Review: A Rollicking Good - No, GREAT! - Read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 13, 2012
By preference, I am not a devourer of romance books, but Roseanna Leo certainly makes me want to give them another try! I was gifted a copy of this wonderful novel, but I would CERTAINLY buy my own copy - if only so I could read it over and over again!  Her characters' sharp wit and her wonderful handling of Greek mythology was a winner in my book! She is a master at witty dialogue - the book was rollickingly funny. I was laughing aloud at it so much that my fiancée finally joined me and read parts along with me. We were both interested by her take on the 'baddie' in the book (whom, at the outset, we thought was Hermes rather than who he turns out to be; before we read who he was, I showed that part to my fiancée (who knows a LOT more about the Greek myths than I do) and asked her who it could be, citing the lyre. She said it COULD have been Hermes, and I asked her if he was ever mischievous, to which she then replied, "soon after he was born, he stole twelve of his brother's cows". That was about when she got interested enough to read along, and believe me, it just got better and better from there!  There was just the right amount of sweetness mixed in with the repartée to endear ANY reader to the characters, and I must say, I am simply entranced with her version of a certain God of the Underworld. It was fun, too, for me, because of the setting. I haven't been back to Toronto in fifteen years and the author brought me right back there, as though I'd never left.  My only regret is that the story ended so soon - but, looking on the bright side, it means I'm free to go check out MORE of Ms. Leo's FANTASTIC writing!