Loki Bound Ms Charity R Ayres 9781481989282 Books
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Natural disasters, gods on earth, a bid for world domination and a snarky trickster god just wishing everyone would quit destroying her furniture. What more could you want? The old gods are far from dead. Some of them live on, seeking mischief and mayhem in Norfolk, Virginia. Loki likes playtime on earth and has chosen to embrace the feminine side of life as Cleo. Unfortunately for Cleo, something is off in the area and it isn't due to a current bid for power by the trickster. That just won't do as far as Cleo is concerned, but she realizes she might need some back-up. She asks big brother to step down a plane and play in the dirt. Rocky is a classical representation of Thor and not completely sure Cleo isn't up to her old tricks. The duo nonetheless sets out to find the power shift in the magical line in the mortal plane. Posing as FBI agents, they enlist the help of local detective, Richard Martin. The trickster makes a pact with her brother to keep the secrecy of their true purpose under wraps but finds that the allure of mortal life may make a painful end to her existence for that promise.
Loki Bound Ms Charity R Ayres 9781481989282 Books
Loki and Thor out to save the world. Who could ask for more. This should be easy but it is not. Loki is in her feminine form and finding it humanized her. Love changes the trickster and now she must fight an enraged god to save everyone.Product details
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Loki Bound Ms Charity R Ayres 9781481989282 Books Reviews
I actually ended up liking this a lot more than I expected to. You can definitely tell that it's a self-published work (there are quite a few grammatical errors), but the story was actually pretty entertaining. The characters were pretty interesting and dialogue was good; descriptions were a bit awkward (and sometimes repetitive), but nothing that couldn't be fixed with a good editor. I have read many more self-published books that were not as well-written as this one. I would probably checkout more by this author.
This was a very fun book. Wrapping my head around Loki as a female boggled me a bit in the beginning but once I fell into the idea (and Cleo's snipes and jabs at Rocky/Thor), it worked nicely. No matter the form Loki chooses, messing with people is what this god does best.
Except, that is, when a certain detective falls into her orbit and suddenly she has a tough time conjuring up her tricky tricks. Emotion isn't all it's cracked up to be when you have godling powers that are on the fritz. Seriously. And when the trickster god finds herself tripping over her own lies... well, let's just say that it makes keeping secrets interesting.
The limitations on how often the gods can assume mortal form are intriguing. Heck, the world building itself is intriguing. Gods and power struggles and bad, bad things crawling out of the woodwork and the type of lusty romance that amuses me. Cleo knows her new mortal body just needs a good roll in the hay. That must be why she's acting all touchy-feely with the detective. Isn't it?
Seriously, fun book with plenty of potential for future shenanigans with all the gods and trouble they can get into.
-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
Disclosure I won this book at a book release party for a different book.
A fascinating debut novel, this one is a clever spin on the Loki story. Ayres has shaped characters that leap off the page as they lead you through a rollicking, action-packed adventure that will keep you on the edge-of-your seat as you eagerly turn the pages to learn what happens next. If you're like me, you'll greet dawn as you wrap it up, having fought through the call of sleep, eager to learn what happens next.
Ayres is definitely an author to watch, I'm looking forward to reading the follow-up.
I will admit, Marvel and Tom Hiddleston have made me perk up and pay attention when Loki’s name is mentioned around me. Even apart from the Avengers movies, I’ve enjoyed learning more about the original character, the trickster god, through other re-tellings and myths. Loki is exactly the kind of character I love to watch—loving to cause trouble, but not too much. So seeing another story where Loki can take a main-stage place in modern times was absolutely a draw.
Unfortunately, it seems to only be just that. (Mild spoilers below.)
Loki, here, has taken a female mortal form who goes by the name Cleo. (Her full name becomes Cleopatra Anthony. More on that later.) Early in the book, we find that Loki—Cleo—has requested that her brother Thor be sent to Earth as well, in response to a feeling that the powers have shifted somewhere in the world, and it needs looking at. (Thor becomes Rocky once in mortal form.) Cleo and Rocky do their best to slip into police roles, intent on finding this power change, but it becomes quickly evident that this may be more than either of them expected…and there’s a detective who’s proving to be quite the distraction. It’s up to Cleo and Rocky to get to the bottom of this before it ends up being too late.
