Divine by Mistake (Partholon, #1)

by P.C. Cast

I get this bizarre mirror world filled with a horse/guy who I have the serious hots for, creatures who are terrorising civilisation, deodorant-less armpits that probably

stink and no toilet paper.

This sucks.

The only excitement Shannon Parker expected while on holiday was a little shopping. Finding herself flung through fire into the world of Partholon (and left with a massive headache, thank you very much), she’s now being treated like a goddess.

Somehow Shannon has stepped into another’s role in another world. And while there’s an upside – who doesn’t love lots of pampering? – it also comes with a ritual marriage to a centaur and threats against her new people. Can Shannon survive this new world and ever find her way home?

• ISBN13: 9780778303572
• Publish Date: 16 October 2009 (first published 29 August 2006)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 11 March 2024
• Publish Country: CA
• Imprint: Mira Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 576
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.co.uk

Reviews

[mitabird]

2.5 stars

[Linda]

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.

[wyvernfriend]

Shannon works as a high-school teacher and finds herself at an estate sale and attracted to an urn with a depiction of Epona that looks very much like her. Shortly after buying it she finds herself in another world where she's the high priestess of Epona, about to marry a centaur and finding that there's a war brewing with the evil, vampiric Formorians.

It's not bad but there are places where it just didn't gel properly for me. For the most part I was very interested in finding out what happened and what happened next but there were some places that I just had to wonder why that scene or battle was there as it didn't really seem to serve a purpose.

Not a bad read but felt a bit weak in places.