This book grew out of the popularity of the author’s supernatural teen romance series on Wattpad, which is, as Wikipedia describes it, an Internet community for readers and writers to publish new user-generated stories in different genres.
The story of Cupid and his brother Cal entering high school is solidly in the young adult fiction tradition of angels and other paranormals in the form of [gorgeous] teenagers carrying out “missions” in high schools with one of them invariably falling in love - for the first time in centuries - maybe the first time ever - for a snarky high school girl.
Lila Black is a senior and involved in a comfortable relationship with James, a boy she has known since she was little. Lila is fine with a tepid romance - after her mother died of cancer, she gave up on love. But when she meets Cupid Bellator, whom she has been informed by the Cupids Matchmaking Service is her true match, she can’t deny the electricity. Cupid, however, is forbidden to be matched, so his brother Cal tries to keep them apart.
Pretty soon the whole cadre of cupids is after them to prevent the match, with arrows flying, other mythological figures getting into the action, and life-and-death challenges competing with homework for the attention of all concerned.
Evaluation: There is a lot of silliness in the plot, but there is sufficient humor to carry it off, and the writing is reasonably well executed. Teens ought to find this book entertaining.
The story of Cupid and his brother Cal entering high school is solidly in the young adult fiction tradition of angels and other paranormals in the form of [gorgeous] teenagers carrying out “missions” in high schools with one of them invariably falling in love - for the first time in centuries - maybe the first time ever - for a snarky high school girl.
Lila Black is a senior and involved in a comfortable relationship with James, a boy she has known since she was little. Lila is fine with a tepid romance - after her mother died of cancer, she gave up on love. But when she meets Cupid Bellator, whom she has been informed by the Cupids Matchmaking Service is her true match, she can’t deny the electricity. Cupid, however, is forbidden to be matched, so his brother Cal tries to keep them apart.
Pretty soon the whole cadre of cupids is after them to prevent the match, with arrows flying, other mythological figures getting into the action, and life-and-death challenges competing with homework for the attention of all concerned.
Evaluation: There is a lot of silliness in the plot, but there is sufficient humor to carry it off, and the writing is reasonably well executed. Teens ought to find this book entertaining.