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angeezer1995 's review for:
Night Embrace
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
2.5 stars
This might be a petty hang up but I couldn’t get past the fact that the main characters name is Sunshine. Also she’s as dumb as a rock. Plot is predictable and I felt no connection to either of the leads. Dialogue is bad and very cringe. Of the books in this series I’ve read, the backstories of the male leads are vastly more interesting than the present day storylines. Odd choice.
Also, I can understand authors taking a little creative liberty when adapting a well known story or myth but not if the myth is completely misrepresented. Artemis is consistently portrayed as horny and petulant and even goes so far as to demand sex from a man who does not want her as compensation for a favor (it’s pretty rapey).... Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and CHASTITY and is one of three virgin goddesses. For anyone with more than a passing knowledge of Greek mythology, I expect this will Drive you crazy.
From Callimachus’ “Hymn to Artemis”, when she (Artemis) is asked what gifts she would like: “Pray give me eternal virginity...”
This might be a petty hang up but I couldn’t get past the fact that the main characters name is Sunshine. Also she’s as dumb as a rock. Plot is predictable and I felt no connection to either of the leads. Dialogue is bad and very cringe. Of the books in this series I’ve read, the backstories of the male leads are vastly more interesting than the present day storylines. Odd choice.
Also, I can understand authors taking a little creative liberty when adapting a well known story or myth but not if the myth is completely misrepresented. Artemis is consistently portrayed as horny and petulant and even goes so far as to demand sex from a man who does not want her as compensation for a favor (it’s pretty rapey).... Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and CHASTITY and is one of three virgin goddesses. For anyone with more than a passing knowledge of Greek mythology, I expect this will Drive you crazy.
From Callimachus’ “Hymn to Artemis”, when she (Artemis) is asked what gifts she would like: “Pray give me eternal virginity...”