A review by pacey1927
Aphrodite's Kiss by Julie Kenner

3.0

I stumbled across this series recently for a penny a piece except for this first one, so I grabbed if up off here so I could start at the beginning. My expectations weren't great because although I adore Ms.Kenner's most recent works (Ghouls series and Demon's series), I found her earlier book 'Cat's Fancy' pretty sub-standard fare. I will say that this one far surpassed that one in both plot and writing style. Still Julie Kenner's writing style has continued to grow and flourish. The start of this story felt stilted, to the point where I almost considered this a lost cause. The plot seemed fabulous and original...a librarian who was really half SuperHero? Awesome! Zoe is the daugher of a superhero father and a human mother. She has until her 25th birthday, which is drawing near, to admit to her mother she has superhero powers and prove her superskills so that she can be accepted into the superhero elite, the Council. If she fails at either one, she can choose to be an Outcast of the council or a mortal. Zoe runs into all kinds of action and romance along the way. She falls for a mortal who may or may not be alright with her powers and duty to mankind. And she still has to fight for her place on the Council. After about the first 75 pages I couldn't stop reading. I found Zoe likeable and loved reading about the other quirky characters. Zoe's mother's story felt very real to me to along the way. After finishing the 1st in this Aphrodite series, I can say not only do I plan to read the next books, but I also think here we can see a nice glimpse of what is to come in the future from Julie Kenner.