Gods Galore by Rupert Stanbury blogtour

Blurb

The Olympian Gods have made it to the 21st century AD. We may not have heard much about them in the last two thousand years, but they’re still controlling what we humans are up to – or at least they think they are.

The reality is that the Gods are like us – they’ve got problems!

Zeus is still Top God on Mount Olympus, but he’s got issues with many of the younger gods. His brothers, Hades and Poseidon, have issues with themselves – they’re getting too set in their ways ruling the Underworld and the Seas; they probably need a job change.

But help is at hand from an unexpected source – we humans.

It’s surprising what a dose of good common sense can do for even the most powerful of the gods, especially when it comes from a couple of teenagers!

Author Bio

Rupert Stanbury
Rupert was born in Manchester and lived in the North-West of England long enough to become a lifetime Manchester United supporter.
In his teens he moved with his parents to Central London where he has lived for much of his adult life. After reading Economics at Cambridge University he had a business career encompassing finance, property and marketing.
His interests include regular visits to the gym, travelling, the theatre, socializing and reading. As well as Manchester United, his other lifelong interest has been books, having been given a full set of Dickens’s works at the tender age of twelve. In fact, it was a recent re-read of some of these classics, together with Homer’s and Virgil’s great epics, which inspired him to try his hand at becoming a writer himself. Gods Galore is his first novel.




My thoughts

Starting out I found this book intriguing and love reading more about mythology and Greek Gods. What I like is this is different take on the Gods which just makes me smile especially with the familiarity and joking nature.

I also enjoy the change from Area to Mars. I am more familiar with the Greek version than the Roman but it does make this unique. I love the fact that the other took that chance as it could easily backfire.

Mr Bumble is the best as he makes me laugh with the nickname he gives to new people. It just made me giggle to think of the name and just how would I react to the new nickname.

Cerberus was so much fun especially as in most myths he is really more of a monster but here he just seems like a person in the form of a three headed dog.

I really enjoy the humour and the crazy fun that seems to be have. They make so many fun parts with the underworld which should be dark and dreary just made me laugh so much.

To me this is one of the funniest books I have ever read. It combines what I love mythology combined with humour. I also love all the historical figures that makes appearances in this book.

I think that this is probably one of the best comedy novels that I have read. It reminds me of Terry Pratchett. Humour with a solid foundation for writing as well as great fantasy aspects.

This book for me also offered more as I love Greek mythology so seeing all my old favourites return was a treat. I did find at first it was off-putting to see Mars and Bacchus in a Greek story. The Roman names was confusing but after a while I forgot about that and just enjoyed the story. We were also warned before hand that he used Mars instead of Ares and Bacchus instead of Dionysus.

The book shows a lot of what I really enjoyed and can’t wait to see what is next for the story.