Strange Fates

Wow! What a fun read! Strange Fates by Marlene Perez is kind of like a Percy Jackson style series geared for adults. Strange Fates follows Nyx Fortuna who has the unfortunate situation of being the son of one of The Fates. The thing is, The Fates do not have sons, and there’s that little prophecy t......more

I am a fan of Marlene Perez’s Dead Is series, and I was looking forward to this one. It’s supposed to be an adult Urban Fantasy series, but this reads like YA. Nyx’s aging clock stopped when he turned 20, and it seems like his maturity did as well. For a man who has lived for over 200 years and has s......more

Review courtesy of All Things Urban Fantasy As one of those dorky kids who loved Greek mythology, the premise of the Fates mixed with the descendants of Greek Gods existing in the modern day Midwestern US is right up my alley. STRANGE FATES didn’t turn out quite like I was expecting, and I did have a......more

Nyx is the only son of the fourth fatem Lady Fortuna. Unable to die and filled with rage, Nyx has decided to track down his mothers murderers, who happen to be his aunts - the three Fates. For much of his life, his aunts have tried to kill him and now, Nyx is not only tired of immortality, he is tir......more

Nyx Fortuna is the son of Lady Fortuna, the only son of the House of Wyrd. His Aunts, the Fates murdered his mother and have been hunting him ever since. Before she died, Fortuna hid Nyx’s thread of Fate, leaving him out of the reach of his Aunt’s gold scissors. Immortal, and long since grown underw......more