Review: Jocelyn Frost is a twenty something demigodess virgin. She lives in the “In-Between” (this is the space between Earth and Erda) after being recruited from the Bureau of Converging Worlds to work her ten-year tenure. Jocelyn’s job seems to fit her very well as a counselor to the like, being that she is the daughter of Norse, the God of Light and her inherited ability is to radiate calm and tranquility to those around her. During one of her group sessions, the topic roles into sex very easily by the women and, specifically into how to keep from getting pregnant! When demigods and demigodesses mate, pregnancy results 100% of the time, and human contraception does not work on them, most likely because of their heritage, so therefore, they either don’t have sex, they have sex and produce multiples, or they fornicate with other species. During this session Jocelyn is being monitored by her supervisor, Inez Cannas, for her yearly review. Jocelyn and Inez have a very shaky relationship as it is, so when Jocelyn is put on the spot to be the one to come up with an idea or solution to this problem, Inez gives her until her next group session to present her with the solution.
The concept behind this story was very original and entertaining. I’m pretty sure I’ve never read or watched anything that came close to demigods looking for contraceptives! It may or may not sound silly to you, but until you read it, you will never know how great the story is. This In-between world that was built into the story was very detailed and believable, also with Erda. There are so many differences between Erda, In-Between and Earth that you could not compare. Granted, In-Between was modeled from Earth on it’s appearance, but that is where the similarities stop. The structure of the society is totally unique to the races that live there, which is why Jocelyn still struggles with a social life. Jocelyn was raised by her human mother on Earth her whole life but knowing who her father really was.
The characters were abundant and colorful. During Jocelyn’s research for her mission, she arrives at the Archives, the library of all basically, lol. There, she meets Declan Rivers, a demigod. Declan is a man of average height, thin but muscular build, with a handsome face and geeky personality, and he works there! Declan immediately jumps in to help Jocelyn with her research just to be near her. The two hit it off all to well very quickly, and he becomes an integral part of her life, the story, and her understanding of the gods’ history. Then, there is Carmine………sigh. He is an 800-year-old Light Elf that works with Jocelyn at the BCW as a counselor. Carmine offers friendship and sound advice when she needs it. When Declan and Jocelyn get better acquainted, we meet his house mates- twins, Hamish and Finley. They are demigods as well, and pieces of work they are! At first, I wasn’t sure if I liked them because of their blase attitude toward women and the playful jokes they pull on Jocelyn, but in the end, they won me over, and I absolutely loved them!
During their trek to seek the ultimate contraception, Jocelyn and Declan get closer and closer- to each other but not to what the random attacks on them are all about! There seem to be multiple things going on in the story at the same time that don’t add up, but I’m sure this is an indication of how deep the story will get with these layers, and they kept me actively involved in this world. I was truly interested in how the In-Between and Erda worked with lots of OMG!…to LOL!….to Gross… The author gets very descriptive sometimes which gave it a good balance, just enough for your imagination to take over and fill in the blanks. I absolutely will continue on with this series, it was wonderful!
The concept behind this story was very original and entertaining. I’m pretty sure I’ve never read or watched anything that came close to demigods looking for contraceptives! It may or may not sound silly to you, but until you read it, you will never know how great the story is. This In-between world that was built into the story was very detailed and believable, also with Erda. There are so many differences between Erda, In-Between and Earth that you could not compare. Granted, In-Between was modeled from Earth on it’s appearance, but that is where the similarities stop. The structure of the society is totally unique to the races that live there, which is why Jocelyn still struggles with a social life. Jocelyn was raised by her human mother on Earth her whole life but knowing who her father really was.
The characters were abundant and colorful. During Jocelyn’s research for her mission, she arrives at the Archives, the library of all basically, lol. There, she meets Declan Rivers, a demigod. Declan is a man of average height, thin but muscular build, with a handsome face and geeky personality, and he works there! Declan immediately jumps in to help Jocelyn with her research just to be near her. The two hit it off all to well very quickly, and he becomes an integral part of her life, the story, and her understanding of the gods’ history. Then, there is Carmine………sigh. He is an 800-year-old Light Elf that works with Jocelyn at the BCW as a counselor. Carmine offers friendship and sound advice when she needs it. When Declan and Jocelyn get better acquainted, we meet his house mates- twins, Hamish and Finley. They are demigods as well, and pieces of work they are! At first, I wasn’t sure if I liked them because of their blase attitude toward women and the playful jokes they pull on Jocelyn, but in the end, they won me over, and I absolutely loved them!
During their trek to seek the ultimate contraception, Jocelyn and Declan get closer and closer- to each other but not to what the random attacks on them are all about! There seem to be multiple things going on in the story at the same time that don’t add up, but I’m sure this is an indication of how deep the story will get with these layers, and they kept me actively involved in this world. I was truly interested in how the In-Between and Erda worked with lots of OMG!…to LOL!….to Gross… The author gets very descriptive sometimes which gave it a good balance, just enough for your imagination to take over and fill in the blanks. I absolutely will continue on with this series, it was wonderful!