TehParadox is truly one of the best places to get the best ebooks around for free. I know, I shouldn't be doing that, because it is piracy and I should support my vice of reading YA novels endlessly, but being in my sorry state, I don't really have the convenient means of actually buying shit I don't desperately need. I plan to buy myself actual books someday, but right now isn't just the time, OK?
Anyway, this post isn't about me. It's about mythology, especially Eros and Psyche. Given that it is Valentine's Day, and I am sitting on the bed, inside my darkened bedroom, alone and too lazy to switch the lights on, I would like to talk about my obsession about these two.
For reals, I have always loved the story behind Eros and Psyche's love story. This is why I'm not surprised that I downloaded this book. Now, the thing is, I usually forget the books I download. I mean, I download them in bulk, mostly from TehParadox or at EpubBud after reading the summaries. I then load them to my Android, which is so handy because I feel like I don't need a reader anymore (I am so cheap). Anyway, by the time that the books are all ready for reading, I also have already forgotten which ones are what. And with this Destined, I have no clue what was in the file I was about to open.
So, imagine my surprise when I found out that Destined was about Eros and Psyche. It totally slipped my mind that I downloaded a YA retelling of the myth, so I was excited. It was sort of underwhelming, though, like most independently published books nowadays. It started kind of slow and dragged a bit. I feel like some characters were also underdeveloped, but then again, a lot of characters in tons of YA novels today are. To say the least, I wasn't expecting a lot, really. But it was a good and easy retelling of the old story. It is very easy to read, which I think will have kids introduced to the story.
I am now looking forward to reading CS Lewis' Till We Have Faces. I know I should have read this first, with CS Lewis being an established author and all, but then again, I am always after easy reads. I like finishing books within a day or two, so yeah, I am a bit more biased towards YA novels.
I really should be reading classics again.
