Look but don't touch has never been more true...
The gods forbade her to love, but love is a powerful force. Acacia has been created purely for Eros' pleasure but discovers within moments of being summoned into his presence that he has no interest in her whatsoever. Rejected, she is banished to Earth to serve as Eros' minion with the task of promoting the blissful state of love among all those around her, a state she must never indulge in with a human being herself on pain of immediate destruction. And then comes Josh, someone whose power of attraction over Acacia is so intense she will find it utterly impossible to resist him. But is he human? Is he a god? Or is he a trick of the gods? And what would happen should they kiss? Book Description
The gods forbade her to love, but love is a powerful force. Acacia has been created purely for Eros' pleasure but discovers within moments of being summoned into his presence that he has no interest in her whatsoever. Rejected, she is banished to Earth to serve as Eros' minion with the task of promoting the blissful state of love among all those around her, a state she must never indulge in with a human being herself on pain of immediate destruction. And then comes Josh, someone whose power of attraction over Acacia is so intense she will find it utterly impossible to resist him. But is he human? Is he a god? Or is he a trick of the gods? And what would happen should they kiss? Book Description
This is in the paranormal/fantasy romance genre. It’s based around the Greek Gods mythology but doesn't follow the myth too closely; Debbie alters what she needs to fit her story. It’s a change from the myriad of vampires and shape shifters usually found in paranormal romance, though I'm a sucker for those too....It’s written in the first person point of view – I really like those as it enables me to feel I’m “in” the story more easily. It’s the début book for Debbie and I'm sure she'll have many more to follow. It’s available only one book currently.
In this book Acacia is a beautiful girl created for Eros to love, but he is still in love with Psyche although she is married to another – those pesky Gods like to interfere in each other’s lives far too much and create friction and ill feeling everywhere, sadly the impact is usually on others and Acacia and her sisters are the ones who take the fallout from this interference.
Acacia is the third girl created but Eros doesn't want any of them – he's so bitter and twisted though that he won't let them have anyone else. They live on earth doing the traditional Eros thing of searching souls to match up with that will live happily together and they try to fit in. Acacia is at school when she sees Josh and is instantly attracted. As ever, the path of true love doesn't go smoothly and Acacia has a number of run ins with the gods over her attraction. One of the big Rules is not to let humans know who they are and that the girls must not have boyfriends. Acacia can't resist Josh though however much her sisters tell her to. One sister because she loves her and is kind, the other sister who is bitter about their life and goes out of her way to hurt Acacia. They start to plan a life together when the Gods intervene.
Will true love prevail? Well, it’s a roller-coaster ride with adventures on earth and in the Underworld. This is fortunately a series and I really want to know how it continues. While in the underworld Acacia meets Luca – another love interest. I really like the sound of Luca as opposed to good boy Josh – my downfall is always the bad guys! I would have liked Acacia to have spent more time with Luca – falling for him so quickly when she had such strong feelings for Josh seemed just wrong. This part of the story was quite short and could have been expanded to make it more believable I feel. At times I wanted to shake Acacia and say “what are you thinking girl?” but that’s good in a way as it shows how into the characters I’d got.
The ending came as a surprise and I really want to read what happens next so I hope Debbie is writing furiously as I type!
It’s a book suitable for adults and teens as there are no heavy sex scenes and the storyline is easy to follow. It’s a good length too – as I’ve said before I’m not a short story/novella fan – I like to really get Into a book and it needs to be a decent length for that. I found very few spelling or grammar errors – good for you Debbie as far too many e books are badly edited and contain so many mistakes it makes the story difficult to follow.
Stars – well I think 4, that’s not bad as I’m a picky critic and rarely give 5 stars, a book has to really, really grip me for that. I loved the story, it was well written and easy to follow, different from the usual with the inclusion of the Greek Gods but..... that ending and interaction with Luca seemed rushed to me. I find it hard to believe a grieving Acacia could fall so quickly for someone who'd had a hand in parting her from Josh and bringing her to the underworld even if Luca was a gorgeous baddie who made a turnabout to help her. I did get the feeling there was more to Josh earlier in the book and to an extent wasn't very surprised at what happened to him. That could perhaps have been hidden better though as I'm a reader not a writer I don't know how....I’m just offering my opinion.
4 Stars!
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Reviewed by Midnight Ruby
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