
Of Love and Forge
A Neosphere Novel (Beyond a Contemporary Mythos)
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Thomas Locklear
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Stella Bloom
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Carly Spade
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The god of the forge...
Life was good in the Neosphere District. I’d made a name for myself as a renowned supernatural bounty hunter, holding the record for most harpies slayed. But the best part about living in the future? Avoiding the other Olympian gods. Banishing a guy from Olympus because he was “imperfect” tends to make one hold a grudge. Go figure. And no other god possessed the means to time travel. But I did. Thanks to the portal hopping device I forged.
Yup. Life. Was. Grand.
Until a bounty popped up on a certain love goddess. Aphrodite and I had been friends since we were wee gods. I’d be lying to myself if I never thought our “innocent” flirting banter were real on occasion—kidding myself if I said I never wanted things to go beyond platonic. Hence, why I recently kept my distance. For my own sanity. So, of course, I made the grave mistake of taking the goddamned bounty.
The goddess of love...
Since reconciling with my son Eros, after centuries of bad mojo, I’d decided it was time to clean up my act. Ride the straight and narrow. My companion service, Sans Solo, became just the ticket I needed. And it allowed me to use my powers in disguise in modern California under the name Vena Milo.
With the aid of my best friends, and fellow goddesses, the Graces, we ran a legitimate business. All was right in the world.
Until the volcano god showed up. Hephaistos. Heph—a lifelong friend who never failed to confuse me, mind, body, and soul. Especially when he showed up with a magical pair of handcuffs. His audacity pissed me off, but the mere sight of him, the smell of him, made my stomach flutter. That...I couldn’t deny. And when Heph's plan goes to Tartarus things got even dicier and we became...the hunted.
A cyberpunk fantasy Hephaestus x Aphrodite romance that defies myth but answers true love's call.
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Love and Forge!
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Stella and Thomas did a fantastic job narrating it. I was used to Thomas doing romance and he was marvelous in this fantasy world. They were a great team!
Great!
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Of LOVE and Forge
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Love
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I’m curious about the Sovereign and what’s going to happen next.
For Love
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I actually listened to this one on audiobook; I hadn’t yet used my February credit for Audible, so I snagged this and dove in. The narrators were excellent, and just wait until you hear Heph’s voice, oh my gosh! It was also done differently than in other audiobooks I’ve heard and I really liked it; the male narrator did Heph’s voice even in Aphrodite’s POV chapters (as well as other male voices), and the female narrator did Ro’s voice in Heph’s POV chapters. I just really liked that because you felt even more like they were actually bantering and conversing with one another. If you enjoy audiobooks, I *highly* recommend grabbing this one on audio!
I recommend this to any fan of exquisite, humorous banter, friends to lovers, gods and goddesses living among us mere mortals, and adorable bunny rabbits (IYKYK). Seriously, any fan of romance and rom-com should pick this up!
incredible narrators!
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Carly Spade has produced another wonderful book! The series is "Beyond a Contemporary Mythos," so it's a new series but connected to "A Contemporary Mythos." We got to see some of the characters from the original series. As far as timeline goes, this book happened about the same time as "Ares."
There is a story arc that is unresolved and I'm eager to find out about future books in this series. I'm sure we'll see some other couples because Heph & Ro are living out their HEA.
Side note: I think I may need a pet rabbit.
Great start for spinoff series
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Hephaestus "Heph", God of the Forge, and Aphrodite "Ro", Goddess of Love, have a long history (which peeked up several times during the prior series), but it's their present that caught and entertained me.
Things get a bit topsy turvy and a little bit weird when the future impacts the past. TGIF! (Thank God it's fiction) Even though I found it strange and I'm not 100% positive that I understand it, it's still a fun twist. All-in-all, Heph and Ro turn out to be a fierce and fiery couple who fight side-by-side with friends and family and geek out together when they've sated their needs. 🔥🥵🤜🤛⚒️🔗🏹🎮
There is a bigger storyline developing, and I'm interested to see where it leads.
I received an author's copy of the audio book. The narrators, Thomas Locklear and Stella Bloom, are wonderful in this duet edited book. I loved both of them, especially the changes and accents for different characters. ❤️👌❤️
Story: 4.5 stars
Narration: 5 stars <-- a rating I rarely give for narration
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It's a Paradox
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Beyond a Contemporary Mthos - series
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Thomas Locklear and Stella Bloom perfectly blended their voices in an exciting audio performance. Thomas spoke with a number of accents and, from what I could tell, they were all spot on. Fascinating story and superb narration!
Fantastic story!
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