Stealing Ganymede

Hmmm, this is difficult to rate. Even as I begin this review, I'm not sure what I'm going to rate it. I put it on my m/m shelf, but I can't really say it qualifies as m/m. It's definitely not a romance or anything approaching that, but the book does center around the (non-sexual) relationship between Zeus and Ganymede.

There are several things about this book that should make me love it: it's dark, it pushes boundaries, has an assassin, it isn't sappy, etc. However, I have a few complaints. It's written in a sort of stream of consciousness style, which I wouldn't have minded except for the frequent flashbacks and dream sequences (two of my pet peeves). It was like every time I started to really get into the story, I'd be yanked out by a memory, or his train of thought would veer off in a new direction that was very distracting. I also didn't find the plot very suspenseful because I was pretty much able to predict what Zeus was going to do and how the story would be wrapped up.

Another couple problems that are not the book's fault:
1) I was under the impression this book would be sort of paranormal and that Ganymede was actually a younger Zeus, but it turns out that was just a metaphor - oops!
2) I started this book 2 months ago then stopped because someone (ahem TINKA!) told me she was going to buddy read it with me, and I kept waiting and waiting before finally deciding to go on without her. Because of that, I had to try to remember what had already happened when I went back to it.

Soooo, I guess I'm gonna settle on 2.5 stars.