Friday, 18 October 2019
Macaria by R Kitt
Macaria is the first in a series and combines a bit of Greek
mythology, science fiction, romance and the supernatural. It has a lead into
the second book and the author emphasises the Six Degrees of Separation
ideology.
Adam arrives at the gates to the Underworld. Oops. He very
possibly should not be there. Well, Macaria, daughter of Hades, certainly seems
to think so. She decides to free his soul and her father is so angry with her
that he sends her topside. Back up to Earth. Macaria now gets the opportunity
to meet her mom for the first time too. And then a revelation. Apparently, they
are not who they appear to be. Now what?
As the book started I was intrigued as to why Adam was at
the gates to the Underworld and why Macaria sent him back. The descriptions at
the beginning of the book were illuminating, but the writing did not seem to
carry on in the same manner. I found the fall-in-love-instantly relationship
between the two very strange and even knowing the backstory didn’t answer the
myriad of questions that then popped up.
Unfortunately, another round of proofreading was definitely
needed too as silly mistakes cropped up with incorrectly used words being
substituted for another like using scotch free instead of scot-free or affect
and effect. The story is short and the abrupt ending (even though there was a
teaser for the second book) did not do enough to draw me in and want to
continue with the series. This is a pity considering that the premise of six
degrees of separation between the books sounded promising. Maybe if the story
and characters had been fleshed out a little more I would have wanted to see
where this went.
Thanks to Voracious Readers Only and the author for a copy
of the book.
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