Review: OMG! I love Greek mythology!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 5, 2014
Thank you, author Aubrie Dionne and Ashley Hill from Paranormal Sisters blogspot, for a review copy of this novella.First of all, I absolutely love Greek mythology so I jumped at the chance to read this book. Of course this love story is totally different from the actual Greek myth which I’m happy about. The myth doesn’t have a happy ending. This story does!Syrinx and Pan are two self-obsessed characters in the beginning of the book. All she cares about is remaining a virgin and judging everyone else for their wrongdoings (she is the goddess of chastity after all) while Pan wants nothing more than to bed her and then toss her aside (he’s the god of wild nature and is frequently associated with sexuality). She escapes Mount Olympus to the modern human world and hides there for 5 years. She takes on a new name, Sylvia, and opens a florist shop so she could pretend to be human. Pan finally finds out where she disappeared to, goes to this human town, changes his name to Parker, and pretends to be human for a whole year, all the while trying to come up with a plan to win her virginity and to reclaim his honor (no woman has denied or embarrassed him before).Once they finally met, as Sylvia and Parker, they fall in love. Pan finally understands why Syrinx is the way she is and he no longer sees her as a conquest. Now, he sees her as a woman worthy of love and he wants to be worthy enough for her. Syrinx doesn’t know that her beloved Parker is the evil Pan is disguise. She’s willing to give him her virginity/chastity for love. But nothing goes according to plan.The side characters were awesome.Rutherford, Pan’s human butler/friend/advisor, is such a sweet old man. I honestly thought, all the way to the end, that some Greek god had taken on a human persona to help teach Pan humility and to win Syrinx’s heart. Alas, that’s not the case but it doesn’t really matter. Rutherford is a great person and he helped Pan in every way necessary.Kaye, Syrinx’s best friend/employee, is fun, flirty and wild. She’s the type of best friend any girl would want. Kaye taught Syrinx to follow her heart and to stop listening to her one-track mind. She helped Syrinx see that there’s more to life than honoring old, foolish principals even though Syrinx once needed those principals—now she has a chance for something more.I was disappointed with the villain, Coral. Although she was a definite baddie, I just expected her to be nastier, especially to Syrinx. Still, that didn’t take away from the overall love story.Another disappointment was that there wasn’t a single sex scene. I’d heard that this book was sweet, which I’m totally fine with, but I didn’t expect the one love scene to end as soon as the couple falls into bed. I thought we’d see a little action under the covers with sweet, romantic terms to describe their physical relations. Instead, we got a scene break. Pan has lusted after Syrinx for years so there should’ve been more of a payoff when he finally got her into his bed.I loved watching this couple mature and grow throughout the course of the story. Their love is pure even though they fell for one another under false pretenses. I wish there was an epilogue so the reader can see how their lives and relationship turned out, even though we know they found their HEA.Ms. Dionne’s style of writing flowed beautifully and I could hardly put the book down. There weren’t any typos or moments where I felt confused. She did an excellent job writing this book.4.5 Stars.