Review: Very good, but the ending...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 7, 2013
I will give this book 3 stars.It started out really good and if not for the last chapters I would have given it a 4 star rating.To be honest, first of all I have to reduce on star because of the sex scenes. There was just something missing for me. Ross, for being the god of love, kind of didn't deliver ;) Don't get me wrong, the sex was probably really good for the hero and the heroine. Just not for the reader. So I couldn't really relate when the author kept telling me the sex between the two was so so great.Other than that I really liked the story. The idea to put ancient gods into the modern world might not be new but I liked how Jenna Bennett did it. Her way of writing was really fresh and fast paced. The witty inner monologues Annie had were funny, too.And most important I could really relate to the couple. The author did a really good job at getting the reader involved with the characters. I felt with them from the start and had all those butterflies in my stomach when the two of them interacted.That's also why I was quite disappointed with the last chapters.(Sorry, there might be spoilers from here on. I really try not to say too much)Once Ross realized he loved Annie everything went south from there on. Not for them, mind you ;) but for me. He kept telling himself throughout the whole book that he can't start a relationship with her because she is mortal and it once failed miserably with his ex-wife who used to be mortal as well. Well this was plausible so far. But when he realized he loved Annie this didn't seem to matter anymore somehow. All of a sudden.So far so good. But when he suddenly wants to marry her after only knowing her for three days it got kind of out of hand for me. Someone could think this might be a bit too fast. [Spoiler alert!] I get why Harry wanted to propose. He was under the influence of the golden arrow.The way Ross fought for Annie in the end was so unromantic and stupid I lost all my feelings for the couple at once. I just couldn't relate to Annie anymore why she wants to be with Ross. She kept telling herself that Ross was nuts and still goes along with the marriage. Which was a joke btw. The development of the characters and their relationship was so good they deserved a better ending.Also how Ross got Zeus to make Annie immortal was just too simple was all the drama he had about it before. All it took was some very very little help form Dion and everything was just fine.So all in all it must sound like I didn't like the book which is not the case!I loved it. I loved Annie and Ross but unfortunately the last chapters were too rushed and kind of ridiculous. It felt like the author had to wrap the story up quickly because she had a limited number of pages.So the book gets 3 stars form me. I'm reducing one because of the not so great sex when you are supposed to be the good of love and another one because of the ending.I'll have to say I will probably read the next story in the series because the concept was really good and I liked the characters so much.