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Eros and Psyche

A Retelling

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Eros and Psyche

By: Sophia Blis
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Virtual voice is computer-generated narration for audiobooks.
Originally published on Kindle Vella

When Psyche, a mortal girl, angers Aphrodite by unknowingly stealing away her worshippers, Eros, the mischievous god of love, is sent to make her fall in love with the most hideous man in the world. But he accidentally shoots himself. Ancient World Fairy Tales Fantasy Historical Historical Fiction
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The AI voice is very distracting. It’s flat. Misprounces Psyche half the time. I don’t think I’ll pick up another that’s narrated this way. Thank goodness this was short.

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It almost sounds like a real person. Although there is no changing of voices. So it’s a little hard figuring out who is talking sometimes. Once in a while, the computer will say “psych” instead of “Psyche.” When referring to the “raven” hair, the computer said “raw-ven.” The “a” sounding like an “o.” But other than that, I could barely tell that it was a computer. There are some books narrated by a real person that make you want to tear your ears off. This was not one of them.

About the story itself, I liked the idea of her needing to atone for her actions by providing the antidote. The original version that I had read before made it sound like she just had to prove herself to her mother-in-law before being allowed back into her husband’s presence, earning godship. They were already married and the mother-in-law was butting in. Much of this book is from Eros’ perspective. It makes a lot of sense that this all would come about because he pricked himself with his own hands. In the original, we only know that she is bargained for by a powerful person who chose to remain anonymous. The story is fleshed out a little bit. It ends too soon. There was not even an epilogue. There is a war going on and the story ends as soon as he and she come to an agreement. It’s a bit jarring. I really liked the scenes when Eros and Psyche are talking. It would make a great movie showing her alone (from her perspective) and (from his) with both of them together, as he struggles to keep his distance. But which side wins the war? What about the rest of her family?

The virtual voice was not as bad as I thought.

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