Friday, September 17, 2021

Daughter of Sparta by Claire M Andrews

Rating: WARTY!

"Daphne...embarks on a high-stakes quest with the annoyingly handsome god Apollo as her guide." Daphne is supposed to be a tough and fierce Spartan woman, although in the myth she was no such thing, so why render her that way and then neuter her by turning her into a rag doll in the hands of the 'annoyingly handsome' god? Barf! Here's yet another female author creating yet another limp, needy, worthless-without-a-man female character. In the original myth, Apollo is a stalker and Daphne has to beg for help from one of the other gods to escape him. This author wants to make a love story out of that? Get a clue. Please.