I love this series and couldn't put it down. Of course she had to give us a love triangle with 2 hot guys. Once you already love Ares she throws Achilles at you. Artemis finds out Achilles is her mate and was promised to him over 700 hundred years ago. He is the Sidhe(faire) Price and has been watching over her since birth where Ares just found out about her a few weeks ago. Even though she is mated to Ares she still fills a pull toward Achilles and things get really heated when the Queen of the Sidhe tries to kill her. Achilles bonds them together so if one of them dies so does the other, keeping his mother from killing her. Now Artemis has 2 guys being over protective and needing her touch to stay sane. I couldn't put this book down I loved it. I wished it would have been longer, I just couldn't get enough. OK so we've covered the fact that these covers are not my favorite. I'm starting to think it's the cartoon like qualities that turn me off, but that's just a guess. Either way, if there was ever a situation where you should NOT judge a book by it's cover, this series would be one of those times. Banks' books might not have covers to covet but the writing she puts behind those covers more than makes up for it. After the cliffhanger Banks left her readers with in Song of the Moon, I could not get this second installment open fast enough.After meeting Achilles for all of five seconds in book one, though it might seem ridiculous, I instantly disliked him. I can't help it but I'd already decided that if a love triangle was created, that I was firmly on Team Ares. No ifs, ands, or buts about it, Achilles was not getting my vote. Artemis and Ares went through so much in Song of the Moon, that I began to wonder how this second installment would live up to all that excitement. But live up to and surpass it, it surely did. While the love triangle added an interesting twist of events, it was everything else that was happening in Artemis' new world that really took center stage. While the werewolves and their pack laws were gripping in book one, adding the sidhe characters and world only upped the ante left readers dying to know what Banks would come up with next. Most of you know Greek mythology has always had a special place in my heart, and Banks managed to hit this one on the head.Like I said before, Banks draws her readers in and without even realizing how she's done it not to mention how quickly she manages it, but you become addicted. To the series, her characters and where she's going to take them and what all she's got planned to put them through. Kidnappings, fights and battles, bondings, murder attempts, pack hierarchies, royalty struggles...you name it and Banks is putting it on the table. Her characters do not rest and yet she never left me feeling overwhelmed with all that was going on, or even rolling my eyes and saying that enough is enough. Artemis and the rest of the gang are pushed to their limits, but it's always bordering the line of just enough, yet never crossing over. I simply can't get enough of Banks' writing and her series has me craving more!
What do You think about Kiss Of A Star (2000)?
A good addition to the series. My biggest complaint is that it was pretty short.
—lynturner26301
Love the cover art! Love it! So of course I have to read it. :D
—lolaaa
The End was awesome, unexpected and breathtaking.
—kim
