A Greek God at the Ladies' Club

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Summary: Charming, Lighthearted Romp of a Read
Review: "A Greek God at the Ladies' Club" was a fun read. I zipped right through the book in under a day! Darius's adjustment to life amongst the mortals in the 21st Century is funny and sharp-sighted; Jenna McKnight points out human quirks that we may overlook in our everyday lives. Alex is a strong, spunky heroine who stands up to Darius in funny, sparkling, spirited exchanges that reveal her integrity, one of qualities with which Darius is most charmed. Their love story is entertaining, Darius is sweet at the most unexpected times, and the story unfolds quickly with a number of lively and unique supporting characters like Darius's siblings Aphrie (Aphrodite) and Hermes.

McKnight's writing is crisp and engaging. For those interested in such things, there aren't graphic "bodice-ripping" scenes, and what she has included is flirty and sexy, not trashy.

I highly recommend this book. It was great!

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Summary: 3 3/4 stars. Good read, but could have been better.
Review: Alexandra de Marco is an strugling artist. After spending much time of a year sculpting the statue of Darius, the god of the gems, and favorite son of Zeus, she is finally ready to show her work and auction it in order to use that money to help keep a house with orphans open. Alex is very partial of orphans being one herself (with her sister).
Darius, god of gems, has been pretty much in a state of nothingness for the last 3,000 years after a little incident locked him inside a statue of himself. He has spent these 3,000 years looking for a statue that is perfect do he can enter it and retake his original form. Problem is daddy Zeus was mad as Hades at Darius for converting himself into a statue to get out of a mess Darius got himself into, so mad in fact Zaus decided to curse his own son. So everytime Darius finds a close match of a statue of himself, "Boom!" Zeus destroys it.
Darius has pretty much given up, until Hermes shows up to tell him about a certain statue of Darius that is being made in St. Louis. Then, he decides to risk it.
Alex has no idea that Darius is close to her all this time while she gives the final touches to her perfect work, and that the strange events occuring in her place are being caused by the god.
Shortly after the statue si finished and set for preview at the ladies club, Darius turns to life and that's when all begins.
Alexandra is beyond beleif, and naturally does not beelive him at the begining. Darius can not beleive that jewels are so accecible now days, since he was banned from his position, so he takes what he thinks belongs to him, putting Alex into even more trouble.
The kids from the house Alex is trying to save, are wonderful and funny. And they bring Darius's ego down a notch or two.
Alex's sister is a bit stiff but redemable.
The main problem I had with this book is not the story perse, but the dialogue, or the lack of it.
I found that descriptions is the order of the day here, and dialogue was few and far between. Situations that could have replaced some of the most monotonous descriptions were left pretty much in blank. For example Alex went through an accident before the novel begins, but when she is talking to Darius about it, the author describes the scene soemwhat like this: ""I had an accident." "Tell me about it" and she did. She told him about the accident and..."
This is not the only time I saw the same thing happening and it bother me a lot. Had it not been for this I would have given this book 4 1/2 stars.
Overall, the book was very funny and enjoyable. Slow at some points, and could have been better, but certainly a good read.
The characters are great but they are at times 2 dimensional. Most of the events are funny and charming, some, however, just drag the story. The characterization of Darius's family, at least in my opinion, was way out of character (they were too nice, and we all now that greek gods weren't that compassionate) but this is a work of fiction so I kind of liked the whole twist.
All in all, yes I would recomend this book.

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Summary: Predictable
Review: I always look for books that involve Greek and Roman gods/goddesses and was anticipating this book as a light read. Well, it was a heavy book in that it kept falling to the bottom of my reading pile, buried under other, more worthwhile books. I would start and read a few pages, put it away and forget about it, then looking for something to read, find it and start again. The female heroine never came alive to me at all. We never learned enough of her psychological or emotional backstory to make her current behavior interesting. It was patently obvious early on who the missing father was going to be and that subplot added nothing the story esp when the sisters accept their father's failure to identify himself with no more than a shrug. The sections on Mt. Olympus were almost painfully trite, e.g. Zeus controls the weather with a computer. In the end, it was just not a very interesting book and I finished it only because I had grabbed it to read while on a plane trip.

