But Noraâs fifteen now, and sheâs too old to believe in magical happily-ever-afters or mystical otherworlds where she can create all day long and do what she likes. Sure, there are inexplicable things about her and Owen, like that trick he can do with his eyes that bends people to his will or the fact that storm clouds gather if she ever does one creative thing, butâŠ
Special? Her? She doesnât even want to be special. She only wants to be like everyone else.
When he begs her to try another ritual to open the dimensions, she agrees mostly to humor him. Owenâs rituals never work.Â
Except this one does, and itâs all real. Sheâs a muse, not a human, and this world is Heliconâa bohemian world where the muses play hard, drink hard, throw parties, and create constantly. Itâs Woodstock with magic, and here everyone is like her. She finally belongs.
But Owen was right after all. Half-god Owen, the son of Dionysus, the powerful and single-minded boy whose little eye trick doesnât work on her anymore? He was right, because she is special.
Sheâs the only one Owen is obsessed with. And heâll do anything to have her, to keep her, anything at all. Even tear Helicon apart at the seams.
The Helicon series is a soapy, irreverent portal fantasy wherein the drama of teen relationships tends to overshadow whatever magical threat theyâre trying to fight. Lots of drinking, swearing, inappropriate sexual decisions, grappling with sexual orientation and gender, and random appearances by mythological figures thrown in for good measure. Itâs genre-bending, impossible to categorize, and for everyone out there who equally loves Gossip Girl, Rocky Horror, and Narnia.
Topics: free, freebie, fantasy, magic, myths, legends, Greek mythology, abuse, portal fantasy, fairies, muses, Dionysius, Nimue, King Arthur, Norse mythology, Loki