Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure
by Michael G. Munz
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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The Greek gods have returned to the public eye, prompted by the death of Zeus. What? That's right, the King of the gods, Zeus is dead and the rest of the gods have come back into view to be worshiped and given their due once again. Only Apollo seems to be troubled by this strange turn of events and he is determined to discover who actually killed Zeus and to do something about it. When Apollo has a vision of a human, he feels that this person is key to the answers he needs. So Apollo and the Muses track down out-of-work online gambler Lief Karlson, who ends up paired with TV producer Tracy Wallace, and together with Apollo and the Muses they must uncover what really happened to Zeus and who was behind it, all while staying one step ahead of Ares and Athena, who are out to get rid of the mortals before they can complete their mission. Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure is Michael G. Munz's comic look at the adventure that takes place.
Zeus is Dead may build on the current popularity trend of stories about the Greek gods, but it is not what you are expecting. This is a comic and hilarious look at the Greek gods, at mortals and the adventure they all undertake together and against each other. So many lines in this book will have you literally rolling with laughter! +Michael G. Munz has created a book that while on trend popularly, is different and exciting. It is a great read for pre-teens on up through older adults! Older adults will understand some of the references better than younger readers, which makes it an awesome family fun read! Share it with a kid today!
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The Selkie Enchantress
The Seal Island Trilogy, Book Two
by Sophie Moss
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Caitlin has loved Liam since they were kids, but the timing has never been right for them. Finally, things looked to be turning their way at Tara and Dominick's wedding. Tonight was to be their first official date, she made a special dinner and wore a dress, but he was late. Where could he be? Liam rode the ferry home carrying a bouquet of yellow roses for Caitlin thinking about tonight when the woman on the ferry started talking to him. As they approached the docks, Liam went to help tie off, and he slipped. So unlike Liam. Now he remembers nothing of his relationship with Caitlin or his research, and seems be be under this new woman's spell. The whole island is wondering what is going on. The Selkie Enchantress is a novel of one woman trying to take for herself what is not hers to take by force, and what happens when a whole town turns out to try to prevent that. Sophie Moss has created a story where the whole island is awash with the paranormal and receptive to it, so when something strange is going on they all rally to the cause.
The Selkie Enchantress is the second book in the Seal Island Trilogy, but it can stand alone on it's own. I have not read the first book and was not hampered in understanding the story at all. Caitlin and Liam are the focus of this book, and although they are sure to have been mentioned in the first as other characters in this book would have been the focus of that book, it is nice to have that continuation. I found all I needed to really know in this book, Sophie Moss did a wonderful job in allowing this book to stand on it's own and not depend on the other books so much that you had to have read them all to understand the story. This is a great book for adults who want to add a little Irish folklore and legends or myths to their romance. It is a well written and delightful story for all readers.
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Seal Island Trilogy
Book One - The Selkie Spell Amazon Link
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Book Three - The Selkie Sorceress Amazon Link
The Iron Queen
Daughters of Zeus #3
by Kaitlin Bevis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Iron Queen wraps up the Daughters of Zeus series. Persephone has been kidnapped by Zeus and taken who knows where, Hades is well, as mad as hades and search everywhere for her. Demeter, Melissa and Aphrodite are working to round up the rest of Zeus' children. Zeus wants Persephone to swear fealty to him, but Persephone made a vow to do nothing to harm Hades, so she can't; so Zeus continues to torture her hoping she will break, not realizing she can't. At the same time, a large contingent of Zeus' other children are gathered in Demeter's house with Hades working on a plan to save Persephone.
Can Hades come up with a plan? Will everyone go along with it? and will they be able to get to Persephone in time?
This has been an amazingly wonderful, fun mythology romantic book that would appeal to so many readers. It is not anything along the lines of the recent publications that have come out featuring the Gods, this has more romance, but there is a tenderness and a protectiveness to the romance that warms your soul when reading it.
I would recommend the book to anyone who has any faint interest in romance, mythology, fantasy, paranormal or just needing something enjoyable to read.
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Daughter of the Earth and Sky
Daughters of Zeus #2
by Kaitlin Bevis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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All her life Persephone thought she was a normal teenager, now she has found out she is really a God and married to one of the best looking Gods around, Hades. Problem is that Zeus, who happens to be her father, is hunting her down. Of course she is also dealing with this thing that mostly the Gods marry for power and not for love, and she is not really sure what is going on with her and Hades. To top that all off she still wants to try to finish her senior year like a normal teen. There is just too much going on, and he is running herself ragged, not to mention setting herself up to be easy pickings for Zeus. Daughter of Earth and Sky is about Persephone, because her father is Zeus, God of the sky, and her mom is Demeter, God of the earth. Not to mention her marriage to Hades, giving her power in the Underworld making the most powerful God alive. Kaitlin Bevis weaves traditional mythology with a contemporary setting and romance that ends up being cute and endearing.
Daughter of Earth and Sky is a different take on the recent stories that have been published featuring the Gods and mythology. It is focused more towards the female reader, but at the same time it has enough mythology in it to interest a wide range of readers. The tenderness and interactions between Persephone and Hades are a joy to read. Kaitlin Bevis has done a great job of making this story feel like it could actually be happening in real life. I was life with the need to find the next book in the series when I finished this book. I needed more. Young adult readers and even older readers will enjoy this book.
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