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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
fast-paced
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I devoured this book! Percy and Madeline (Medusa) are everythinggg! The fact that Percy and Medusa knew each other for so long and always ended up finding one another no matter where they were was adorable. When they finally decided to go for it due to a one month left to live letter, I was here for it. The spice was
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Fun romance - I liked the dynamic between Percy and Madeline and the plot was decent too!
fast-paced
this is one of the worst books i think i’ve ever read
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I saw a lot of hype about Clio Evans, and I was keen to try one of her titles. I also felt I should try to read more sapphic stories, being A Bisexual™ myself. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy this book. On paper (no pun intended), it sounded good. Gender swapped Perseus in an entanglement with Medusa; an enemies to lovers story - but all of that fell apart pretty quickly. Both characters were inconsistent, the plot was unnecessarily convoluted - especially for <300 words - and I was annoyed by the sudden introduction of a new villain in the 3rd act, with no seed dropped earlier in the piece. It was a SJM-esque Deus ex Machina that felt lazy and convenient and contributed to the over feeling that the writer just had a few tropes they wanted to cross off a checklist and wrote without editing or critiquing their own work. Some lazy typos added to this.
My biggest gripe was the scene where Percy tied Medusa to chair in front of their tortured captives for a bit of shame-kink BDSM in an attempt to force her to see that she was worthy by force feeding her strips of paper after reading out the epithets written on them. Wow, what a self esteem booster. Additionally, the power dynamic between demigod and monster - the latter of which are definitively portrayed as a kind of underclass - was not explored. What I tend to love about MM romances is the elimination of inequality caused by gender (there are certainly other intersections to explore beyond the one, of course). Changing Perseus to a woman did not remove that dynamic, because she still held a higher place in their community by being the offspring of Zeus, and Medusa being a monster (and therefore, lesser).
There were some promising ideas here, and sadly, they were all executed with the aim of a stormtrooper.
My biggest gripe was the scene where Percy tied Medusa to chair in front of their tortured captives for a bit of shame-kink BDSM in an attempt to force her to see that she was worthy by force feeding her strips of paper after reading out the epithets written on them. Wow, what a self esteem booster. Additionally, the power dynamic between demigod and monster - the latter of which are definitively portrayed as a kind of underclass - was not explored. What I tend to love about MM romances is the elimination of inequality caused by gender (there are certainly other intersections to explore beyond the one, of course). Changing Perseus to a woman did not remove that dynamic, because she still held a higher place in their community by being the offspring of Zeus, and Medusa being a monster (and therefore, lesser).
There were some promising ideas here, and sadly, they were all executed with the aim of a stormtrooper.