Week 25 Review: In the Lap of the Goddess

From Goodreads:

The people of ancient Sumer are gathered to celebrate the rite of the Sacred Marriage, a joyous and glorious testament to the unity of Goddess and Man. Times are tough, crops are failing, and this year's ceremony holds special significance.

But for the priestess Simi, the fertility rite is very personal. Because it is Simi who will be locked in a room with a stranger to carry out the blessed responsibilities. Only this time, the stranger is no stranger at all....

In the Lap of the Goddess is written by Arvind Ethan David and Whitney Mosery and stars Jacob Tobia as Simi, Kasper as Eresha, and Utkarsh Ambudkar as King Gilgamesh.

My Review:
This was a really fantastic read! It was short and I honestly think I should have listened to it again, to get a better idea of what was going on since it is so short. But I had a really great time listening to it! It was such an interesting story! 

Full cast audio is pretty great. It's just in the case of this book, where it is so short, it does make it hard to get to know the different characters, to know which is which, so I didn't quite catch all of the story, I don't think. Because it synopsis says them at they know one another, and I'm not sure how they do. 

That this is a fertility rite, of marriage, of course it's going to involve sex. That they do know each other, that the harvest has been bad and there's a lot of political moves, made this story fast paced and I had to know what was going to happen next!

Loved how they made a plan that worked basically for everyone, it was sneaky, but it was a great move, given all the power that had been thrown around, from the leadership side as well as the religious side. It worked really well!

I had a really great time reading this book and I'm glad that it exists! 

Authors: Arvind Ethan David and Whitney Mosery
Series: Earworms
Read: June 16th, 2024 
Source: Audible
Reason Why: It sounded good and it fit a prompt that I needed to fill, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book! 
Publisher: Audible Originals
Published: May 9th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars