Love Underground: Persephone's Tale by Alicia Fields
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: July 2005
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 288pp
- Series: Goddesses Series, #1
- ISBN-13: 9780451215826
- ISBN: 0451215826
Synopsis
Young Persephone is the most beautiful maiden in Hellas. But all the boys are scared away by her mother, Demeter, whose mysterious powers must have come from the gods. So Persephone keeps her distance, and spends her days living a sheltered life. Then one day, Hades-the dreaded lord of the dead-sees Persephone. Enchanted, he whisks her deep into his dark realm. At first, she rejects him-but Hades is wealthy, intelligent, and powerful. He courts Persephone as no man has ever dared before and reveals to her, in the rumored "land of the dead," a world more wondrous than she'd ever imagined-one where she may just discover a passion greater than life itself.
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Love Undergroundby Anonymous
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June 20, 2005: Over the last few years, the story of Peresphone and Hades has been retold multiple times, yet until now, each version contained at least a bit of magic, whether it was told by Roberta Gellis or PC Cast. Instead of myth and illusion, Ms. Fields relies on her words to invoke a sense of wonderment. The ancient Greek dieties become powerful people who are still mortal in her tale. Peresphone is rendered as the only daughter of a single mother whose heart bears scars she is determined to keep her child from ever having to bear. When the girl is taken by Hades to a subterranian world that all hold in fearful awe, Demeter appeals to the 'goddesses'. Whether or not these women actually have mystic power or simple authority is not dwelt upon. If a local boy who has a crush on Peresphone, Hermes, can rescue her, then he may marry her, whether he wants to or not. Meanwhile, time passes both above and below. Peresphone has learned her husband is not a monster, and begun to fall in love. When Hermes comes to play the hero, she will be forced to choose between her mother and her true love. Or will she? ......................... *** Nothing truly new is written here, but that is to be expected when retelling an ancient story. No one expects a book about King Arthur to be radically different from the hundreds of others written about him, after all. There are some intriguing variantions from the original story and strong characterization throughout the tale. Most commendable is the ability of the prose to evoke a sense of sensuality without straying into the realm of being graphic. ***
Fantastic retelling of one of the great Greek mythological talesby harstan
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May 25, 2005: In Hellas, Persephone is the prettiest maiden in the land, but though she has female friends like Echo and Narcissa, boys her age have nothing to do with her except the bodacious Hermes. Males fear her mother Demeter who has god-like powers and her great-grandfather High Priest Aristippus who communicates directly with Zeus. Persephone lives like a bird in a gilded cage as Demeter keeps her safe and apart from the other gender with an iron fist that only she and Aristippus can use........ That is until the Lord of the Underground, Hades, sees her and desires her. He comes up from under the ground in her garden to abduct Persephone. In his dark realm he offers his 'soul? to her, but she rejects him. Frustrated, but not a quitter, the obstinate intelligent Hades courts his prisoner showing her what no male dared, a wondrous world even if it is home to the dead. Feeling alive for the first time Persephone begins to see passion for the first time with her underworld warden even as her mother searches heaven and earth for her........................ Amanda Cockrell provides a fantastic retelling of one of the great Greek mythological tales, the story of Persephone. The heroine, her wannabe lover and her determined mother come together in a delightful romance even with the underground as the setting. Fans of modern day renditions of the ancient mythos will treasure Ms. Cockrell?s entertaining novel of LOVE UNDERGROUND............... Harriet Klausner
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