Monday, December 18, 2017

✱✱Book Review ✱✱ Apollo's Priestess & Court of the Phantom Queen by Liz Meldon

I had forgotten how much I enjoy mythology until this week when I had the pleasure of reading Liz Meldon's Lovers and Liars: Immortal Wars series.


Apollo's Priestess (Lovers and Liars: Immortal Wars Book 2)


A story about a kidnapped priestess, the lone wolf shifter who rescues her, and a god desperate to prove his sister wrong.

336 AD. Constantine II rules the Roman Empire, and the Cult of One gains a foothold with the common people. A clash of belief systems is at hand.

Fresh from her misadventures in the western isles, Athena's fears for the fate of her godly family fall upon deaf ears--particularly with carefree Apollo. As she ignores her father's orders to stay within the empire and heads north for Asgard, Apollo, god of music, medicine, archery, and plague, immerses himself among the people to prove her concerns baseless.

Two years earlier, Lor, a devout priestess of Apollo, was kidnapped and sold illegally into slavery. Seven hundred and thirty long days of suffering at the hands of monsters haunts her, and she now fears her newest master plans to sell her to the highest, foulest bidder. Her heart burns with defiance, but surrounded by her master's soldiers, she has little hope of escaping her fate...

Until a figure emerges from the shadows. Handsome, rugged barbarian one moment, a great black wolf the next, this mysterious stranger whisks her away from her captors--but has Lor traded one cage for another? Little does she know, there is more to this wolf shifter than meets the eye.

Apollo's Priestess is the second novella in the Lovers and Liars: Immortal Wars series. While there is an overarching plot to the series about the old world gods going to war with one another, it can be read as a standalone paranormal romance. The novella centers around a former priestess and a wolf shifter. Contains a slow burn romance, graphic violence, and sexual content. Also includes a HEA and no cliffhanger for the love interests.


Apollo's Priestess is available wherever eBooks are sold.



Momma Says: 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Another fast-paced tale in the Immortal Wars series. This one focuses on Apollo as well as a romance for his priestess, Lor, and the wolf-shifter who loves her, Adrian. Lor has suffered horrible atrocities as a slave and even though Adrian knows she is his destined mate, he must be patient with her if he's ever to earn her trust. While Apollo learns that Athena may know more than he thought, Lor and Adrian get to know each other in this second book in the series. The story is a violent one, but it is also a tale of love and hope, and I can't wait to see what's next in this entertaining and gripping series.

-Momma😘



Court of the Phantom Queen (Lovers and Liars: Immortal Wars Book 1)

A story about a goddess trying to save her family from ruin, the god who has always loved her, and an unexpected foe sensing weakness from a once great house.

For centuries, the house of Zeus has reigned over some of the world's largest, most powerful civilizations. First with the Greeks, next with the Romans and their conquered foes. Fueled by their worship, the old Hellenic gods remained unchallenged and supreme for centuries. Now, in the fourth century of the new world order, goddess Athena has discovered a growing enemy: the fanatical Cult of One.

As sanctions arise for pagan worshipers across the Roman empire, Athena decides to unite all the godly pantheons of the human world. Her vision: a council of rational, reasonable representatives from each house to come together and combat their common enemy.

But with arrogant gods and goddesses, both in her house and beyond, that's easier said than done.

Athena refuses to be beaten, however, and vows to bring her vision to life. The first step is to visit each house and plead her case. With a motley crew of world-wise companions, she begins in the western isles, where she stumbles upon a god who once set her heart aflame in the court of Dagda and his mistress Morrigan, the Phantom Queen.

Unfortunately for Athena, not all gods are interested in playing nice with others.

Court of the Phantom Queen is a fantasy romance novella. It is both a standalone and a part of the overall story of the Lovers and Liars: Immortal Wars series. Includes a slow burn romance, very mild heat, and graphic violence.


Court of the Phantom Queen is available at the following retailers.



Momma Says: 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

If you're familiar with mythology, then you know of the idea that the gods are fueled by belief and worship. That is where this first book in the Immortal Wars series takes off. Goddess Athena sets out to unite the pantheons against the "Cult of One." Her first stop on this quest is the court of Dagda where things don't go exactly as she's planned. 
Liz Meldon has delivered a wonderfully written, fast-paced tale of the gods in all their arrogance. This novella length read is packed full of the excess, betrayals, and machinations that the gods are so well-known for, as well as a bit of romance in a past love. 
If you need to brush up on your mythology or aren't familiar with the other pantheons, there's a nice little glossary at the beginning of this page turner that's perfect for that.

-Momma😘

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