Goddess of Spring by P.C. Cast
I hesitated to read Goddess of Spring. I never did really get into P.C. Cast‘s first novel, Goddess by Mistake, and I love the Persephone myth and didn’t want to be disappointed. But finally I decided to read Goddess of Spring — and liked it!
Lina, a baker from Tulsa, needs a miracle to save her bakery. She finds it in the form of a mysterious, mystical cookbook, which contains a killer pizza recipe — and an invocation to the goddess Demeter. Demeter is willing to help Lina for a price: Lina must trade places with Demeter’s daughter Persephone and travel to the Underworld.
There, Lina masquerades as Persephone and meets Hades, the god of the Underworld, who is a hot Byronic sort of hero. The two begin to fall in love, but can their budding relationship survive both lovers’ insecurities, or the revelation of the truth about Lina?
This is a sexy and fun love story, mostly lighthearted, but you might need your Kleenex by the end!
Oh, and the dread steeds and Cerberus are hilarious and cute.
How did I miss this? Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
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