Sixteen-year-old Sophie Bloom wishes she’d been taught the following: Literally. This breath stealing lip lock reawakens Sophie’s true identity: Persephone, Goddess of Spring. She’s key to saving humanity in the war between the Underworld and Olympus, target numero uno of Hades and Zeus, and totally screwed. Plus there’s also the little issue that Sophie’s last memory as Persephone was just before someone tried to murder her. Big picture: master her powers, get her memories back, defeat Persephone’s would be assassin, and save the world. Also, sneak into the Underworld to retrieve stolen property, battle the minions of Hades and Zeus, outwit psycho nymphs, slay a dragon, rescue a classmate, keep from getting her butt expelled from the one place designed to keep her safe … … and stop kissing Kai, Prince of the Underworld. My Ex From Hell is a YA romantic comedy/Greek mythology smackdown. Love meets comedy with a whole lot of sass in book one of this teen fantasy romance series. Compared to Kai and Sophie, Romeo and Juliet had it easy. (Goodreads summary)
a) Bad boy’s presence (TrOuBlE) + teen girl’s brain (DraMa) = TrAuMa (Highly unstable and very volatile.)
b) The Genus Greekulum Godissimus is notable for three traits: 1) awesome abilities, 2) grudges, and 3) hook-ups, break-ups, and in-fighting that puts cable to shame.
Prior to the Halloween dance, Sophie figures her worst problems involve adolescent theatrics, bitchy teen yoga girls, and being on probation at her boarding school for mouthy behaviour. Then she meets bad boy Kai and gets the kiss that rocks her world.
I really love Persephone retellings. I think they are super interesting and usually give a very different spin on an ancient story, which let’s be honest has to be tough, especially since it’s been done so much lately. So, when I saw My Ex From Hell, I was intrigued.
The story was really fun. I enjoyed the twists on the original Persephone myth and the changes Tellulah Darling made. This was a very different retelling than anything else I’ve read about Greek mythology, and in some ways, that was a really good thing. However, this novel lacked a lot in character development and plot development. Sophie also sort of confused me. I would feel like I was getting a grasp on her character, then she would throw something off-the-wall in, and I would be back to square one. Kai was very intriguing, but I felt like I couldn’t get to know him very well since he didn’t get a lot of “screen” time or character development.
Overall, I’m interested in knowing what happens next, but it isn’t really favorite shelf worthy at this point.
Title: My Ex From Hell
Series: The Blooming Goddess Trilogy (Book #1)
Published: April 1, 2013 by Te Da Media
Format: 272 pages; Paperback; Ebook
Website: www.tellulahdarling.com
Source: Review copy via NetGalley
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