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more than just leading frolics.</p><p id="23d1">Demeter has an ingenious idea for how to do that. Put Persephone’s consciousness in a mortal woman’s body, and the mortal woman’s consciousness in Persephone’s.</p><p id="cecf">If you’re at all familiar with the myth, you can guess where things go from there. But it’s a delightful ride, even when you know the destination.</p><p id="1554">I think I’ve read this book at least six or seven times now.</p><p id="0984">Best of all, it’s part of a 7-book series, called Goddess Summoning. The books are:</p><ul><li><i>Goddess of Spring</i> — Hades finds true love</li><li><i>Goddess of Light </i>— Apollo is trapped in Las Vegas as a human</li><li><i>Goddess of Love</i> — Venus matchmakes and falls for the match instead</li><li><i>Goddess of the Sea</i> — an undine trades places with a USAF pilot</li><li><i>Warrior Rising</i> — goddesses unite to stop Achilles and end the Trojan war</li><li><i>Goddess of the Rose</i> — a retelling of Beauty and the Beast</li><li><i>Goddess of Legend</i> — a modern woman travels back to Camelot to save King Arthur’s marriage</li></ul><p id="bc4f">While I like some of the stories better than others, simply because I resonate more with the underlying myth, they are all excellently researched and wonderfully innovative.</p><p id="394e">And, if seven books are

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n’t enough, feel free to look at her 5-book Partholon series, about the high priestess of the goddess Epona. And what happens when Epona thinks she needs a new one.</p><p id="2115">The Goddess Summoning books are all paranormal romances, while the Partholon books are romantic fantasy novels. Depending on whether you like your romance or your fantasy ascendant, you may prefer one series over the other. But they’re both well worth reading. My least favorite of the books, I’ve read three times.</p><p id="2f3d">When I packed my top-five authors to go with me when I moved to another country, these series both made the cut as ones I couldn’t live without.</p><p id="973a"><i>Thanks to <a href="undefined">Marrisa W.</a>’s prompt, asking for our favorite retellings of Greek myths.</i></p><div id="4697" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/book-prompts-128a64d6bacf"> <div> <div> <h2>book prompts</h2> <div><h3>Of Greek Myths │ Prompt Times 14</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*3ZJKU8qmkv4-NxXHOlZK1A.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

My favorite retellings of Greek myths

I have a favorite Greek myth. I love the story of Hades and Persephone, especially when it is retold about a tragically misunderstood Hades.

Sometimes he is a sensitive artist, preferring the quiet dark instead of the noisy brightness of Olympus. Sometimes he is the outsider, made the scapegoat of the “popular” Olympians.

In my favorite version, Goddess of Spring, by P.C. Cast, he sees the power of humans’ true love in the spirits that come to the underworld. And he is unwilling to settle for the casual dalliances and affairs the other Olympians enjoy. He is holding out for someone that will be his true love.

Enter Demeter, the goddess of the grain, who has been forced to confront the fact that her daughter, Persephone, might be just the tiniest bit spoiled. She needs to grow up, and take some responsibility for more than just leading frolics.

Demeter has an ingenious idea for how to do that. Put Persephone’s consciousness in a mortal woman’s body, and the mortal woman’s consciousness in Persephone’s.

If you’re at all familiar with the myth, you can guess where things go from there. But it’s a delightful ride, even when you know the destination.

I think I’ve read this book at least six or seven times now.

Best of all, it’s part of a 7-book series, called Goddess Summoning. The books are:

Goddess of Spring — Hades finds true love

Goddess of Light — Apollo is trapped in Las Vegas as a human

Goddess of Love — Venus matchmakes and falls for the match instead

Goddess of the Sea — an undine trades places with a USAF pilot

Warrior Rising — goddesses unite to stop Achilles and end the Trojan war

Goddess of the Rose — a retelling of Beauty and the Beast

Goddess of Legend — a modern woman travels back to Camelot to save King Arthur’s marriage

While I like some of the stories better than others, simply because I resonate more with the underlying myth, they are all excellently researched and wonderfully innovative.

And, if seven books aren’t enough, feel free to look at her 5-book Partholon series, about the high priestess of the goddess Epona. And what happens when Epona thinks she needs a new one.

The Goddess Summoning books are all paranormal romances, while the Partholon books are romantic fantasy novels. Depending on whether you like your romance or your fantasy ascendant, you may prefer one series over the other. But they’re both well worth reading. My least favorite of the books, I’ve read three times.

When I packed my top-five authors to go with me when I moved to another country, these series both made the cut as ones I couldn’t live without.

Thanks to Marrisa W.’s prompt, asking for our favorite retellings of Greek myths.