Deus Ex Machina - A Divine Comedy

by María Aragón

Stewart Dunk's humble life takes an unexpected turn for the better when six very strange strangers move into the derelict house next door one Friday morning and begin renovations. The house next door is not the only thing they are there to renovate though. Stewart Dunk getting the life he deserves is their main goal, but to accomplish this they must make sure he gets back together with his long lost sweetheart Juliet, drive off his selfish, maneating mother Udela, his equally selfish, womanizing older brother Aiken, and at least throw his smarter than thou middle brother Erian off-kilter. In the meantime, these strangers, who go by the names of Apollo, Athena, Mars, Venus, Medusa, and Hermes, are grappling with their own baggage, which they've been carrying around since well before a certain war in the Aegean a very long time ago. The trick is to help Stewart get a good life at last without throttling each other in the process.

Genres: Fiction, Mythology

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 16, 2006

Reviews

[Richard Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book starts off odd. There are a lot of characters and they all are introduced in a just a few pages. You are left a little confused on who is who, why people are there, what the plot actually is... It all explains itself eventually, but if you haven't read the blurb on the back of the book you will probably be lost for a little while. The book is kind of funny, but the descriptions are repetative and the plotting is not real consistent. The issue with the humor is that you laugh for many of the same reasons you would laugh at America's Funniest Home Videos. Pain and suffering can be funny. Overall the book was alright, it had more potential, but needs a good once over by a strong editor.