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EAN num: 9780425221372
ISBN number: 0425221377
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Printing Date: May 06, 2008
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From “a stellar talent”( New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning) comes another “scorchingly sensual, utterly delicious”( New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter) novel…
The Goddesses have had it with the Trojan War. So much devastation—all because of some silly male egos. The worst of the bunch is that cocky, handsome brute Achilles. But the only way to stop a man like Achilles is to distract him with something far more pleasurable than combat…
Enter Kat, a modern girl from Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Goddesses transform her into a Trojan princess, having no doubt that she’ll capture Achilles’s attention. But can her independent spirit match the unquenchable fire of his epic rage? Goddess only knows…
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WARRIOR RISING
P.C. CAST
Rated by buyers 5 Enchantments
Kat finds herself brought back to the time of the Greek War to help save Achilles, transported into the body of Princess Polyxena, a young woman who will be given to him as a war prize. In return, the goddesses who summoned her and her best friend there will send them both back to their own time. However, Kat never expected to fall for the beautifully scarred warrior that is Achilles. But if and when her mission succeeds, will she even want to go back?
Achilles hasn't allowed himself to fall for a woman in ten years. Thanks to the Berserker that takes him over at inopportune moments, women simply fear him, something he's gotten accustomed to. But his new war prize, Polyxena, is different. Somehow she uses her `magic' to relax him and keep the Berserker at bay. But nothing lasts forever, does it? Achilles can't let go of the fear that the Berserker will resurface and drive even her away.
WARRIOR RISING is an amazing read and a great addition to Ms. Cast's Goddess series.
Ms. Cast creates a rich, wonderful world in which to set this amazing story. Filled with great characters from Kat and Achilles to her best friend, Jacky, WARRIOR RISING pulls you into the story and doesn't let you go till the last page. I especially loved Jacky and her wit. She had me laughing out loud at several moments.
Fans of Ms. Cast's and/or Greek mythology won't want to miss WARRIOR RISING. It's one of the most entertaining books I've read this year.
Lisa
Enchanting Reviews
June 2008
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I love P.C. Cast, she's an author who's finally getting the romantic fantasy genre on the market and making it so much fun. I've enjoyed the ride, from being a mermaid to all the countless goddess switcheroos. Her imagination has been vivid and wonderful and no matter if I hadn't heard what the subsequent story was going to be about I'd go out and buy it anyway, that's how much faith I had in her books.
After this one, I seriously doubt I'll be doing that again. To say I was only disappointed doesn't even begin to cover it. Where to start. First you have two foul mouthed women, the heroine and the secondary player her friend, who's even worse than her. Now I'm not squeamish about swearing, but I prefer that if my books are going to be littered with swearing that at least they add some punch to the story, like maybe they're in a fight sequence and swearing their heads off...Fine, I get that, but to just cuss for the sake of cussing and to do it with constant regularity it's done with did nothing for me. That's just me, maybe someone else won't mind.
Second, before with any type of P.C. Cast novel she'd always have these incredibly tortured heroes, IE: Hades, The Beast, a berserker Achilles should have been right at the top of that list for me, and to be honest I'm not sure what it was that bothered me this time. Achilles was tortured and there were moments when I really felt I could fall in love with this one too, maybe it was the fact that unlike her other novels this one danced that fine line of romance/erotica from the word go. The problem with eroticas for me has always been that I haven't read one yet where the overabundance and frequency of sex doesn't wind up overshadowing the romantic element of it.
There are some really, really great moments in the book, but in the end just not enough for me to rate this book higher than a two.
I guess my problem was I expected different than what I got and that is your feel good amazingly ROMANTIC tale of a human woman and a tortured god. That "le sigh" factor I like to call it.
It wasn't my cup of tea, but if you're a fan of erotica it might just be yours. :)
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I am sad to say that I was disappointed in this book. I absolutely adore P.C. Cast and her Goddess Summoning Series, but I felt that this book did not live up to my expectations.
The major plot of the book was good. I enjoyed seeing Kat and Achilles build a relationship and try to work around the berserker. I did not enjoy much of the banter between Kat and her BFF Jacky, though. It was amusing at times, but after a short while, it became aggravatingly repetitive.
The side stories with Jacky and Patroklas, and Athena and Odysseus do not add anything to the book. As far as I'm concerned, the very first is pointless for the majority of the book, though Jacky and Patroklas do have their roles to play to move the action to the final climax. Otherwise, I found their story distracting and annoying. Athena's story also has a role to play in moving the action forward, but it comes out of nowhere near the end of the book. There is no build up; it just happens.
Then there is the ending. I have come to expect the end of P.C. Cast's books to be tear-jerkers. There is suspense at the end of her other books that lead the reader to wonder if there actually will be a happy ending, and give the characters room to show even more depth and feeling. This is something that I really love about reading P.C.'s novels. In Warrior Rising, though, there is no suspense. There are some abbreviated, almost tear-jerker moments near the end, but they are over quickly and do not have the punch her other books have. And the very end of the book is, well, a train wreck. She should have stopped short of where she did. I won't ruin the ending, but I advise readers to stop at the end of the scene that involves a flaming arrow and Paris. For those of you that have read the book, I just have to say: Kirk, really?! Worst ending ever.
I do look forward to P.C. Cast's subsequent Goddess Summoning book. I hope she is able to recreate the magic of her other books in this series, magic which was lacking in this latest installment.
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I started reading WARRIOR RISING by P.C. Cast recently, simply because she is an amazing author that has never done me wrong. I've read everything else she's ever written, and I've loved each novel. This novel has turned out to be so much more than I ever expected.
The story is about Kat, who dies in a tragic car accident in the modern world. As a psychologist, she's used to dealing with nutcases all day, but this may be her biggest assignment yet. Venus, Hera, and Athena are all tired of the Trojan war and hate the fact that they're blamed for starting the whole thing. They decide to take it all into their own hands and end it themselves. But first, they have to get rid of Achilles. With a little movement of souls, Kat ends up in the middle of the Trojan war, acting as war-bride to Achilles. Mix in a little magic, a lot a mayhem, and you have an amazing book.
I think I took SO much more out of this book, simply because I'd recently read The Iliad. I fell absolutely and completely in love with Achilles. I rooted for Kat (even wished I was in her place a few times) and loved the secondary romance of Jacky and Patroklos.
Let's just say: P.C. Cast is still on my automatic-buy list (and I doubt she could get kicked off if she tried!).
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When the goddesses get utterly fed up with the Trojan War, not to mention with all the inaccurate information that myth, legend, and history have recorded about it, they decide its time to intervene. Since Achilles is the key to stopping it, they decide what he needs is a good woman, and thanks to Venus' time in the modern world among mortals, Kat, a twenty very first century woman in the prime of her life, is chosen to go back to the time of the Iliad and tame a berserker warrior. Before she can though, she and her best friend, Jacky, are killed in a car wreck. While that's disconcerting, it's no problem, really. The goddesses simply transplant their souls into the bodies of a Trojan princess and her maid. As the princess, Kat combines a younger, more beautiful body with her intellect and skills to easily win over her "master." Yet, though Achilles loves her and longs for peace, he lives under a curse and fate seems determined to carry out his doom. Only a great sacrifice might have a slim chance of stopping that, if Kat is willing.
**** Most Trojan epics can be summed up in the phrase long and boring. No wonder Venus, Athena, and company got their fill of it. This is the exception to the rule. With snazzy, snappy wit and loads of humor, Ms. Cast has made the epic interesting again. Her spin on things is far different than most, but that is what makes it wonderful. ****
Amanda Killgore for Huntress Reviews.
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