Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Hapi
SERIES: Malicious Gods: Egypt series
AUTHOR: Lisa Henry as Cari Waites
PUBLISHER: self-published
LENGTH: 148 pages
RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2021
BLURB:
Jayden Sanders is a dead man.
Jayden is trying to reach Cairns when his car dies on the highway and leaves him stranded in a caravan park in Innisfail. As the rain comes down and the crocodile-infested river rises, Jayden becomes fascinated by the strange man who lives across the river—Hapi. What Jayden doesn’t know is that Hapi has already marked him for his own.
Hapi and his brothers, the sons of Horus, prepare the souls of the dead for their father, and each claim protection over a part of the body. When Hapi pulls Jayden from the flooded river, he claims Jayden’s lungs, and his breath, as his due. But what happens when he decides he wants more than that? Jayden refuses to believe it when Hapi tells him he’s dead, but his only hope of getting out of Innisfail alive is by playing along with Hapi’s delusions. And with Horus due to arrive any day, time is running out for Jayden.
Or maybe it already has.
Welcome to the dark world of Malicious Gods: Egypt. A collection of mm standalone modern tales, both magical and non-magical, featuring deities from Ancient Egypt. You’ll find reincarnated Gods, assassins, gangs, madness, and different realities. Expect high heat and morally ambiguous themes. Seductive and often twisted, they are not for the fainthearted.
REVIEW:
Definitely pay attention to the blurb. This book is not for the faint hearted. I had a hard time with this book. I’m not going to lie. I love everything about Egyptian and Greek gods and all the stuff that goes with it, and even knowing everywhere, in almost every story that Horus is an a**, this still was a little much. And it’s odd for me because I like dark stories and such as well but something was off for me with this book. And I’m kind of sad about that.
I just wish I knew what to really say to be honest. I’ve read so many stories that deal with rape and torture, non-con, slavery, etc. But something about this non-con just got to me. Maybe it’s something about Jayden that hit me. Jayden just wanted a family. In all his life, with all that he had been through, all he wanted was a family. And at every turn, he’s been robbed of it. And the one time he thinks he might find closure as far as family, it’s taken away from him again from gods who could care less about what humans could think. If they pick you, you’re out.
The only redemption for me for this story was that Hapi finally did the right thing. But it still came at a cost. I forget what it’s called….that survivor’s thing after you’ve been kidnapped. And part of me wonders if that is what Jayden is really feeling. Because in the end, Hapi saved him. But Hapi still more or less treated him like crap so it’s kind of a weird situation.
I don’t know. I know not everyone likes what I do or dislikes what I do, so I’m just saying give it a read and see what you think for yourself. See if it’s good for you. I hope it is.
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