Helpful Score: 3
This is one of the most fascinating and original books I've read in a long, long time. And even though it wasn't heavy on the romance and was more plot than character driven (my usual preference) I literally could not put it down.
Thalassa, born and raised as an Amazon warrior, is happy with her life. It isn't an easy one and her people are constantly at war with men but she is free. Fighting and protecting her sisters is what she lives for - until the day she is abducted by Dorian, King of the Merfolk, who sweeps her away to his world under the sea. She is furious and despises him immediately but tempers her rage when she realizes that her Goddess has ordained their match. Eventually this gentle God-like man with super human powers begins to tear down her defenses with kindness, fairness and patience and allows her to accept her fate and his love. But she never forgets her beloved Amazon sisters. And when she overhears that their lives are in danger she and Dorian risk everything to enter the battle.
Filled with historical and fantasy details that I've never before read about, I learned so many amazing things about the strong but doomed ancient tribe of woman warriors known as the Amazons and the mythical Merfolk who created a peaceful life under the sea. Interspersed with the fantasy elements are rich historical details of daily life and survival in those brutal times where women were little more than slaves. There were several sub-plots and secondary characters that were all equally riveting and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.
Thalassa, born and raised as an Amazon warrior, is happy with her life. It isn't an easy one and her people are constantly at war with men but she is free. Fighting and protecting her sisters is what she lives for - until the day she is abducted by Dorian, King of the Merfolk, who sweeps her away to his world under the sea. She is furious and despises him immediately but tempers her rage when she realizes that her Goddess has ordained their match. Eventually this gentle God-like man with super human powers begins to tear down her defenses with kindness, fairness and patience and allows her to accept her fate and his love. But she never forgets her beloved Amazon sisters. And when she overhears that their lives are in danger she and Dorian risk everything to enter the battle.
Filled with historical and fantasy details that I've never before read about, I learned so many amazing things about the strong but doomed ancient tribe of woman warriors known as the Amazons and the mythical Merfolk who created a peaceful life under the sea. Interspersed with the fantasy elements are rich historical details of daily life and survival in those brutal times where women were little more than slaves. There were several sub-plots and secondary characters that were all equally riveting and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.
From the far reaches of the Black Sea to the shimmering isle of Crete, men whispered of their extraordinary beauty and their formidable skill with sword and spear. They were the Amazons. And for the slave takers who stalked the Mediterranean coast, there was no greater prize.
SHE WAS A GLORIOUS WARRIOR-WOMAN...
A tawny-haired creature with the face of a goddess and the valiant spirit of a soldier. Yet even as Thalassa released the arrow that would send one more black-hearted adventurer to his death, danger waited offshore.
HE WAS A MAGNIFICENT GIANT RISING FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA...
Dark and dangerous and beguiling as the ocean bottom itself, he plucked her from the waves and spirited her away. Now she was his prisoner, a cherished captive in his glittering undersea kingdom. But even as she succumbed to his tantalizing touch, she could not forget her people. And soon, as a vast fleet set sail carrying Greek soldiers sworn to vanquish the brazen Amazons and tame them into terrible submission, Thalassa and her lusty king would find themselves in the middle of the battle...with their love and their very lives at stake.
SHE WAS A GLORIOUS WARRIOR-WOMAN...
A tawny-haired creature with the face of a goddess and the valiant spirit of a soldier. Yet even as Thalassa released the arrow that would send one more black-hearted adventurer to his death, danger waited offshore.
HE WAS A MAGNIFICENT GIANT RISING FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA...
Dark and dangerous and beguiling as the ocean bottom itself, he plucked her from the waves and spirited her away. Now she was his prisoner, a cherished captive in his glittering undersea kingdom. But even as she succumbed to his tantalizing touch, she could not forget her people. And soon, as a vast fleet set sail carrying Greek soldiers sworn to vanquish the brazen Amazons and tame them into terrible submission, Thalassa and her lusty king would find themselves in the middle of the battle...with their love and their very lives at stake.
