Alessandra Ebulu

This story is based on a prompt of a stone statue of two men. The author turned the prompt into a story of Eleftherios, the son of Medusa, who after his mother dies is cursed with her affliction of turning people to stone. The two people he turns to stone are his lovers, Nikandros and Vasilios. In order to find a way to reverse the curse, Eleftherios must first visit Delphi. After that he goes on an adventure with the information to 'the source.'

I liked this story because I like mythology. The non-sex parts reminded me of a mythological tale which was well done. I would have liked to have had more of a feeling of the personalities of the characters, but there wasn't much.

This was an enjoyable read and fit the prompt well.… (mer)

Aside from the rather amusingly bad editing errors, one of the most egregious of which is "stirring wheel", this story totally lacks a convincing show of romance between the MCs. Actually, it's worse than that, it absolutely, totally lacks a proof of a real relationship between the two characters.

The idea that the kitsune, Taeyo, a happy, go lucky, type of person, just chooses Germane, a wolf-dog hybrid who is also a sour, sharp tongued type, as his mate without any real build up in their characters just doesn't sit well with me. Germane seems to be against being mated to Taeyo, but all we get are his snarky comments and facial expressions. There's no depth in either one of these characters, we're expected to accept that they are genuinely attracted to each other, but that's it. It all surface stuff, no inner thoughts or demons to contend with.

A disappointing read at best.… (mer)