Warrior Rising (Goddess Summoning, Book 6)
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Warrior Rising (Goddess Summoning, Book 6) Overviews
From “a stellar talent”( New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning) comes another “scorchingly sensual, utterly delicious”( New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter) novel…
The Goddesses have had it with the Trojan War. So much devastation—all because of some silly male egos. The worst of the bunch is that cocky, handsome brute Achilles. But the only way to stop a man like Achilles is to distract him with something far more pleasurable than combat…
Enter Kat, a modern girl from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Goddesses transform her into a Trojan princess, having no doubt that she’ll capture Achilles’s attention. But can her independent spirit match the unquenchable fire of his epic rage? Goddess only knows…
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Warrior Rising (Goddess Summoning, Book 6) CustomerReview
P.C. Cast continues to amaze me and with each Goddess Summoning book it just seems to get better. This is by far the best one in terms of plot - fast paced, full of suspense, humorous, romantic, highly erotic and at times even kinky, and utterly moving - Warrior Rising is a rare jewel and a marvelous twist on historical myths. Anyone who knows the myth of Achilles knows it was Patroklos's foolish mistake that put into motion the events that would ultimately lead to Achille's death and thereby fulfilling his fate, will spend half the book biting their fingernals and wanting to shout to the heroine that not only must she make Achilles promise to stay out of war, but also patroklos! There is more interaction between the Gods and Godesses than any of the other Goddess Summoning books, and the relationships between the minor characters are more complex. This book made me laugh out loud like no other - the scene where heroine Kat and BFF Jacky come to terms with being in the Ancient World and believing in the gods/godessess made me burst into hysterical giggles. The rest of the book is filled with witty, comical conversation between the two modern mortals, making us laugh at not only the clueless mortals of the ancient world, but also at the Goddesses, for despite all their beauty, grace and power, they are simply baffled by modern speach. The swearing and slang such as "schtupping" may seem overdone and vulgar, but in my opinion it simply provides a humorous yet realistic contrast between the characters of the ancient world and those of the modern world. Furthermore, it highlights the difference in culture and mentality. I saw well done Cast.
The only thing I did not like about this book was the ending - why mention Avalon and not elaborate? And seriously, why Kirk? Also, the ethical issue of betrayal in war is completey overlooked - when Kat acts as "the Trojan Horse" by open the gates for the Greek Army to enter Troy, she ais utomatically sentencing hundreds of Trojans to their deaths. The only sense of remorse she shows for her actions is "feeling like the biggest ass ever" for manipulating the gate gaurds, and her reasoning for doing this is to simply "end the war" as fast as possible, but to what cost? The fact is that to everyone else, regardless of who's soul is inhabiting the body, it seems the Trojan princess polyxena betrays her own people - Troy's royal family who was already in utter despair from the death of Hector, showed such kindness and sincere joy when they believed their princess had returned - and yet the heroine seems to show no remorse for sentencing these very people to their own demise. I was also expecting an elaboration of what happens to the royal family when the body of Polyxena opens the Torjan gates and when Poseidon floods the city yet there is no further mention of them whatsoever as if their humanity didn't matter at all. It would be easy to discard them as having "deserved" what happened in the end had they been portrayed as "the bad guys", but Cast portrays them as innocent and evoked strong pity in the reader with their poignant grief over the loss of Hector and the way they tried to comfort each other, that it left me confused and disappointed with Cast for discarding her characters that way.
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