So got it. There’s been a disturbance in the force, Cleo and Rocky aren’t pleased, so let’s go play Dean and Sam Winchester and grab our fake FBI badges and jump in. Rocky goes from being about as smooth as Castiel in the same situation (utterly incapable of blending in) to being more smooth about all of it than Cleo. No explanation given. Enter Detective Martin, average Joe until suddenly he’s not anymore. A mere mortal man, able to utterly throw Cleo for a loop. Chalk it up to hormones all you want, this is more than just female lust. This runs deeper.
Cleo takes a place at a local business, thinking that she can see what’s happening from the inside, as this is the most likely place for the power-balance-upset she’s been feeling. This is where my “okay, there are a few odd things” begins to fall apart into “are you serious.” First, is literally no one going to make mention that her name is Cleopatra Anthony? Really? Even if it’s a tongue-in-cheek mention, met by a “yeah, I get that a lot” from Cleo, I’m supposed to believe that no one in the world even mentions it? Questions it? Nothing? Martin’s continued presence multiplies this. I was positive I knew exactly where Ayres was going with Martin…and then it dropped me on my face. I get no explanation as to why he’s affecting Cleo the way he is. Am I supposed to believe that he’s just that much of a special snowflake that he can make even the notorious Casanova that Loki is, just roll over and play nice for him? The only way this makes sense to me is if we find out something more later, but if you’re going to carry this into future books—since I know there’s at least one more in this run—then I need something to bite into now. I need something to make me continue to care. Because right now, he’s a special snowflake Gary Stu who I have very little interest in. (Which is unfortunate, because honestly I think Martin’s one of the better characters in the book. I wouldn’t mind having him around—and also, he’s got grey eyes. Do you know how hard I have to look sometimes to find cool characters with the same color eyes as me?)
But what frustrates me the most is Cleo and Rocky themselves. There’s nothing wrong with their portrayal as Loki and Thor…except that they are. I don’t see any reason for these characters to be who they say they are. Nothing about them is intrinsic to Loki or Thor, there is no connection (well okay, no necessary/strong connection) to either of their given powers, and I think the story could have been told just as well if they hadn’t been gods, or hadn’t been those gods, or had just been supernatural beings of a different flavor. My comparison to Sam and Deam Winchester earlier wasn’t flippant; that’s what this is. This is an episode of Supernatural, except we’ve superimposed Norse gods over our favorite demon hunters. Why? Cleo doesn’t use her powers for anything more major than some shadow-jumping and minor mischief, and Rocky only seems to use his powers to destroy Cleo’s apartment or to play deus ex machina. I wasn’t sure what I was expecting, but whatever it was, it didn’t deliver. It felt flat and forced, and left me with little to really root for.
Ayres’ writing is good; there’s some really nice wordplay hiding throughout the book. I’ll admit to a bit of surprise at the reveal at the end, though it got muddled in with a bunch of other things that flattened it out a bit. I left the book feeling like there was an interesting concept in here…and it never quite managed to find the light of day. Which is unfortunate; I think this could have been a lot of fun.
(A belated note here at the end that I just saw It appears that this is Ayres’ first novel, which explains a great deal to me. It doesn’t change my rating at all, but it gives me a bit of insight as to why it’s there.)
Rating **1/2 (Almost Worth a Look)
Awesome! I really enjoyed this book. It kept me guessing right up until the very end. Can't wait for the next one.
Not complete novel quality, but certainly a good read. Highly recommend for Loki fans. The characters are well written and the plot distracts from any flaws.
A good read ......love that loki! Wish there were a second book to this store I enjoy it very much
Loki and Thor out to save the world. Who could ask for more. This should be easy but it is not. Loki is in her feminine form and finding it humanized her. Love changes the trickster and now she must fight an enraged god to save everyone.
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