She’s just the deity of Love and Beauty. And that’s exactly what she wants them to think. Naked and salt-soaked, Aphrodite is born from the waves.
Knowing nothing of who or what she is, she quickly discovers that she has incredible power and the kind of beauty that makes men mad. Her blood pulses with the same call: home, home, home. Cue Olympus, the home of the deities.
But Olympus turns out to be a seething snake-pit, and love is never simple. Ordained the mere deities of Love and Beauty, the threatened and spiteful deities seek different ways to control Aphrodite. As a trap closes in around her, she learns that it is a curse to be seen as nothing but beautiful – but it may also be her strongest weapon.
The deities of Olympus will soon learn not to underestimate the deity of Love and Beauty.
作者简介
布莱奥妮·皮尔斯是一位屡获殊荣的小说家,作品涵盖青少年和成人文学市场。在青少年文学领域,她创作了一系列融合了黑暗惊悚、超自然冒险、反乌托邦和恐怖元素的作品。 《汉娜·梅森杰》(Hannah Messenger)是她初中阶段的处女作。布莱奥妮在城市大学教授“儿童写作”课,定期到访学校,讲述阅读和写作,举办创意写作工作坊,并发表一些寓教于乐、鼓舞人心的演讲。她曾在爱丁堡文学节、威奇伍德文学节、Comicon、YALC、科幻周末文学节、Just So 文学节以及其他众多艺术节和活动中演出。
Bryony Pearce is a multi-award-winning novelist working in both the YA and Adult markets. In the YA genre she has produced a mixture of dark thrillers, paranormal adventures, dystopia and horror. Hannah Messenger is her middle grade debut. Bryony teaches the course Writing for Children at City University, regularly visits schools to speak about reading and writing and conducts creative writing workshops, as well as delivering entertaining and inspirational talks. She has performed at the Edinburgh Literary Festival, The Wychwood Festival, Comicon, YALC, the Sci Fi Weekender, The Just So Festival and a number of other festivals and events.