Tiffany’s Reviews > Aphrodite in Pieces > Status Update

“I saw the cage beneath the shiny gilded exterior. Zeus would keep us as hostages, in thrall to our keeper. Another Cronus, but far more cunning. He would not eat us, but include us in his mock government, a dictatorship disguised by a counsel. And we would be watched. Our minor thrones and palaces were debts to be paid in obsequiousness.”

“The other Olympians wanted me to take my place, but instead, I assumed my power.”

Now I’m kind of glad he’s a scallop.

When the book started with a Britney Spears quote I began to worry. Then when Aphrodite thought of Zeus’ progenies and said to herself, “Another monk seal.” I was back in.

“War is desire made bloody.”

“I know you do not desire me. And thus, you have no interests in domination or possession, of hiding me or exploiting me or changing me into that most makes you feel like a man.”