Thank you so much Carly Spade for sending me this ARC!
Synopsis:
Life was good in the Neosphere District. I’d made a name for myself as a renowned supernatural bounty hunter, holding the record for most harpies slayed. But the best part about living in the future? Avoiding the other Olympian gods. Banishing a guy from Olympus because he was “imperfect” tends to make one hold a grudge. Go figure. And no other god possessed the means to time travel. But I did. Thanks to the portal hopping device I forged.
Yup. Life. Was. Grand.
Until a bounty popped up on a certain love goddess. Aphrodite and I had been friends since we were wee gods. I’d be lying to myself if I never thought our “innocent” flirting banter were real on occasion—kidding myself if I said I never wanted things to go beyond platonic. Hence, why I recently kept my distance. For my own sanity. So, of course, I made the grave mistake of taking the godsdamned bounty.
*The goddess of love…*
Since reconciling with my son Eros, after centuries of bad mojo, I’d decided it was time to clean up my act. Ride the straight and narrow. My companion service, Sans Solo, became just the ticket I needed. And it allowed me to use my powers in disguise in modern California under the name Vena Milo.
With the aid of my best friends, and fellow goddesses, the Graces, we ran a legitimate business. All was right in the world.
Until the volcano god showed up. Hephaistos. Heph—a lifelong friend who never failed to confuse me mind, body, and soul. Especially when he showed up with a magical pair of handcuffs. His audacity pissed me off, but the mere sight of him, the smell of him, made my stomach flutter. That…I couldn’t deny. And when Heph's plan goes to Tartarus things got even dicier and we became...the hunted.
Review & thoughts:
I loved Carly Spade's Contemporary Mythos series and was really excited for this first book in her new Beyond a Contemporary Mythos series and OMG it definitely didn’t disappoint, this book is amazing! Of Love and Forge is the story of Aphrodite and Hephaistos and I loved their beautiful friends to lovers romance, these two have been pining for each other literally for centuries and it was so satisfying to see them finally admit their feelings. I also really enjoyed the setting of this story, the action mostly takes place in year 2104 and I don’t want to spoil anything but the world building was very fascinating and unique, hope we will get to see even more of it in the next books. And I was so happy we got to see some of my favorite characters from Contemporary Mythos series, I missed them! I really loved this story, Aphrodite and Hephaistos were incredible and I already can’t wait for the next books in this series.
Rating:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
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