Amarantha is captured and sold as a slave to a mysterious stranger who turns out to be Ares, Greek God of War. He trains her in combat, grooming her to be the Champion of the Gods. She is then catapulted into modern times at the turn of the millennium, when she must save the ancient religions from destruction at the hands of the fanatical followers of the One True Faith.
Bridger's flowing writing style will draw the reader in, but her heavy reliance on clichéd, unpersuasive description will repeatedly kick her back out. In moments of fear, the heroine's blood turns 'to ice in her veins.' In moments of anger, fury lights 'a trail of fire in her veins.' This is not how emotions manifest in the human body.
Fear and anger rule the day. In addition to suffering from faucet-like hot- and cold-running blood, characters grind their teeth in repressed rage. They also snarl a lot. One would wish for a cast of characters less binary in their emotional expression.
This book is most appropriate for a fan of both the fantasy and the romance genres. Readers unfamiliar with Greek mythology are likely to be confused at times.