A review by creativewhimsy
Essence of the Gods by Stephany Simmons

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

3.0

🌶️🌶️🌶️ Lots of tension and One explicit scene.

For centuries The Order Of Divine Preservation has been collecting Divine Essence through human sacrifice.  They claim to be doing it to save humanity, but it’s clear they just want the power for themselves.  They transfer the Divine essence to artifacts before they attempt to transfer it to themselves through dark rituals.  

The Transfer of divine essence from artifacts to human has always killed the human receiving it.  Until a museum Curator, Dr. Miriam Reyes unintentionally absorbs the essence from an artifact, while trying to save it from a a fire, without ritual or intent.  Now the Order is after Miriam and she has to team up with an ancient scholar Dr. Amun Habet, to stop the order and save the world.

First off I love the setting of this story.  The main characters are refreshingly mature, and the bulk of the story is set in a museum of history.  I was pleasantly surprised by how quickly the FMC caught on to and accepted things.  She wasn’t naive and there were no misunderstandings.

This is a very hilariously stereotypical and slightly cheesy romance novel.  Several times in the book the author used descriptions that have already been used, and there are a humorous amount of cliches and tropes. The  author seems to be aware of it and has the characters make fun of it often. 

Although it was a bit cheesy at times the author has written the character interactions in a way that fully pulled me in and had me feeling all the feels.  Overall I enjoyed all the fun, flirting, tension and butterflies.