But It Here!
Synopsis:
This is book 4 in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Accidentally Yours paranormal romance series.
Meet Dr. Antonio Acero. Heir to Spain's wealthiest family, world-renowned physicist, and dedicated bachelor. While on vacation in southern Mexico, Antonio discovers an ancient Mayan tablet. Local legends say it contains magical properties, properties that could put his stalling research on the map.
But is this really his lucky break?
When Antonio attempts to put the tablet to use, he'll discover that Fate has other plans. Her name is Ixtab, and she's quite possibly the deadliest deity who ever lived.
Meet Dr. Antonio Acero. Heir to Spain's wealthiest family, world-renowned physicist, and dedicated bachelor. While on vacation in southern Mexico, Antonio discovers an ancient Mayan tablet. Local legends say it contains magical properties, properties that could put his stalling research on the map.
But is this really his lucky break?
When Antonio attempts to put the tablet to use, he'll discover that Fate has other plans. Her name is Ixtab, and she's quite possibly the deadliest deity who ever lived.
Review:
I’m not sure how the author manages to produce
consistently funny stories while dealing with issues like mass murder, torture,
the end of the world and correct spelling of Mayan names but she does. I love
the multiple viewpoints and frequently snarky dialogue!
This is book 4 of the series and I really can’t
suggest starting here. Well, you could – the author does a fairly good job of
giving you the basics of the backstory – but I can’t recommend it. There is WAY
too much backstory to absorb; including the ins and outs of the various
characters and how the plot has developed to the opening of this book. So back
up to Accidentally in Love with...a God? and hop on the rollercoaster…
This series deals with the Mayan pantheon which is
both a plus and a minus. The plus is it’s not peopled with the same Greco-Roman
gods/goddesses/myths you learned about in seventh grade; the minus is the names
are mentally tongue-twisting and the ‘specialties’ of the various gods are
probably not familiar to the reader and frequently seem weird. For example: a
major player in the story is Ixtab who we find out is the goddess of suicide.
My contemporary, western sensibilities immediately kicked in with ‘Say what?
Suicide needs its own goddess?’ And then there’s the whole who is related to
whom issue in a ‘family’ group that puts the ‘dys’ in dysfunctional.
Like the other books in the series the immediate
storyline is nicely tied up but the last page contains the requisite ‘oh my
god’ teaser…
Needless to say I will be continuing this series.
The Accidentally Yours Series:
BOOK 1: Accidentally in Love with...a God?
BOOK 2: Accidentally Married to...a Vampire?
BOOK 3: Sun God Seeks...Surrogate?
BOOK 3.5: Accidentally...Evil? (a Novella)
BOOK 4: Vampires Need Not...Apply?
BOOK 4.5: Accidentally...Cimil?
BOOK 5: Accidentally...Over?
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