Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
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Okay! So today I'm going to do something a little different. I'm going to include a review along with my Teaser. I should mention that this was a request made by the author, and after reading the blurb and becoming sufficiently intrigued, I agreed.
Title: Persephone
Author: Kaitlin Bevis
Published by Musa Publishing
Published July 6th 2012
Blurb
There are worse things than death, worse people too
The “talk” was bad enough, but how many teens get told that they’re a goddess? When her mom tells her, Persephone is sure her mother has lost her mind. It isn’t until Boreas, the god of winter, tries to abduct her that she realizes her mother was telling the truth. Hades rescues her, and in order to safely bring Persephone to the Underworld he marks her as his bride. But Boreas will stop at nothing to get Persephone. Despite her growing feelings for Hades, Persephone wants to return to the living realm. Persephone must find a way to defeat Boreas and reclaim her life
My Review
I’m not very
familiar with Greek Mythology so I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect when I
started to read this book. However, despite my lack of knowledge, I found it to
be very entertaining. It is well written. The characters and scenes are
described clearly making it easy for the reader to follow the story.
As mentioned
in the blurb, it is a tale about a young girl, Persephone (also referred to as
Kora) whose world is suddenly turned upside down when she discovers that she is
not human, but the Goddess of Spring. Like any young teenage girl living in the
modern world, she has trouble believing it and initially rebels. It is only
when Boreas - the God of Winter - tries to abduct her and she is saved by Hades
and brought to the Underworld, that she becomes convinced.
Learning
that by saving her, Hades has marked her as his bride, she must not only come
to terms with her new environment, but also the fact that she is now Queen of a
world she had known nothing about. Although Persephone would like to return
home, with Boreas searching for her with evil intent, she has no choice but to
remain where she is, at least until winter is over.
I like the
way Kaitlin develops the relationship between Persephone and Hades. I also like
the way she portrays Hades as kind and caring rather than as evil and
completely domineering. The introduction and interaction of other characters
such as Cassandra (the prophetess), Thanatos (Persephone’s personal guard) and
Charon (Persephone’s self-defence teacher), was also interesting and well done.
For those of
you who like Greek Mythology, I think you will get a lot of enjoyment out of
this book. I should also mention that it is the first in a trilogy and so it
will be interesting to see in which direction Kaitlin takes the story.
My Rating: 4/5 Stars
And now for the Teaser:
Hades stood and moved closer to me, pressing me against the wall. I drew in a shuddering breath as Hades leaned closer, his lips almost brushing mine.
He's going to kiss me, I realized. My heart thudded; I wasn't prepared for this. I hadn't thought the whole goddess-charm thing through so well.
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Did you enjoy??
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