Rachel Alexander's Blog, page 264
February 28, 2019
always–tan:
I had read a lot of stuff when I was pretty much screwing around in New Mexico...
I had read a lot of stuff when I was pretty much screwing around in New Mexico this summer, but Receiver of Many wasn’t one of them. The reason I bring this up again is because it’s finally going to be published.
See, I have a friend named Catherine, and she told me that she missed reading. (Life is so much better when you read.) We’ve been trying to hang out more, and she wanted to make this really personal book club, where she and I trade books for a month and then talk about them.
But out of all of the books that I read in New Mexico – and there were about ten of them, I think, most of which have been published in the past year – the first book I thought to trade was kata-chthonia‘s Receiver of Many and it had been months ago since I first read it. It’s exciting that it’s getting published! But for me, it’s way more exciting to trade it over.
Someone else gets to read how awesome the story is because I had read it before. The character development is spot-on and the myth becomes more-to-life than you’ve actually ever heard. I think mythology’s something everyone’s a little into, but I couldn’t stop going on about this for a week after I had finished reading it – and I can’t wait to read it again.
10/10 would recommend – please buy this book and just sort of freak out with me about how awesome it is.
February 27, 2019
Just finished reading RoM, and I really liked it. I especially liked that Aidon's actions, though good intentioned, aren't excused. I'm really picky when it comes to my Hades and Persephone retellings, so I'm glad you included that.
Thank you! I had been up in the air about how that was going to play out. When my (then boyfriend) husband was editing it he kept saying “but what if you just add in a tiny line that she says that suggests she 100% is on board with it?”
And I said “no” and had to really think about why I was saying no. A big part of me wanted to concede to his edit suggestion, but it would have change the whole timbre of the story. If she had given the complete go-ahead to him, it would have been too easy for the reader to excuse the full repercussions of Aidon’s actions.
therkalexander:
It might do to make amends, and then to bring Persephone into her circle....
It might do to make amends, and then to bring Persephone into her circle. Persephone was a queen; a new queen, one that still needed to be taught— wrought and shaped into a true ruler. The Queen of the Underworld could be a powerful ally, especially with Elysion still new and largely unknown. She could use allies. And more still, a friend and equal. Hera could tell from Zeus’s reaction that Persephone would never be desired by her ever-wandering husband. What more, Persephone was clearly not one to be trifled with, even for one such as Zeus.
The Good Counselor, by Rachel Alexander
i keep going back to read the zeus/hera chapter like.................damn sis maybe you snapped
LOL wait; …
Did I snap, or did Hera snap?
