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Chaos ensues as Ilana tries to navigate the complexities of her new job with the Fates while helping prepare for her Bridezilla-sister's upcoming wedding.The story is hysterical.I laughed out loud several times during the reading of this story. One of the best parts of the book was the relationship between Ilana and Arachne, a fun, witty spider. The only thing that kind of bothers me is that I would like to have read the story of Dyllin's time in DR Temps even as a prequel - I mean, all the temps and the bosses are always comparing the sisters, so I really would like to know what did happen when Dyllin was working there. And of course a sequel would be great: so many gods and goddesses equals a lot of funny, adventurous temp jobs, right?


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Temping Fate Esther Friesner Books Reviews

Ilana Newhouse is desperate for a summer job. Any summer job. So, she doesn't worry too much when the temp agency that hires her proves to be a little . . . strange. It turns out that Ilana is temping for The Fates of ancient Greek fame.

Chaos ensues as Ilana tries to navigate the complexities of her new job with the Fates while helping prepare for her Bridezilla-sister's upcoming wedding. Add in some fun co-workers, spastic gods and goddesses and this book has all the makings for an entertaining read. Happily, at the same time, the story does have some twists and turns to keep things interesting.

This book gets major points for putting ancient Greek gods (and some other myths from other countries) into a modern setting and preserving their integrity. The gods that we meet in the story are convincing characters and they work perfectly in the modern environment. It's the first book I have read in a while that can claim as much.

Furthermore, the story is hysterical. Ilana is a true oddball and following the plot through her point of view is a lot of fun. Friesner had me laughing out loud several times during the reading of this story. Some of the characters come off more like cartoons than "real" people, but that's probably to be expected of a story like this. Friesner introduces some great characters in a fun, upbeat story that readers will definitely want to see again.
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The premise of this book was TO DIE for. I absolutely adored the world that Esther Friesner created. I mean, how perfect is it? The gods (and other mythological characters) hire high school students to temp/intern for them?! That wasn’t a very good description, but, seriously, this world is THE BEST. I’m in love with it. It was a completely new twist on Greek Mythology in Modern Day. It’s nothing like Percy Jackson, but I feel it will appeal to a lot of the same type of people. However, this is definitely NOT a book that a boy would enjoy. I can think of absolutely zero guys I would recommend this too.

Hero/Heroine Ilana Ugh. In Friesner’s attempt to create a feminist strong female character… she ended up creating a stubborn, whiny, and incredibly arrogant teenage girl who spent all her time talking about how tough and stubborn she was, and how much everybody hated her that nearly every time she talked I just rolled my eyes and sighed. She was a decent character, but had a far to high an opinion of herself and how much the world hated her. Not Friesner’s best character, but still enjoyable.

Ehhh… As I said. Sold on the world. Loved it. That’s the real reason this book has such a high rating. Cuz honestly… The characters? Wasn’t really a huge fan. The sexism? Hated it. The plot? It was… meh. It was a fun plot, and an enjoyable one in the moment. But it’s one of those books, where in retrospect, you just think… Wait. Why did I read that, again? I think that Friesner created an INCREDIBLE world, one with AMAZING potential. And I almost feel like she spent SO MUCH time creating this to die for world, that she just mashed together a few lame plots from various MG fiction novels.

I also found it a bit (read A LOT) feminist heavy (Don’t get me wrong, I am a teenage girl), however, I felt that this book was very degrading to men, and by extent very offensive to anyone with an honorable man in their life. All of the male characters were solely there for the purposes of a love interest, and most all of them were pathetic. A bit too much Female superiorty, and not enough gender equality. I was very disappointed.
I would have rated this book a 5 but there an issue with the book, after page 218, the book has pages 187-218 reprinted again, then it picks up again at page 251. So pages 219-250 are missing from the book, which left me wondering what happened and ruined the reading experience for me. If you order this book be make sure that the copy that you received does not have the problem that mine had. (
Very fun story and a good way to become familiar with mythology.
Esther Friesner has always been one of my favorite authors. She's a great writer and story teller. The books she's written tell thoroughly satisfying stories. The anthologies that she's edited are always interesting and include some really great authors. Temping Fate? It seems like a good YA novel. The plot is interesting and geared toward a young adult female. Despite it being about mythology, it was a very grounded book. In fact, I feel the story itself was worth five stars. At least, what I could read of it. I sent the book back twice. The pages were out of order. There were repeated chapters. There were missing chapters. The ending was missing in both copies. The middle chapters were mixed up. Both books were brand new.

The publisher was SPEAK, an imprint of Penguin Group. I've never read anything else published by SPEAK, but if this is an example of their work, then woe betide the authors who deal with them. I think they should take back unsold copies of Temping Fate, reprint them correctly and then reissue the books with lots of fanfare and advertising. The author and the cover artist both deserve nothing less than that.
Chaos ensues as Ilana tries to navigate the complexities of her new job with the Fates while helping prepare for her Bridezilla-sister's upcoming wedding.The story is hysterical.I laughed out loud several times during the reading of this story. One of the best parts of the book was the relationship between Ilana and Arachne, a fun, witty spider. The only thing that kind of bothers me is that I would like to have read the story of Dyllin's time in DR Temps even as a prequel - I mean, all the temps and the bosses are always comparing the sisters, so I really would like to know what did happen when Dyllin was working there. And of course a sequel would be great so many gods and goddesses equals a lot of funny, adventurous temp jobs, right?