Review: A bizarre yet enjoyable book- Loved it!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2014
This is Helen Harper's book. I ordered this book without even reading this the gist of this book. And that is a gorgeous cover!This is a retelling of the tale of Cupid and Psyche.Cupid is the Greek God of Love- unfortunately he does not believe in love; Or at least, he does not believe in his job of forcing two people to fall in love by shoot them with "Love Arrows". Oh, and he does not like to be called Cupid- call him Coop. Coop is as cynical as they come.He never realized a small preposition error could get him into trouble- but it does just that- especially when he shoots the wrong person due to it. As a result he is punished by being made invisible. When he gets into a misunderstanding with Apollo, he uses his invisibility to get back at him.Skye Sawyer is a shy, reclusive English Lit. graduate searching for a job. She can quote Shakespeare, Shelly and Keats at any time.. but she is not as comfortable with people- she is as shy as they come.Skye starts working with Coop. But, they begin to fall for each other. Aphrodite, Coop's mother is not happy with this pair- especially when Skye fails her test, which results in her being banned from seeing Coop. She luckily gets a second chance- if she could succeed in completing four tasks."She wasn't a hero. She wasn't brave. She was just a typical, average, run-of-the mill woman. How on earth was she going to complete four godly tasks?"The tasks are bizarre and crazy. The gods are moody with too-much attitude and too weird. I especially laughed during her meeting with the river god.She wrinkled her nose. 'You're the river?' 'The river is the river' he answered.What on earth was that supposed to mean?'And the sky is the sky', she responded, 'Except when Skye is me.'The first part of the book was just your typical Contemporary Romance tale. But, it began to get too bizarre and conversely, interesting after the first part. I'm not really a fan of Contemporary Romance- but that is what this felt like initially. But when the Mythology part came into it, I knew I was going to love it- and I did.A word of warning though. This is a tall-tale indeed. This book is a casual, light read. Forget logic, forget cynicism- this is a book written for pure enjoyment and nothing else. Take it like that, and you will like this book. I definitely did.