There’s a word missing from the end of the title of Aphrodite’s Secret. That word is child. In fact, the six-year-old boy at the center of this book is apparently such a secret that he’s mentioned nowhere on the cover, despite the entire story revolving around him from the first page. While the kid in…
Cupid.com is supposed to be a wacky paranormal comedy with Cupid himself behind the hijinks. Unfortunately, both Cupid and the plot are out of the picture for most of the book, and the laughs feel incredibly forced. Chloe Phillips is the head of Creative Investments, a business that markets small inventions. Her father gave her…
Poseidon’s Kiss had a lot of potential – an interesting plot, original paranormal elements, and for the most part, smooth writing. Author Crease unfortunately squanders a number of opportunities and the end result is a merely average read. Chelsea Porter is a workaholic interior designer on the edge of burnout. One night at the opening…
The story of Cupid and Psyche is, hands down, my favorite myth. So many other myths end unhappily with people being turned into flora because of personality flaws or being sentenced to drag a rock up a mountain for eternity for daring to defy the gods. Depressing stuff. In contrast, the tale of the joining…
Kristine Grayson’s last book, Thoroughly Kissed, was thoroughly charming and one of my favorite reads last year. Naturally I jumped at the chance to review Completely Smitten. While it doesn’t live up to the previous book, there are some cute moments that elevate this book into a more-entertaining-than-average read. Due to a feud with Cupid,…
Aphrodite’s Passion is mildly entertaining, but not truly engaging. With a “superhero” hero and talking ferret it’s often laugh-out-loud funny. But as soon as the plot turns inward and focuses on the hero and heroine’s relationship, it falls flat. Super-hero Hale is a direct descendant of Zeus. Head and shoulders above ordinary people, he can…
In Greek mythology the goddess Demeter is presented as a victim. Her beloved daughter Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and required to spend six months each year in the underworld because she ate six pomegranate seeds. During that time, Demeter mourns and refuses to let anything grow. But what if Demeter wasn’t really the wronged…
American Gods is not what you were expecting, even if you’re a Neil Gaiman fan – or even if you’re the author himself, I suspect. It’s just not the sort of thing you pick up a book expecting to read. And like Gaiman’s work in general, it changes every time you read it, becoming better,…
The Warrior, a sequel to The Trickster, which was quite favorable reviewed here at AAR, suffers from a bad case of sequel-itis. But instead of the usual symptom, bloated sections of boring back story, this one assumes the reader has read the prequel and will read the forthcoming sequel and leaves out too much information….
Move over, Buffy . . . Step aside, Xena . . . Zoë Smith’s the new super gal in town! Ahhh, those marketing folks. They’ll say just about anything to make a sale, won’t they? Well, after reading about Zoë’s adventures I don’t think Buffy and Xena need to worry about retiring and settling in…
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