work for me.
This was a fun, light-hearted kind of story though. Reading about Greek Gods is almost always fun. I feel like the author captured the "totally out of touch with humanity, bored, conniving, and a little bonkers" portrayal of them well. It also ended up having a nice, if slightly forced, message in the end about how [hidden spoiler can be found in my review on my blog or Goodreads.]
Also, this was the first in a series, but it wraps everything up well enough that it works as a standalone if you want it to.
So overall, this didn't quite work for me, but anyone who likes light-hearted, plot-driven, ordinary-to-kick-butt stories with Greek gods may enjoy it more than I did.
Rating: 2.5 Stars
Original Review @ Metaphors and Moonlight (link in profile)
This was one of those books that wasn't all bad but just wasn't for me and failed to make me feel invested.
Part of the problem was that I had the wrong expectations. I had imagined a guy getting marooned on an island with a dangerous and kick-butt gorgon, but then she'd take a liking to him instead of turning him to stone right away, and they'd fall in love. Instead, it was about a guy getting mixed up with Greek deities, getting rushed into a marriage with a gorgon, and then having battles and going on mini quests. It was one of those stories about an ordinary guy who gets thrust into a crazy situation, turns into a bad---, and gets the girl. The gorgon was basically just a damsel-in-distress who was hardly in the story at all, which disappointed me because she was the main reason I read this book. (I've heard from the author, however, that she'll feature more in the next book.)
Another part of the problem was that the POV (which I think was omniscient) was very distant, and the story plot-driven. Not necessarily bad things, just not my preferences. I never felt close to the characters or really knew what their emotions were.
The other main reason I think I didn't enjoy this as much as I wanted to was that it seemed like the book teetered on the edge of realistic and silly without fully committing to either, and that just didn't quite work for me.
This was a fun, light-hearted kind of story though. Reading about Greek Gods is almost always fun. I feel like the author captured the "totally out of touch with humanity, bored, conniving, and a little bonkers" portrayal of them well. It also ended up having a nice, if slightly forced, message in the end about how [hidden spoiler can be found in my review on my blog or Goodreads.]
Also, this was the first in a series, but it wraps everything up well enough that it works as a standalone if you want it to.
So overall, this didn't quite work for me, but anyone who likes light-hearted, plot-driven, ordinary-to-kick-butt stories with Greek gods may enjoy it more than I did.
Rating: 2.5 Stars
Original Review @ Metaphors and Moonlight (link in profile)
