The Immortals strikes me as a combination of Castle and Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. I liked Castle until the romance ruined it. In The Immortals, there’s a relationship developing between Selene (aka Artemis) and Classics professor Theo, but it’s not quite clear until towards the end what exactly it’s turning into. Selene is an avenger of wrongs against women in modern day Manhattan as an unlicensed private investigator, and Theo is the academic rock star with a bit of a past who gets pulled […]
I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love
4.5 stars Catalia “Cat” lives with a travelling circus, disguising herself as a soothsayer. She’s been on the run for years, hiding for a number of reasons, primarily that she can tell instantly when someone is lying (she gets a shot of visceral pain throughout her body) and she can frequently divulge the truth an individual is hiding when they lie, as well. Additionally, she has the ability to siphon magic from someone else, and in turn, use that magic against the individual or others. […]
In which there are many words, but nothing happens
The story takes place in a single day. Adam Godley, a famous mathematician is dying, and his family and friends are gathered about his deathbed. We are mostly (always?) with our (mostly) omnipotent narrator, the god Hermes. Oh, yes, the Greek gods are real, and apparently bored, because they like to spend time fucking with mortals. (And also fucking them, but that’s not the main point here. Or is it?) Being omnipotent, Hermes can jump into other people’s minds and discover and relay what they […]