![]() Each is imbued with special powers thanks to their direct ancestral link to Medusa, who is not quite what you might expect and the author’s altered mythology is adeptly handled, providing a rich backbone to the story. The narrative revolves around three girls: Grace, Gretchen and Greer. Yes, they both have urban settings and involve much slaying but by having monsters from Greek mythology rather than vampires Childs makes the two unquestionably different. Although comparisons are being made to Buffy the two are not as similar as you might at first expect. and Goddess Boot Camp having both drawn inspiration from the same rich source and her fans will certainly enjoy Sweet Venom. Tera Lynn Childs is no stranger to mythology-based fantasy with previous works Oh. When two girls, looking eerily like her, appear on her doorstep claiming they’re triplets, supernatural descendants of some hideous creature from Greek myth, these three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful Gorgon maligned in myth, must reunite and embrace their fates in a world where monsters lurk in plain sight. ![]() ![]() Using a cool, fresh concept it brings Greek mythology and monster-slaying to life in present day San Francisco.Īs the book begins we meet Grace, who has just moved to San Francisco. ![]() Sweet Venom, first published in September 2012, is a tale of urban/paranormal fantasy from award-winning author Tera Lynn Childs. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |