Justin Jordan

Love sucks, and Philo Harris is going to do something about it. After a particularly bad drunken decision gives him the ability to see the Cupidae, the creatures that make love work, Philo ends up going to war with love itself. With a chainsaw. Collects DEATH OF LOVE #1-5

Death Of Love

Eleanor Luhar

Another Edelweiss+ copy I downloaded. (There was a deadline on the files, hence the mass of Edelweiss+ reviews posted these past few days. It's over now!)

Philo Harris really can't get any girls, so he signs up for some class on being the 'alpha' that women biologically desire. He hangs out at a bar after with some other guys who had attended the class, giving the whole alpha thing a go. It doesn't go particularly well for any of them... Then a stranger turns up offering pills. (Yeah. That's never good.) Of course, the guys say no. But then Philo gets really, really, drunk, and decides to swallow one.

Bad. Decision.

After that, he can see cupids. Or cupidae. (Whatever.) And... He kills one.

BAD. DECISION.

Now they all want revenge. Philo turns to his friends for help, but they just assume he's tripping on some dodgy drugs. Or gone crazy. They definitely don't believe the cupids are real.

Until Philo doses their drinks and they are subjected to the angry little winged men in diapers, too.

Of course, they're angry. But they don't have time to argue; they have a HELL of a lot of cupids attacking them. And this 'boss' they keep talking about...? Yeah, he is not happy about all the cupids being killed.

This was a really funny novel! It was superbly written, fantastically drawn, and just great fun to read. There was clearly a lot of knowledge on the gods and ancient mythology, which really helped create depth and authenticity to the story. The characters were great, and Philo actually showed remarkable growth as a character. It contained a fair amount of language and some dirty humour, but I think it all fit really well. 4 stars.

Death Of Love

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