Review: 3.5 Star Book --- Fluffy read with inconsistencies
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 27, 2013
Huntress is the story of Grace Murphy, a 30-something, overweight, out of shape, divorcee who finds out that she is the daughter of the Roman god, Diana. Turns out the mythological gods/goddesses are from Alancea and Grace is the first full blooded Alancean born on Earth in 3000 years.  There is a power struggle going on and Grace will be important to the fight.The first part of the book was a bit annoying. The first chapter actually takes place after the events of the book... which I hate as you feel lost as to what is happening. Grace was irritating up through the point where Grace believes that she is, in fact, the daughter of Diana.  I almost gave up.  Grace was too flip, several aspects were not consistent, etc.  However, after about the 20% point, it picked up.The book was well-written without the annoying typos and grammar issues that you find in many self-published books (which I believe this is). I did like the action scenes a lot. Grace was whiny at first, but I liked her food addiction and what she went through to get in shape (I could relate to that!). She had to work to get physically fit (although later in the book, she seemed too indestructible, everybody liked her, etc).  I liked Drew's character a lot...especially how he interacted with Grace's son.  I do wish that we had met more than just Drew and his Dad.  It seemed like a very limited cast of characters.... although this allowed Grace and Drew to get the time to know one another.  The main storyline was resolved by the end of the book with some open issues still to be dealt with (and a big shocker at the end).  But it didn't end on a big cliffhanger (I HATE cliffhangers and feel they are a "cheat" to force you to buy the next book).Some of the aspects of the story that I didn't like:The mythology aspect is somewhat messed up.  Diana says "The Greeks called me the Goddess Diana.".  Actually, no.  The Greeks had Artemis; the Romans had the goddess Diana.  Diana was a "maiden goddess" (Virgin!)...don't know how she could have had a kid.  She also never married... even though the Diana in this book was married.  It normally wouldn't bother me, but then why tie the story to mythology if you are going to mess it up?  If you are going to mess with mythology, why not explain why the stories don't align?  Also, the story seems to imply that the myths are true (Grace looks up stuff on the internet related to various mythological beings).... so, are the myths true or not?Some parts of the story didn't seem to go anywhere.  Her mom talked about how Grace always had guardians around and the kids are attracted to each other "like magnets".  Thus, I figured we'd learn more about Grace's guardians... but that never came back up. Her mom explained at once point that beings from other dimensions create Rfits and pop into this one.  Grace is able to travel the Rifts.  However, we never deal with Rifts again until the very end. Overall, it ended up feeling like there were all of these open threads.  I'm not sure if they'll tie into the next book or what.  However, I wish that either things that went nowhere weren't discussed or these things tied into the story more.Given the issues at the beginning of the book and some of the major inconsistencies within it, I felt like it was 3.5 stars.  I rounded up as I finished the book without skipping around in it (which is typically a good sign).  The action was kick-butt and helped hold my interest for the last 2/3 of the book.