![]() ![]() I liked that – but then I found that I sincerely disliked Laura, the main character of the story. ![]() The opening tale, “Djinn and Tonic” by Lexie Bay, was quick to illustrate that we weren’t going to be playing with just the typical Greek myths. But there was an unevenness that crept in a bit too often – many of the stories read more paranormal than mythological. It’s not that the myths the authors chose to tackle in the anthology were uninteresting – I actually found the range of myths quite intriguing, and many of the ideas were very clever. In her introduction, Felthouse says it was a close call between doing a mythology anthology and a paranormal anthology – and I have to agree, except that’s how I felt about Seducing the Myth. So I had high hopes for Seducing the Myth, and maybe that came into play a little bit too much, but the end result was a mixed bag. Interpretation, so often key in any historical pursuit, is everything, and where different tellings of the “same” tale can go can astound me. When it comes to the Greek or Norse myths, I could read and re-read for hours, especially since so many of the tales have been written – or re-written – in so many different voices. ![]()
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