A review by fictionmajorette
Keep Me Close by R.M. Virtues
4.0
https://fictionmajorette.blogspot.com/2023/07/june-romance-wrap-up-queer-books.html
I love this series and the whole Gods of Hunger world that Virtues built in these books. Greek mythology has never been something I've been particularly invested in, so I don't have the background knowledge that some readers would. It feels like Virtues doesn't rely on the reader to have that knowledge so the characters and world are fully developed. The tension between Aphrodite and Hephaestus was impeccable and when that tension finally cracked it was absolutely on fire. The romantic suspense element didn't quite hit for me because it did drag a bit in the first 1/3. The book opens with a bang, but then it felt like the mystery/suspense elements were just treading water for a while. It picked back up around the 1/2 way point, and I really enjoyed the way it all came together at the end.
I love this series and the whole Gods of Hunger world that Virtues built in these books. Greek mythology has never been something I've been particularly invested in, so I don't have the background knowledge that some readers would. It feels like Virtues doesn't rely on the reader to have that knowledge so the characters and world are fully developed. The tension between Aphrodite and Hephaestus was impeccable and when that tension finally cracked it was absolutely on fire. The romantic suspense element didn't quite hit for me because it did drag a bit in the first 1/3. The book opens with a bang, but then it felt like the mystery/suspense elements were just treading water for a while. It picked back up around the 1/2 way point, and I really enjoyed the way it all came together at the end.