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Summary: A God Picking his nose...funny Read
Review: I just finished this book and loved it. It is definitely staying on my self. LOL I didn't cry on it, but my eyes did well up. I DEFINITELY laughed...a lot. Picture a greek god digging up his nose and tell me that is not too funny. You will have to read the book to see why he does that. LOL I really felt for Alexandra though, and the authors writing made you have no choice but to. She has had it rough and Darius doesn't make it any easier. I think the time line could have been streached out a little. I think Alexandra says all this book takes place in a matter of 6 dyas. Trust me, for all that goes on, you would think it would be more then that. Some of the reviews on this was bad, but I thought it was a cute and fun and would definitely recomend it to others...as long as you are not looking for something on actual mythology.

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Summary: A book I recommend to my friends..
Review: I really enjoyed this book. It is light, funny and creative. The basic idea is great--a Greek god trapped inside a statue. There was enough actual mythology to lend it some realism--by that I mean you could see this being an actual legend, the part about him being cursed into a statue. And the play between the god/statue and the herione/sculptor was a hoot. He's used to being seen as a totally irresistable hottie and she just wants him to turn back to stone.
Buy the book!

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Summary: A Greek God named Darius???
Review: I thought this was an interesting idea (a new take on "One Touch of Venus," sort of) but the author showed a real lack of understanding of Greek mythology and even Greek NAMES. Her hero is named Darius? That's obviously Latin, plus she had a Greek king named Edward. Edward! You know, like Edmund, Edgar, Edwin, and all those Old English names. Why not Gawain and Uther Pendragon on Mount Olympus! It just isn't that hard to find a baby name book and look for Greek names or pick up a children's book about Greek mythology. I know the names are a minor point, but it really took me out of the story right off the start. In general, the author was good with the humor but not so good with dialogue (not enough dialogue for one thing) and not very good at characterization. The plot got kind of hokey and the epilogue specifically was a silly idea.

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Summary: A Greek God named Darius???
Review: I thought this was an interesting idea (a new take on "One Touch of Venus," sort of) but the author showed a real lack of understanding of Greek mythology and even Greek NAMES. Her hero is named Darius? That's obviously Latin, plus she had a Greek king named Edward. Edward! You know, like Edmund, Edgar, Edwin, and all those Old English names. Why not Gawain and Uther Pendragon on Mount Olympus! It just isn't that hard to find a baby name book and look for Greek names or pick up a children's book about Greek mythology. I know the names are a minor point, but it really took me out of the story right off the start. In general, the author was good with the humor but not so good with dialogue (not enough dialogue for one thing) and not very good at characterization. The plot got kind of hokey and the epilogue specifically was a silly idea.

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Summary: Rather silly
Review: I thought this would be a fun, quirky read, but was very disappointed. The premise was weak, the characters were not well developed, and the dialogue was even worse. Almost everyone's behavior was appalling - from parents who curse their children and can't over it for more than 3,000 years, to other parents who hide in plain sight from their "orphaned" children. By the end, I no longer cared whether Darius remained a statue or not.

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Summary: What a thrilling story!
Review: I've read a lot of romances, but this one blends humor, wit, romance, and even a little suspense. No wonder Ms. McKnight has won two HOLT medals! I'll be looking up all her previous novels.

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Summary: Romantic Fantasy Gem!
Review: If you like to read Sherrilyn Kenyon, Julie Kenner, or Karen Marie Moning you're sure to get your moneys worth out of this book. While it's essentially a light, fluffy read it's still very touching and will have you laughing out loud! Even the divine have ther foibles and favorites. I hope Ms. McKnight plans this book as a first in an entertaing series.