Orion’s Kiss Review

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Orion's Kiss by Claire Luana
Narrator: Jessica Duncan
Published by Live Edge Publishing on June 6th 2019
Length: 6 hours and 11 minutes
Genres: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fiction, Paranormal, Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural, Young Adult Fiction
Pages: 204
Format: Audiobook
Source: Provided for review through Audiobook Blast/Boom
Goodreads

They are ancient enemies. They are each other’s only hope.  Merope is forced to watch as her sisters die lifetime after lifetime. In his anger at their ancient rebuke, Zeus cursed the seven Pleiades sisters—six to die, and Merope, the youngest, to give witness. Through many centuries and lives, Merope has tried everything to avert disaster, but she has always failed.For his crimes against the gods, Orion is cursed to commit the unspeakable acts Merope tries so hard to prevent. Orion has little hope against the power of the gods—he is resigned that this cruel sentence will be his eternity.Until an unexpected twist of fate shows them both that this lifetime could be different. And that together, they may harness a force powerful enough to break the chains of destiny that bind them once and for all.Orion's Kiss is a stand-alone YA paranormal romance perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare, Richelle Mead, and Lauren Kate. Scroll up and one-click today to snag this swoon-worthy, action-packed, enemies-to-lover tale today!

 Julie’s Review:

 

Orion’s Kiss is a fun fairytale retelling. The story goes, that Zeus cursed the seven Pleiades sisters – six to die, and Merope, the youngest, to watch. Orion is the one cursed to kill the sisters.

Lifetime after lifetime, reincarnation, again and again, she experiences first the visions, and then the deaths of her sisters and nothing she tries can stop it.

This lifetime Meriah has a plan. She will kill Orion’s reincarnation to end the curse.

As they say, things don’t work out as planned. She never planned to fall for “Ryan.” She never planned to team up with him in the ultimate quest to break the curse.

The story starts off strong and keeps you following Mer and Ryan’s interactions. It begins with a car accident, where Ryan’s car hits the first sister to die. Mer kidnaps Ryan, and keeps saying she will end him. But, she just can’t. She’s no killer. As she gets to know Ryan, she learns he is just as cursed as she.

Their fates are so tangled up (literally and figuratively) that they cannot escape the curse.

But passion builds quickly and ignites a heroic plan to take it up to Olympus to end the curse once and for all. Zeus has long forgotten, hasn’t he?

Together with each of their best friends, our heroes work to put together a plan of action.

I enjoyed the plotting, the scheming, the plotline of trying to find out who the sisters are and trying so hard to protect them, then failing.

Mer is determined and driven, but many lifetimes of existence hasn’t made her any less of a teenager.

Ryan, well he turns out to be very honorable, for someone who’s name she has cursed under her breath for lifetimes.

The final battle, the solution to the curse, it seemed a bit convenient. But I’m happy it turned out the way it did.

Overall, an enjoyable book. Quick and fun, my type of read these days.

The audio narration was great – I really liked the pacing and the voices. Perfect fit for this book.

 

 

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