Deer in Headlights Blog Tour: Review & Giveaway

Deer in Headlights (Good Gods #1)
Author: Staci Hart
Genre: Adult Fantasy/Romance
Release Date: February 13, 2013
Publisher: Promise Socks Publishing

Buy Links: Amazon

Description:

What do the Greek gods do when they're bored? Because they're always bored, so humans are the perfect players in their games.

Aphrodite owns love; she hasn't lost a competition on her turf in over three millennia. Apollo is on a mission to win. He's counting on it to finally get the one woman he's never been able to have. The two gods will choose their human players, and if Aphrodite can't get them together before the clock runs out, Apollo will get his way. And Aphrodite couldn't have that.

Lex and Dean are perfect for each other, they just don't know it yet. Dean is a perpetual bachelor, and a brooding, beautiful rock star. Lex is always with a man, but she'll never fully give herself up. Aphrodite has her work cut out for her, but if she can't make it work, no one can.

The gods have their own drama. Apollo killed Aprhodite's mortal love - they've got beef that's been dragging on for thousands of years. Ares, the douchebag, is forever trying to pick a fight, and trying to get Aphrodite into bed. And Persephone, Aphrodite's best friend, is the one person who Aphrodite shares everything with.

Follow the gods as they fight, laugh, cry, lose love, gain power, and make a mess with humans. 

Deer in Headlights is the first installment in an adult fantasy romance series where the gods of Greek mythology keep up with modern times and their love of humans by taking part in competitions with one another to pass the time. It's time for another competition, this one involving Aphrodite - the goddess of love. In her competition, two gods select human champions and Aphrodite must make them fall in love while her opponent tries to keep them apart. They have four weeks to complete the challenge. This is how Lex and Dean come to be drawn together by the will of the gods, and Aphrodite has her work cut out for her this time around. Will she be able to make them fall in love within the time frame? Or will she finally be beaten at her own game?

This was a fun and interesting twist on Greek mythology, where the author brings the gods and goddesses into modern times and makes them very accessible to the reader. They all have unique personalities and quirks, which makes them likable and easy to connect with. The background history of the gods was really fascinating to read about and I loved getting to know their fresh new embodiments throughout the novel. The plot was an intriguing one that breathes fresh breath into a somewhat overdone idea of mixing mythology with modern literature. The writing was well done and had a seamless flow and fast pace. It was a light and fun read, which also made it a quick one to devour in a short amount of time. I found parts of the book to be cliched and some parts were a bit stereotypical - with the gods and their messing with the humans, along with the way the characters acted in some situations - but it didn't really bother me and didn't detract from the story at all. Overall, this was a fun and intriguing fantasy romance that fans of Greek mythology and modern romance will definitely want to read.

Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life -- a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom; she has three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife; even though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. Her favorite word starts with f, ends with k, and there a uc in there. Just saying. From roots in Houston, to a seven year stint in Southern California, Staci and her family ended up settling somewhere in between and equally north, in Denver. They are new enough that snow is still magical. When she's not writing, she's sleeping, cleaning, or designing graphics. But let's be honest, she's mostly writing. 

Links:
Website: http://stacihartnovels.com
Twitter: @imquirkybird

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