Publication: August 5th 2015 (Self-published)
Source: Received a free copy of this in exchange for an honest review from ebooksforreview.com. Thank you!
Goodreads Summary: Blake Wells seems to have it made: the wealthy bachelor life, Kennedy-esque good looks, rising political star. The tabloids love him. But one barracuda date after another drains his hopes for finding a girl who’s sincere.
So when his Chief of Staff insists he take a beach vacation, Blake doesn’t go expecting to meet Cressida, the perfect girl. Shazam! She’s seriously a goddess. And even though she protests that she’s bad luck, he’s a goner.
But when a string of crazy (albeit hilarious) coincidences threatens to sink his career, Blake must choose whether to save his campaign or save the love of his life.
If he wants to get this goddess, he’ll have to break her curse.
PANDORA is the first installment in the Goddesses & Geeks series by best-selling contemporary romantic comedy author Jennifer Griffith.
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My Thoughts:
| *2.5 stars* Here I am again faced with another book that would've been better if someone had edited it. I know in the acknowledgments section that Griffith thanks at least two people for editing, but there are SO MANY inconsistencies in this book that it's hard to figure out what they even edited. I'll touch more on the inconsistencies in a bit. Firstly, the book was okay. It didn't really capture me but I really enjoy mythology books so I did want to keep reading it, especially because this is the first book I've read that is exclusively about Pandora. It was really interesting to read how luck changed sides throughout the story and the events that followed. The characters were okay, but, again, none of them really captured me. They were developed a little. I think what really killed it for me was the insta-love. I expect insta-love from young adult books with teenagers, not from a U.S. Congressman who is around 30 and spends his time running away from women. I think I would've been able to forgive the insta-love if their love had deepened at all throughout the story. By the end of it, it still just seemed that Pandora's real hold on Blake was her beauty and not much else. Blake does talk a bit about her "having an old soul" but that's really his excuse for dating a girl who looks so much younger than him. He just talks about how he would win more votes and what having her on his arm would do for his public persona more than actually liking her for her personality. It's a stereotypical young beauty/old money relationship is really what adds it up. And then there are the inconsistencies. I personally didn't realize/pay attention to how Bermuda and the Bahamas were used interchangeably as other reviewers pointed out; however, I found many other inconsistencies in the writing. Cressida's last name is misspelled at one point and changes from "Hephasitdus" to "Hephaestidus." Which, forgive me if I'm wrong, shouldn't it be spelled the second way because his name is Hephaestus not Hephastus. ??? Rider's name changes from "Rider" to "Riley" in a random paragraph. There were multiple times where characters had inconsistencies in their actions, such as when Rider is saying he's excited to go to the Bermuda Triangle when he had already been there, and many other situations such as that that I won't spend the time to list. Lastly, I'm confused about why the series is called "Goddesses & Geeks." Blake isn't a geek. Rider could be called a geek but he's not the point of the book. I just don't get it. Likes: Unique book that convers the Pandora myth. The reversal of fortune events. Dislikes: So many inconsistencies between character's actions, names, and places. Why is called "Goddesses & Geeks"??? Overall: Recommend? No. |
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