Cupid

Really enjoyed this book. Super fast read and leaves you with a happy feeling. It has the ever popular Greco-Roman mythology trial set by Venus to Psyche. Julius Lester gave this retelling of Psyche and Eros a teenage modern vibe that I very much enjoyed. We have the goddess trial that Venus gave Ps......more

I am not sure how I feel about this book to be quite honest. It was definitely a strange one, with how the story is told. Also, one of the biggest issues I had with it was the mix of Greek and Roman Mythology, I know quite a bit about Greek mythology, but not as much about Roman but it felt like the......more

This book was an interesting journey for me. Something that I thought would take me no more than a week to read, ended up being an almost 2 month journey. Not to say that this was a terribly difficult read. But there’s just something that made me want to savor this experience for as long as possible......more

I read this for Valentine's Day and I thought it really fit the bill. I saw a TedxTalks short film about Cupid and Psyche and I thought it was very interesting. This book is basically a detailed and more background of the story of Cupid and Psyche, and also Venus. So if you already know the story of......more

This book is narrated as if there is a storyteller dispensing details to a group. It is relatable, as the narrator interjects with his experience, and at the end, the narrator says that at some times, he is Cupid, and at other times, he is Psyche. It does feel a lot like reading Percy Jackson's take......more