(I received a free copy of this book from Broad Universe Publishing, through NetGalley, in exchange for a review).
(This review may contain spoilers).
I’ve always liked books about myths and legends and although I got a bit confused while reading this book, I still found it an entertaining, well-written read with an interesting plot and characters.
I thought it was pretty interesting how the author merged the different pantheons in this, even though I would have liked to see more of the characters and how they fit together. (Both Thor and Loki were referenced to, but I always thought that Loki was more like Hermes from the Greek pantheon… so…)
I did find myself drawn into this book pretty much from the beginning, but I wasn’t too happy that the book kept switching between first and third person. I would have preferred either to stick with Alexander’s first person POV, or keep it all in third person… that is, unfortunately, one of my pet peeves and I struggled to really connect with Alexander for a while, having spent a short amount of time in his head before being yanked out again.
I felt that the idea about the possession was an interesting one, but I couldn’t help feeling sorry for Camilla. Alexander did lose a lot of sympathy from me after the way he was.
I did find this book easy to read and, of course, it was nice to see the characters from the legend in their modern-day forms… though I felt that Apollo was much stranger than I would have thought. It was a bit disappointing to see many of their aspects weren’t explored.
The form of address was interesting – brother-cousin. It was an interesting way to see how they viewed their family.
I liked the fact that the characters had limitations to what they could do. I would have liked to see more of Alexander’s evolution. The ending was interesting, but I felt there wasn’t enough setup to reach that.
I would probably read the next book in this series at some point in the future. It would be nice to see more of the characters and their world.
Ink of Blood 