These Novella's were a cute twist on classical mythology. The characters were lovable, if not entirely deep. The author did tend to veer towards the silly side of things at times, but kept it from becoming to nonsensical. All in all, I would have say that this was a fun afternoon read, and would recommend it to people that are into paranormal/time-travel like romances. ( )

Two hysterical novellas featuring two different Gods and the women they find to love them. Very funny and romantic. ( )

Ain't Myth-Behaving contains two novellas. In "Stag Party", the Irish fertility god Cernunnos must find a bride quick since the goddess he had been married to ran off with a salsa dancer (a.k.a. Bacchus). If he's not married by Beltane, he will die. Fortunately for him, he falls for a visiting travel writer--except he will have to convince her to tie the knot...in one week. "Norse Truly" is about an American visiting her Swedish relatives when her car skids into the ocean. She gets rescued by a group of cursed Vikings who are convinced that she's going to save them from sailing up and down the Scandinavian coastline for eternity. (more)

I didn't care for the first story, Stag Party, I found it boring. The second story, Norse Truly, was better. Although her writing style is evident in both of these stories, this is definitely not one of her better efforts. I still think she is publishing too much in a short time frame and her books are suffering because of it. ( )

Stag Party:
Dane Hearne - more commonly known as the Irish fertility god Cernunnos - has just one week to find a bride. His goddess for the past centuries has used his time in the Underworld to run off with a salsa dancer, and Dane was awakened with frightfully short notice. Luckily for Dane, American travel writer Megan St. Clair just arrived at his castle, and both feel an instant attraction. But can Dane convince her to marry him by Beltane or will he lose his position, his immortality, and the love of his life in one fell swoop?

While I thought this would appeal to me more out of the novellas due to the Irish focus, I felt it worked less well. MacAlister is hilarious as always (especially with the hellhounds), but I didn't necessarily think that the male point of view succeeded. The Irish rituals were treated in a very cursory fashion, which was unfortunate given the importance of Beltane to the plot, and it seemed to me that the ending was rushed. Megan simply threw her legitimate objections aside without any actual resolution, so that was rather unsatisfying.
Quirky and fun, but a bit muddled.

Norse Truly:
Alrik Sigurdsson was cursed by a witch to sail his Viking longboat along the Scandinavian coast for eternity. But when Brynna Lund's car skids off the road, she discovers she has innate Valkyrie powers, and the ability to break the curse on the red-hot Viking hunk. But doing so may very well mean losing him to the pleasures of Valhalla forever.

There was a ton of Norse mythology wrapped up in true funny MacAlister fashion, and as usual, she writes the best funny/silly sex I've read. Despite the zany quest in this story MacAlister spends less time dispelling disbelief and focuses more on the evolution of the relationship - which means that this novella was more satisfying than the other and rang more true.
Yay for Vikings and Norse gods hanging out at amusement parks! ( )