Greece. Ancient land of mystery, legend and myth. It is here that businessman Jordan Chase visits an historic tomb, only to experience a dark vision of the future. And it is here, amidst the beauty of the landscape, that Lelia, a gorgeous but dangerous woman, befriends a group of tourists . . . to lure them into a nightmare of pain and terror. She lives to seduce and destroy, to feed off her human prey. Lelia is more than myth, more than superstition. Lelia is deadly.
My Review:
E-e-e-e-u-u-u-w-w-w! A very strange story indeed. This is another one of those books that was recommended on the Books-A-Million booklover's calendar. I would never have chosen this book on my own, but I was having a slump on books coming up on my wishlist on BookMooch, so I added some from the booklover's calendar that looked even remotely promising. I should know better!
Fortunately, this book was quick to read, and in its own way, gripping. But I can't say I liked it. Too much sex and bad language for me. And then there was the flesh-eating part, and the rape part, and the cruelty, and the snakes and the mean cats. I did enjoy the descriptions of Greece, though, and I would love to visit someday. I would hope it is not as tourist-y as described in the book, but I suppose it probably is. I never did figure out what Jordan Chase's role really was, and the ending didn't make much sense to me at all.
This is definitely a horror story with not nearly as much tie-in to Greek mythology as it would like you to believe.
