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A Scent Of Greek (2013)

by Tina Folsom(Favorite Author)

4.32 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Tina Folsom

series

Out of Olympus

review 1: While I didn’t love this as much as I did the first one, I still thoroughly enjoyed it. I will explain…Dionysus (Dio) is the God of wine and ecstasy. He’s determined that he will never fall in love so after he “conquers” his lovers with a night of passion, he dumps them and never sees them again. In other words, “He an arse!” His latest lover is Ariadne (Ari). They had been dating for a couple of weeks and he has decided that he’s waited long enough and will bed her and then dump her. Only problem is that his step mother the Goddess of women overhears him talking and is tired of him hurting women as he does and decides to teach him a lesson.The story line was good but I couldn’t connect with either of the main characters as I did in book one. Yes, t... moreowards the end when both knew what was going on I did but during the beginning of the story I disliked Dio and during the story I somewhat disliked Ari as well. I know that that she was being manipulated by Hera but not all of the time. I was however very happy with the ending and the epilogue was super sweet. My favorite part of the book is when Dio takes Ari to meet Zeus. That was laugh out loud funny and not a way that you would ever want to meet your father in law for the first time or ever for that matter, even when he is a drop dead gorgeous God.
review 2: My Review:Outright, this was just a fun and entertaining book to read. I received the first book in this series, A Touch of Greek, for review, but immediately upon finishing it, went out and bought this book to read simply because I loved the first book so much. While I didn't think this one was quite as good as the first, it absolutely did not disappoint (honestly, I just really loved the story line premise in book #1...it would be hard for any book to compete with that book for me.) This book is the love story between Dio and Ari. Dio is the son of Zeus and he is the god of wine and ecstasy. Being the son of Zeus, who is a horrible philanderer, Dio has always assumed he is just like dear old dad...incapable of love and monogamy. He never wants to hurt another woman the way that his mother was hurt by his father. As a result, his personal rule is to only ever sleep with a woman once, and then their relationship is over.Ari has been hurt and deceived deeply before. As a result, she doesn't trust easily. She and Dio dated for two weeks before she decided to have sex with him although their chemistry is through the roof...and then he immediately abandoned her. Yep....he's pretty much a jerk.Hera saw all this and decided to teach her step-son a lesson in humility and suddenly EVERYONE is caught up in this horrific web of lies, which is going to hurt them all.It's an interesting storyline (be sure to read the story description). Ari knows that it would be way too easy to fall for Dio esp. if they are sleeping together so she decides to tell him that they've decided to wait for sex until they get married...because of his drinking problem. Suddenly the God of wine and ecstasy is abstinent and going to AA meetings. LOL...there is definitely some humor in this book.I liked both Ari and Dio's characters. Yes, Dio acts like a jerk in the beginning, but even then you know that his actions come from a place of fear of being like his father. He knows in his heart that if he develops a relationship with Ari that he will break her heart and he is trying to prevent that from happening. Both of these characters have some major insecurities when it comes to trusting their own feelings and those of others and that's before all the lies and deceptions are perpetrated in this book.I continue to really love the Greek theme in these books. The glimpses of Zeus that we saw in this one were wonderfully enlightening. I am definitely looking forward to the other two books in this series. less

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