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In a modern and magical world where Greek myths are very real,
one matchmaking Cupid learns to harness her powers of enchantment.
Eliza Herman comes from a long line of Cupids, or as she
prefers, Erosians. Unfortunately, she’s a Cupid who hates romance after
experiencing years of embarrassing accidents. Injuring a person makes them
susceptible to falling in love with the first person they see, and, sadly, Eliza
is a top-notch klutz. But when her parents’ Cupid agency is in dire straits,
due to the ever evolving matchmaking technology and her father’s sudden heart
attack, Eliza is willing to strap on her Cupid bow for the sake of helping them
out. Temporarily. Because Eliza is a little rusty and never fully finished
getting her Cupid license, she needs a mentor: Jake Sanders, fellow Cupid and
former childhood best friend. Heger (Semi-Scripted, 2016, etc.) creates
a light, bubbly, heart-filled environment in present-day California that will tickle
any reader who has a weakness for mythology. However, some of the more integral
details regarding the nuts and bolts of Cupid-ing are absent; the worldbuilding
takes a while to fully coalesce. The romance is adorable, though, with Jake
first surprising Eliza with her favorite childhood snack,
Dunk-A-Roos—discontinued in the U.S.—which he’s brought back from Canada for
her. As the black sheep, Eliza has a bittersweet relationship with her family.
She longs for their approval, but the success of her twin brother, Elijah, in
the family business often makes her feel invisible. Because the majority of the
action lies in establishing a contemporary Cupid mythos, the growing
relationship between the main characters suffers at times. Still, the cheekiness
is positively infectious.
An effervescent, pick-me-up romance.
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