Psyche and Eros
A Novel
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Rachel Petladwala
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Joshua Riley
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Auteur(s):
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Luna McNamara
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“A pure delight . . . Romantic, poignant, and spellbinding.”— REBECCA ROSS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals
“Fiercely feminist and deeply romantic, Psyche and Eros has the allure of an old fable and the epic quality of ancient myth, tinged with a provocative, modern wit. Passionate and deftly-told.” — AVA REID, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning and The Wolf and the Woodsman
Has the god of love finally met his match?
Prepare to fall for this glorious reimagining of Greek mythology about a god struck by his own cursed arrow and the mortal woman who teaches him what love truly means
Psyche, princess of Mycenae, was born with a prophecy that she will one day conquer a great monster. Rejecting her royal duties, Psyche spends her youth mastering blade and bow, preparing for her destiny. Tales of her beauty and rebellious nature reach even the goddess Aphrodite, who decides to teach Psyche a lesson.
Aphrodite commands Eros, the god of desire, to deliver a cruel love curse. After eons watching humanity misuse his gifts, the last thing Eros wants is to become involved in the chaos of the mortal world. But when he accidentally pricks himself with the arrow intended for Psyche, Eros finds himself doomed to yearn for a woman who will be torn from him the moment their eyes meet.
Thrown together by fate, headstrong Psyche and world-weary Eros will face challenges greater than they could have ever imagined. As the Trojan War begins and divine powers try to keep them apart, the pair must determine: could this be true love, or is that only a myth?
A joyous and subversive tale of gods, monsters, and the human heart and soul, Psyche and Eros dazzles the senses while exploring notions of trust, sacrifice, and what it truly means to be a hero. With unforgettably vivid characters, spellbinding prose, and delicious tension, Luna McNamara has crafted a shimmering and propulsive debut novel about a love so strong it defies the will of Olympus.
“A riotous adventure . . . McNamara strikes the perfect note of irreverent humor and furious emotion in this fabulous novel. An absolute joy!”— JENNIFER SAINT, bestselling author of Ariadne
""An enthralling tale of adventure, romance, and star-crossed lovers.” — SUE LYNN TAN, bestselling author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess
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This changing of the source material does spiral out to other problems, mostly in the department of characters and plot. Not-Psyche is barely relatable or recognizable. The good-getter boss-girl character is poorly casted in this love story. Her being head-strong and swearing off marriage makes the transition of her falling head over heels for Eros feels forced. The story also loses its sense of purpose. Where before the story of Psyche and Eros was an allegory for love and it's effects on the human soul, Psyche finding someone who loves her for who she is and not her outer appearance, I'm not fully sure what McNamara is trying to say about love or this character with her new character. Regardless of the changes, Not-Psyche still has to hit some of the beats Psyche hit in the original myths, and the solutions range from unbelievable to Not-Psyche just being really flippin' stupid. It really does feel like McNamara wanted her Psyche to be Atalanta regardless of how well it worked for the story.
For all its faults as a retelling, the storytelling is fairly descent. While I don't like what was done with Psyche, I have to admit McNamara's is more intrinsically motivated and thus more interesting, and it is always cool to see a character who stands in contrast of her setting. Her interactions with the other characters are also pretty cool. I am a little peeved about how she flat out insults gods with zero consequences. It reminded me of freakin' Serene in Brandon Sanderson's Elantris. Don't get it twisted. Women talking back to men is based, but in a narrative, I would expect some cause and effect. You know, actions have consequences. When you're dealing with some of the most powerful beings of the world, I would expect the consequences to be more than said being crying and running away. The other characters are all mostly fun. Aphrodite is dark-haired, for some reason, and Persephone is the one who really runs the underworld, because she's better at it than Hades. That little bit isn't super important to this story, so I don't really see the need to complain about it.
As much as I've ragged on McNamara's altering of the source material, she has a firm grasp on Ancient Greek culture and other myths and represents those stories and times fairly believably. The adding of a time limit to Not-Psyche's tasks make it a lot more exciting. There are some liberties taken with time and space that just shatter the structure of the story for me. Eros's section starts at the beginning of the universe and it is so boring. Other myths interrupt this one, and it throws off the pacing for me.
Props to the tone and dialogue. Both Not-Psyche and Eros sound distinct when they talk and narrator, and their voices are lively and interesting. The language wasn't super poetic, but there was one nice simile where love was compared to footprints that I quite liked. I'm not a fan of contemporary expletives in the Ancient Greek setting.
Good, but unfaithful retelling
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