Greek Mythology but Make it Modern

 Electric Idol by Katee Robert 

Is this the best written book I've ever read? No. Did I enjoy it? Every second. I love Greek mythology and while Psyche and Eros are not my favorite myth, this was a unique take on their story and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's been a while since I read the first book, but this world is easy to jump back into. Eros is a hit man for his mother, Aphrodite. She doesn't like Demeter because Persephone ran away from her engagement to the old Zeus, that Demeter arranged without Aphrodite's consent, and married Hades. Now, Demeter is working to get Psyche married to the new Zeus. And Aphrodite can't have that. She is the match maker. Only. Her. So she she tells Eros to bring her her heart. Very Evil Queen stuff here. The problem? The day before they ran into each other at a party when she was coming out of the bathroom and he was obviously injured and instead of pretending like she didn't notice she took the time to help him. And there was a spark. So he doesn't want to hurt her, let alone kill her. Still, he does what his mother tells him and sets up a meet with her. She thinks it's so they can plan how they are going to deal with the gossip that has been raging about them because they were caught leaving together after she helped him. Instead, he tells her his mother wants her dead. Then, he tells her he can save her, if she marries him. She doesn't like it but she agrees. Then she wages a social media campaign to make this look like they are madly in love and this rushed marriage is real and not a marriage of necessity (convenience). Everyone in town falls for it, but his mother is still trying to kill her. She takes out a hit on her as they are leaving a party thrown by Helen, sister of the new Zeus. He doesn't get involved because there's no evidence. She asks her mom to get Poseidon involved, but he says no. Eros decides he's going to kill his mom. Psyche comes up with a different plan, calls Helen to get Aphrodite's number and arranges a meet. She shows up with a gun and threatens to kill her, while monologueing like a true villain.  Eros shows up and tries to intervene, but doesn't succeed. Psyche is able to get the gun away, after showing the phone that had been live streaming Aphrodite's entire confession and attempted murder. Ares and his men take her into custody. Zeus has her exiled. Callisto falls on her metaphorical sword and gets engaged to Zeus so Psyche doesn't have to keep cleaning up the family's messes and so Eurydice doesn't have to.  Then they go to family dinner; Eros and Hades make nice. Psyche and Eros decide to stay married because it's no longer fake. And they get a happy ending. This was fun. Yes, our FMC was in danger, but you never felt like she was in true danger. We got a good ending. We got to see the characters from the previous book. We got a potential set up for a future book. While this is not good writing it is enjoyable and I will be reading the next one!