Status Updates From Mother of Rome

The ‘bad guys’ have traits like unibrows, limps, scars (specifically grotesque), and the prince who Rhea can’t imagine ever loving is just described as plump and pale. Every chapter so far has just added more fuel to what I fear the books message is that, Rhea’s only talent is fertility. She’s not good at anything but being wild, snarky, pretty, “different” and the fact she can give birth.

Congrats! You’ve gone from offensive to okay, but seriously boring. How do you make meeting a god in the forest boring? Not to mention the placement of modern beauty standards onto ancient Roman individuals. Rhea is being portrayed as a dark and unholy woman, who’s not really good at anything but super interesting and pretty. Dead mom trope, evil aunt trope, and it’s hard to tell the setting in time and place.

Why is this so good??