"Not Gonna Happen in Real Life, But Entertaining Nonetheless"
Imagine having a man at your disposal, whose sole purpose
is to bring you pleasure. This is not just any man, but the
son of a Greek goddess and an accomplished general. And you
could have him for an entire month to do with as you
please. Sound like something you might like to try? Julian of Macedon is that man, and he has been trapped in a
book for two thousand years, the punishment he received by
his brother, Priapus, a minor god in the Greek pantheon of
deities, for deflowering a virgin. And Julian is everything
a woman could want: tall, built, and sexy. Not to mention
incredibly attuned to a woman's desire and determined to
make her happy. He's also bright, well-educated, and
charming. However, he is more than a little bitter at his
fate, for his family has turned their backs on his plight
and he will remain forever trapped by this punishment. Grace Alexander's twenty-ninth birthday arrives and her
kooky friend talks her into chanting from the book to
summon the man from the book. Julian appears and tries to
set about his business -- having sex -- but Grace is having
none of that. She was burned once and she's not about to
make the same mistake again. And she is just an ordinary,
slightly chubby, plain mortal woman who cannot understand
why anyone of Julian's obvious charms would be interested
in her. So instead of having sex with the man, she
introduces him to the world she lives in, an action that
makes him fall totally and irrevocably in love with her.
Why? Because Julian has not seen the outside of a bedroom
in over two thousand years. As Grace teaches Julian about television, cars, and how to
read English, she realizes how much she will miss him when
he's gone and becomes very attached to his company. Julian
and Grace both know that he can only stay with her for one
month and both of them have to come to terms with that fact. Sherrilyn Kenyon writes with a light-hearted humor that
made me laugh out loud. However, she also has a talent for
writing touching, sensitive scenes that add to the over-all
depth of the story. The historical detail and the
interesting characters make this book a definite favorite
of mine.
Reviewed by Kelley Hartshorn
Courtesy Epinions
Posted November 22, 2002
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