Review: It's all just setup for the 2nd book
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2014
I don't have a problem with reading serials, but I like to know what I'm getting into at the beginning.  I knew this was a series, but I didn't expect so much to remain unresolved at the end of the book -- it really blurs the line between a entry in a series and a serial novel.There is some vivid imagery (including a dramatic trip to Hell) and some interesting worldbuilding, but there were also a lot of things that didn't make sense.  Another reviewer pointed out that Pandora really didn't seem 5,000 years old and I agree wholeheartedly.  Other than a scene where we're told about some of the old books that she possesses, she seemed very modern and young -- and not in a "fresh" way, but in a way that made it seem that the author didn't know how to create an authentically old character.  There is one scene where Pandora uses the phrase "It's Greek to me."  Well, Greek probably ISN'T Greek to someone who is that old -- shouldn't she be able to at least speak, if not write, ancient Greek?