Review: What the gods do in their spare time
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
Ares, the God of War, has bet he can spend a month as a Roman and prove the Romans aren't as good as they think they are. He come to earth as a gladiator and ends up in the arena where he sees a beautiful, brave slave woman.She's Gaulish woman Eirana, taken prisoner by the Romans. She's sure she's about to meet her death when one handsome gladiator becomes her protector and proceeds to fend off all the other gladiators.Ares is faced with a dilemma. He only has a month on earth but doesn't want to leave until he knows Eirana is safe. He wants to protect her but the Roman emperor is not about to let this gladiator who has given the crowd such a good show off the hook. It's clear he's fallen for the human Eirana but what does that mean for a god?With luck, Shields plans to work her way through the pantheon of Roman gods to give us more fun reads.