Fatal Attraction: Aphrodite's Tale

I was exposed to Greek mythology in elementary school by my sixth grade teacher Miss Ardell, hence my attraction to the book, call it nostalgia. But Alesia Fields makes a good take on the Trojan war/ gods and goddesses mythos, I especially like how with Aphrodite she makes her experiences almost like a train wreck, but if were honest that is the way with love. Men are attracted to the very things that drive them insane or women like their mothers, and women are attracted to men like their fathers. (I have read the Greek Oedipus plays) She goes through many relationships more often bad since she gets pregnant as a teen, and her and Hephestaus are forced to wed by the family. In order to balance her out, but she also does some good like giving her one sister Hebe a makeover and getting her married to Hercules. Along with touching off the Trojan War. Read Aphrodite's tale and fall in love with all the characters.

I randomly bought this book at a store for $1, thinking it was a romance novel. Really, it's a great book, I like the fact that Aphrodite develops as a character, and that she seems to learn from her past experiences. I also found it very descriptive, the image it portrays of ancient Greece is lovely. The tone of the writing is very similar to the feeling of the heat, water, and magic in the remote islands of Greece today. I liked that the author took the basic stories of the Gods/Goddesses and used her imagination to show us another possible way things could have unfolded.

The book spanned a lot of time, which I think was necessary to really show the full spectrum of Aphrodite. She really didn't find true love herself until much later in life, although she went looking enough for it. I enjoyed the book, but did a lot of crying... growing up is hard to do, even for the Goddess of Love.