Wednesday, July 10, 2013

She is good at her job until gets taken for a unusual turn

Hi, I am going to talk about a book that I did not like for a change I'd planned on being a bit more balanced with my Reviews but I haven't read many books that I downright hated or disliked. 


Andra Martineau is no ordinary young woman. She's a KlĂȘidouchos Propylaia (K-Pro for short), which means she has the unique ability to help certain people get exactly what they want. And Andra is good at her job her clients have gone on to become 
a veritable who's who of the rich-and-famous. David Styles is an up-and-coming an actor with everything going for him: looks, talent, and countless beautiful women vying for his attention. But when Andra turns up in his bed demanding to know what he wants, his perfect world starts to spiral out of control. And it's not just his reputation on the line what David doesn't know can certainly harm him, in ways he couldn't possibly begin to imagine.

With the help of David's incorrigible costar, Andra begins to realize not only her own true nature, but David's hidden identity as well. Andra is forced to battle not only her attraction to David (and she never gets involved with clients), but the being within him, that wants to take away everything she holds dear.

As David continues to lose himself to the strengthening form within him, Andra navigates the jealousies of the film's director and David's would-be paramour in an effort to save him. She can make others' wishes come true, but can she grant her own? The K-Pro is a fast-paced contemporary fantasy with a paranormal twist.

I did not like this book for many reasons first the setting of the story never changed the whole thing took place at one house where the main character David an actor is apart of filming a Regency Piece movie. The plot is really nonexistent and no real climax. Andra is called by David to help him with something but she doesn't find out till later that he is being kind of possessed by the spirit of a God and his co-star Alfred is really Dionysus the God of wine and fertility. The best part of the book is the Interludes that give the back story. A Lady named Hecate stole a key from Janus who is now in David's body trying to get the key back so he can return to Olympus. So Cassandra(Andra) has this key but does not remember who she is and that it does not really belong to her. She has been using the key to help humans achieve their goals of fame and fortune like Ben Mackenzie the director of the movie. 

Janus(David) and Hecate(Andra) are drawn together he calls her so he can get the key back but she does not know what he wants or who David really is. So they all run around this Victorian House by the ocean trying to film a movie while Andra figures out why she has been called here. In the end, Alfred tells them who he is and if they drink his special wine they will forget that they are Gods and go on there way as nothing ever happened.

They're a bit of love in the book Liz a co-star on the set wants David the director brings in his old girlfriend because he thinks his actors are getting involved with each other and does not want that. Alfred has been seeing the makeup lady Tina. Most of the characters end up outside the house at night because David and Alfred take a walk and go missing. Soon everyone finds them and the truth is revealed. 

David(Janus) mother Juno shows up and tells him to get the key back and he has to swallow it so they can return to be back with the other Gods after three thousand years of being stuck on Earth. So David(J) has a choice to make he can take the key back and go home and David ceases to exist, or he can drink Dionysus(Alfred) wine and forget that he is a God and continue to be David. The regular show up and Margie David's ex comes up and is convinced by Bacchus a.k. Alfred or Dionysus to drink some of his wine and she passes out cold. So some of the men have to carry her back to the house.

Janus told his mom that he did not want to swallow the key he gave it back to Andra and took the flask and drank. He returned to himself and forgot that he was a God and confused why his mother and ex were here but Cassandra looked into his eyes and saw them changing and she knew he did not really drink the wine. His mom still wants him to take the key but he decided to give it to Andra. He tells his mom that Cate "has a true purpose. She uses that key to help people," David(Janus) and Andra(Cate) were left alone and he tells her he did not drink the wine because he did not want to forget her and it tastes awful. He tells her he wants her and has loved her for three thousand years. So they agree to be together. 

So it was a book that I did not enjoy reading it was dry and boring with no big plot structure and no climax. There was a problem they got it solved and two people realized who they really were and they loved each other. 

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