- Paperback: 359 pages
- Publisher: Hawk Publishing Group (Aug 8 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1930709323
- ISBN-13: 978-1930709324
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.5 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 549 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #574,836 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
An estate sale specializing in Oklahoma Gothic heralds high school teacher Shannon Parker's unwitting transformation into High Priestess of the Goddess Epona and transportation into an ancient Celtic world replete with divine intervention, shape-shifters, war and centaur romance. In Goddess by Mistake, P.C. Cast introduces modern woman Shannon into a mythic world with humor and verve.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderfully Entertaining!,
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This review is from: Goddess by Mistake (Paperback)
Shannon Parker, a high school English teacher, experiences what can mildly be called a 'jolt' when she is thrown into a different world. Her mirror image in this new world, Rhiannon, the High Priestess of the goddess Epona, had observed Shannon in her world and sought to take her place. Both got more than they bargained for.While in this new world, Shannon finds out that Lady Rhiannon was spoiled, self indulgent, rude and willful: not a well liked woman at all. And she finds herself wedding a centaur, who obviously dislikes Rhiannon. But by being herself, Shannon wins over all those around her. Sometime between falling in love, blessing the masses, and nursing victims sick with the plague, Shannon sees in her dreams a horrifying band of creatures murdering whole castles full of people, and mating with the women. Soon, Shannon's task becomes clear: she must stop these living, breathing atrocities. Though the book has a minimum of actual mythology, the characters and storyline should keep any fantasy fan hooked. The way Cast wrote the centaurs was intriguing, and the characters are true to life and wonderful. While the ending sort of tapers off, as if the author became tired of plotting out every little thing, overall, the book was wonderful and monstrously entertaining.
1.0 out of 5 stars
I Bought 'Goddess' By Mistake,
By A Customer
This review is from: Goddess by Mistake (Paperback)
I didn't realize I was buying a Harlequin Romance type book. As a fantasy and myth aficionado, I will pretty much read anything in the genre but this book is not of the genre. The write-up makes it sound so much better than it is (and in the right hands, could have been.) Can't even recommend it for a beach-read. Boring, trite, poorly written. A total yawn. I didn't bother passing the books on to friends, I would have been too embarrassed to let anyone know I had read such tripe. This one went straight into the trashcan. I am going to try to remember Cast's name, though, just so I never buy anything written by him/her again.
1.0 out of 5 stars
What reality is Cast from?,
By TlwsTeg (TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Goddess by Mistake (Paperback)
I love fantasy, I love mythology, I love romances, but I do require a little more than ignorant playacting and juvenile writing. I put this book down while the heroine was driving away from the auction....after finding an ancient Celtic urn with her image on it. An ancient Celtic urn? with an identifiable human portrait? Where did the writer do her research? No research? Not surprising. If she wants to base her world on an existing culture she needs to trouble herself to learn a little about that culture and its history. If she doesn't want to bother with doing research, she should restrict herself to creating her own worlds. To expect the reader to 'willingly suspend disbelief' requires that the author at least give a believeable veneer to her work. I don't expect this review to help someone who doesn't care whether the basis for fantasy is believeable...but some of us do care. For those who do, give this book a pass, and look carefully at anything else written by this author.
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