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A review by venanana
Electric Idol by Katee Robert
2.0
I want to give it a 0, but that's not possible... So I give it a 2.
Two because it is perfectly okay for what it is, I can absolutely understand why someone who enjoy this boy. I love Eros and Psyche retelling. SPOILER: this is not an Eros and Psyche retelling. They just so happen to be named Eros and Psyche. There is no real connection to the story or myth at all.
It's bad, and not even in a fun way. I would have given it so much more credit if I had any fun listening to it but I didn't :( which is the real crime of this book. It's not even fun. I started the first book but didn't finish because of a reading slump, so I've been really into audio books because I can listen while I do other things like work and draw.
The smut is alright, I hated Eros calling her 'beautiful girl' that isn't even inventive or a little bit sexy of a nickname. I would have settled for angel, or babe. He calls her beautiful girl because she's fat and good god he can't separate the word fat from ugly, so he needs to reassure her that she's beautiful constantly. Even when she's like 'fat is not a bad word. I can be fat and beautiful'
I wish we saw how bad our baddie Eros was. I know these aren't really the books for that, but just saying over and over again 'i'm a monster' 'he's a monster' 'you're bad' over and over doesn't really land much when he doesn't do anything... at all
My last thing is the relationship between Aphrodite and Eros is abusive. Abusive in a way I found relatable with my own mother. I have always connected more to the Eros of these stories because of the way authors depict the abuse. HOWEVER, there is the terrible narrative Eros should still /love/ his abuser because she's his mother. Hate it. negative a billion out of 10.
Two because it is perfectly okay for what it is, I can absolutely understand why someone who enjoy this boy. I love Eros and Psyche retelling. SPOILER: this is not an Eros and Psyche retelling. They just so happen to be named Eros and Psyche. There is no real connection to the story or myth at all.
It's bad, and not even in a fun way. I would have given it so much more credit if I had any fun listening to it but I didn't :( which is the real crime of this book. It's not even fun. I started the first book but didn't finish because of a reading slump, so I've been really into audio books because I can listen while I do other things like work and draw.
The smut is alright, I hated Eros calling her 'beautiful girl' that isn't even inventive or a little bit sexy of a nickname. I would have settled for angel, or babe. He calls her beautiful girl because she's fat and good god he can't separate the word fat from ugly, so he needs to reassure her that she's beautiful constantly. Even when she's like 'fat is not a bad word. I can be fat and beautiful'
I wish we saw how bad our baddie Eros was. I know these aren't really the books for that, but just saying over and over again 'i'm a monster' 'he's a monster' 'you're bad' over and over doesn't really land much when he doesn't do anything... at all
My last thing is the relationship between Aphrodite and Eros is abusive. Abusive in a way I found relatable with my own mother. I have always connected more to the Eros of these stories because of the way authors depict the abuse. HOWEVER, there is the terrible narrative Eros should still /love/ his abuser because she's his mother. Hate it. negative a billion out of 10.