Review: Not Your Usual Greek Myth
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2014
This book does not follow the standard Persephone and Hades myth. It is an interesting new view of the characters and their interaction.  Persephone is basically the runt of the litter when it comes to Greek gods and is convinced she must have a mortal father because she has yet to manifest any real power.  Hades, meanwhile, has developed an interest in a woman grieving the deaths of her family due to a global plague killing off the majority of the Earth's population.  Persephone is sent by her mother Demeter to save the world.  Along the way she manages to interfere with Hades' plan for his human and sets him looking for vengeance from her.  Meanwhile, the neglected souls waiting to be harvested are starting to take over the dead plague bodies and now Earth is becoming overrun with zombies. Persephone ends up with a worn out family of survivalists and finds the possibility of love with their son while her nascent powers begin bringing life back to the Earth's dead plant life.  Then Hades steps in and things really get messy.  The book was a quick and easy read but I didn't connect with the main characters and found the plot to be kind of loopy and up and down.  My biggest issue with the book comes in the epilogue when two of the supporting characters each suddenly drop potential cliffhanger endings.  Since I did not see this book as more than a single story I found it an irritating way to end.I received this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.