doubleplurk, and this is just to cause pain to the mythology lovers on my timeline:
...
thanks i hate it
this sounds like a shonen manga premise
yeah, I loved knights of the zodiac
bets on whether or not Achilles and "Patro" are straightwashed?
owls_in_moss: not makin' that call till i can know what audience this book's being really marketed to and/or what audience the author thinks they're writing for, for sure
if this is girlboss YA action-romance for primarily white audiences though, i'm definitely not taking that bet, only a sucker would imagine they aren't
i mean i'd read it if the blurb didn't suck to read
yeah
the blurb causes me physical pain esp in full context, there
The blurb for the sequel is already released:
oh, it's Harlequin
JASMINE MAS is a #1 Amazon bestselling author of fantasy romance. She has a degree in ancient Greco-Roman classical studies from Georgetown University, and is a former lawyer who spends all her free time writing about strong women in magical worlds. <--this is a more intriguing blurb, suggests the outcome on that bet's closer to 50/50 maybe
otoh it's harlequin, yeah
Tara, don't get your hopes up
oh, i'm decidedly not
Nice of her to plop trigger warnings on her website, I guess?
that is...not a flattering author picture
...sarcasm calls for a trigger warning?
not to make this about her appearance, but, well - she may prefer it over some of her past author profile photos, which were the ones that popped up when i plonked her name into search engines to see what i could learn to help me gauge those odds on achilles and patroclus shackin' up on the side in this 
something in the vibes here makes me suspect she's one of those sorts of white ladies who thinks going back to brunette after years of being a bottle blonde makes her look more classy
comparing the warnings she lists to the warnings the community lists paints a funny picture of what she thinks is noteworthy material to warn for vs what a readership wants to be warned for
According to the reviews, there's "only one sex scene, and she's receiving if you know what I mean"
=_=
idk, this one review almost makes it sound like it might be interesting, if it weren't for a bunch of the other stuff.
"son of sex"
I mean. I guess if he's the one getting his nickname on the back cover, we know who the MC is gonna get with.
not necessarily
sometimes back cover blurbs do that sort of thing to one character because it's the easier pull from the material to make the take sound hip and transgressive
also, judging by the implications of book 2's blurb, she's probably ending up in an arranged marriage with all of them
Achilles and Patro
fakealchemist: they're
just these two guys, you know?
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S H R I E K S
FUCK YOU OF COURSE ACHILLES IS THERE
this attacks me on multiply fronts and i hate it
it sounds like a mid 2000s madcap romance, i'd give 50/50 odds on it actually being that dark
like you could read the honey badger shifter series instead and get the same vibe, except it's better because it has strong sister relationships, madcap and Achilles isn't there
also i hate the stats, the nicknames are stupid and i am PERSONALLY OFFENDED that Achilles is like. fucking there.
"Animal Protector" fuck you
how dare you expose me to this Plat
tell us more about how achilles personally slapped the ice cream cone out of your hands
PERSONALLY
IN FRONT OF ME
my beef with Achilles has transformed from "How dare he merc three of my faves children" to a full blown look at that bitch eating crackers auroch
hercules is not a spartan
maybe Harlequin didn't want her to call them Olympians because they assumed it would cause some confusion and consternation re: Percy Jackson?