Divine by Mistake (2001)

Hmm, I'm not sure how to explain my likes and dislikes for this book without giving away the story. First, the main character, Shannon, annoys me to no end. She is a caricature, over-blown and grossly exaggerated, of someone that could have been funny, charming, and likeable. Second, the use of parenthesis - when Shannon is already speaking to the reader throughout the book - is nearly as annoying as the main character. Lastly, there is no connection between the main characters. I can't explain this without giving away part of the story.

Overall, not worth the time I invested and definitely not a recommendation to read the rest of the series....or other PC Cast novels. ( )

Well-written; just not my cuppa. ( )

I love this other world, and I love PC's sense of humour. The book is filled with details of mythology, different creatures, fighting between good and bad, and even romance. ( )

I really liked main heroines sense of humor and comments. ( )

I ended up enjoying this a lot more than I thought I would starting out. The beginning was pretty weak and just not compelling at all. Shannon felt so whiny and pretentious. I was about to give up on the book is she made one more ''pun'' (which was always followed by an explanation as if the reader is stupid) or compared any other random thing to a book or poem she'd read. It was just so irritating and pointless.

Once she got to Partholon though, it got really, really good. I thought it was fascinating watching her try to fit into the new world and act as if she belonged there. ClanFintan was a really interesting character and his conversations with Rhea were always amusing. I thought the plot was pretty good though I don't think the main conflict was developed enough and sort of just fizzled out at the end.

In comparison with The House of Night series, it is written a lot better and the characters are not as stereotypical.

One thing I would like is to see how Rhiannon is getting on in Shannon's world. ( )