Why not just begin with Phoebe in Greece? And why make the mom a therapist? Why not one of those obsessive-compulsive, needy women who would actually move halfway across the world with a man they’ve known for six days and claim it’s love? I’m wondering why there was this opening scene at all. (Phoebe wasn’t able to make it because of this Very Important Race that would decide if she’d get a scholarship to her dream school, USC.) She’s all blushing, heaving bosoms, and being clingy like a teenager to this Damian. So, the mom’s a psycho-therapist who expects her senior daughter to move to an isolated Greek island because she fell in love with Damian in the six days she was in Greece for a family reunion with her late husband, Phoebe’s father. Just-oh, I’ll let you form your own opinions. Oh, and they’re also moving to Greece because the dude’s Greek and “can’t leave his job”.įirst of all, is it just me, or is informing your daughter that you’re moving her thousands of miles overseas in the middle of a cross country meet about the most inopportune moment in the history of crappy timing? Who drops that kind of a bomb out of the blue like that? A therapist? It doesn’t stop here either-when they’re getting to the island where they’ll be living in Greece, on the ferry ride, Damian (that’s hubby-hunk) explains that the school Phoebe is going to is populated by descendants of Greek gods.Īnd they expect this to sink in quickly and for her to keep in quiet. In the first three pages, it’s established Phoebe’s a runner, her mom’s a therapist, and her mom’s getting married with a man she’s known for six days (and tells Phoebe this right after Phoebe’s done running a very important race. I must’ve not read the same novel as everyone else. I’m wondering just how this became everyone’s pet. And what I found stumped me-this book is adored everywhere except for a few places that do like it, just had qualms about the character development. Before I wrote this review, I did a quick blog search for others’ reviews of it.

Oh my gods by tera lynn childs