Review: Set In Stone - RC Berry

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Are you a fan of Greek Mythology ? Love to hear the tales of Mount Olympus ?

Review: Set in Stone - The Life and Death of Medusa-RC Berry -May 2011
Are you a fan of the Greek Mythology ? Love reading the tales of the Greek Gods and Goddesses ? What mischief they get up to at Mount Olympus ?
Set in Stone is the perfect tale for anyone that has ever wondered about Medusa , daughter of a human and a god - the daughter of Eurynoma and Posiedon. Medusa , grew up on earth and experienced all the ways of living like a human but due to growing up being a demi-god - Medusa had the gift of beauty. As she grew older, her beauty became more and more defined. On one occasion , Medusa is invited back to Mount Olympus with her goddess cousins as a teenage girl - it is here that her beauty is discovered by those around her including Aphrodite. As the novel goes along, we read as Aphrodite and Medusa become involved and the tale tends to spin the way of becoming an lesbian tale of love. Feeling hurt , Medusa returns back to Earth and the novel fast-tracks to when she is a women and even stunning than before - she returns to Olympus and it is here that she rekindles her spark with Aphrodite. However, Athena is not impressed with Aphrodite's infatuation with Medusa and from then on it is all downhill for Medusa as she becomes cursed due to her beautiful looks and unfortunately, this is one novel that the sayings "Beauty is a Killer" and "If Looks Could Kill" ring true as we all know how Medusa ended up with a head full of snakes and anyone who looked into her eyes became a statue of granite.
A fun and fantastic tale of what life for Medusa may have been like.
Set in Stone is the perfect read for anyone interested in reading fictional based Greek Mythology novels.








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  1. Liz ReinhardtSeptember 19, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    I always LOVED Medusa (weirdly!). I'm very glad Greek mythology is bursting out in YA! Will definitely check this one out!

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