Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an ARC of Lovestruck by Kate Watson
If you enjoy a good romcom and Greek Mythology you will like this story. It’s a funny light fun read. I enjoyed the different situations involving the Gods and the mischief the main character and her friends got into. Overall its a quick read that can be read in one sitting.
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Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an ARC of Lovestruck by Kate Watson. I've read and reviewed this copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Lovestruck is about Kali, a Cupid-in-training who accidentally pricks herself with an arrow and falls in love with a mortal boy named Ben. In order to reverse being "lovestruck" and change her destiny, Kali defies the Fates and goes on a journey of self-discovery.

Lovestruck is a light, fun read filled with Greek mythology. It's funny, heart-warming and fast-paced. The short backstories on different Greek Gods made the writing even more compelling. Very enjoyable and cute.

If you enjoy a good romcom and Greek Mythology, then you will definitely enjoy this book!

Sigh. This is sad. Really thought I would enjoy this Ya fantasy romance but alas, it fell really short and had to DNF it.

*I was given an E-ARC from NetGalley in Exchange for my Honest Review*

I Unfortunately have to give this book 2 stars. I'm not sure where it went wrong. I wasn't a major fan of the writing, and the story it's self was just meh. The plot just didn't pull me in and I couldn't for the life of me connect with the characters. I was really intrigued when I the whole greek mythology we mention, however it just didn't feel right whenever the author would mention one of the greek gods. I always pulled me out of the story, and it could very well be that maybe this book wasn't for me. It's honestly a shame I didn't like it because I really wanted to.

I have to admit Lovestruck by Kate Watson sounded like a lot of cheesy mythology inspired fun. I have a soft spot for Greek mythology and I couldn't resist a story about an Erote, aka a cupid-in-training, who breaks the first rule of the job - accidentally sticking herself with an arrow and falling hard for the target. For me, the mythology aspects were my favorite - Artemis' has some of the best parts even though she's one of the side characters. Unfortunately, Kali really began to grate on my nerves after a while. I don't know maybe I'm getting to old for this stuff, but I do know I'll stick with Rick Riordan's brand of mythology in the modern world.

*3.25 Stars*

Kali is an Erote, which is basically a Cupid (since the romans stole their religion and renamed most things). For months now, shes's been very unsure of her calling and being Eros daughter hasn't exactly helped. She's been messing up a lot and screwing up matches, until she really messes up and sticks herself on an arrow, matching herself with a mortal.

This was a fun, light read. I had a good time reading the drama between all the gods, I do love a good Greek mythology story. But I was often a bit bored. Still, the characters were fun and I liked getting to know them. I liked the secondary characters, they were kinda fun. My main issue was how straight this was, like as Erote, Kali and her best friend, assumed a woman's match had to be with a man without even knowing anything about the person. And all the discussed matches were between a man and a woman. Even withing the Greek god, everything was m/f and I don't know as much as I wish I did Greek mythology wise but I do know it's very much not all m/f.
Anyway, that kinda bugged me but other than that, this was kinda cute and fun.

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LoveStruck by Kate Watson
4⭐️

Thank you to Netgalley and Flux for an E-arc in exchange for an honest review.

I’m going to start this review by saying I LOVE Greek mythology retellings, it’s one of my absolute favorite things to read and I Highly enjoyed this book. When I was reading the beginning of the book my first thought was that it was going to be just like every other YA contemporary romance novel but I was wrong and I loved the twists and the direction the book took!

We have Kali, Greek Goddess, Cupid in training. Her life was going amazingly until one day she had a thunderclap and everything she thought she knew about fate and destiny was changed. With her feelings towards match making changing she doesn’t want the fates making her decisions for her anymore.

One bad match turns into one horrible mistake, kali needs to figure out herself and her passion within her life to rewrite her destiny, can she do it or will it all fall away with every twist of the story?

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who needs a soft, but twisty love story and also to someone who loved Greek Mythology.

I wasn't into romance until recently and Lovestruck brought me down the rabbit hole. I couldn't put this book down, it was great!

I had a blast reading Lovestruck. The novel is full of humor, and our protagonist, Kali, gets into so many messes as she tries to figure out her life, leading to a fun and entertaining read. I do have two complaints though. I had a difficult time remembering who was who at first, and didn’t get fully immersed into the story until the 40 percent mark. Despite this, I had a wonderful time with the latter 60 percent, and would recommend the book! I’m interested to read more of Kate Wash in the future!

Full review to come on publication date.

Not for me. I disliked Kali from the start and never changed my mind about her. Also this was just way to juvenile for me. I know it was billed as YA, but it's definitely on the younger side. The plot and characters were predictable and simplistic. Maybe this would appeal to a younger reader.

A 26 year old beach rat with long rat and a string of one night stands is looking for love.fate only will decide what happens to his love life not loves arrow.The girl he may be destined for is on vacation from North Dakota and is only 15 years old.

LOVESTRUCK was such a light, fun read. It's what I call a "bubblegum" read. It's sweet and easy to get through. It's a shame it won't be released until April, because it would be the PERFECT Valentine's read!

Kali is a cupid in training, practicing how to make the perfect matches for mortals, when she accidentally sticks herself with an arrow and falls in love with a mortal boy.

The concept itself was so fun! I liked Artemis's character in the book. I also really liked how the story resolved in the end.

While all of the Greek mythology references & made-up slang were funny at first, I felt they were overused and made me roll my eyes at times.

Also, I did not really like Kali, the main character. She was whiny and selfish and didn't have enough redeeming qualities to make me care about her.

Overall, it was fun to read once, but I probably won't ever read it again.

I received an ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Overall, this book was somewhat entertaining, albeit pretty forgettable. I did not connect with any of the characters at all, and I found Kali, the main character, pretty unlikeable. None of the other characters stood out in any way at all, either. As a result, I did not care in any way for the romance in this novel. I found both Kali and Ben irritable and their relationship extremely predictable. I think the overall predictability of the plot wouldn’t have been a huge problem if the characters had been more likeable, at least to me.
Another issue I’ve had with this book was the Greek mythology aspect: I would not recommend this to people who are not familiar with Greek mythology at all. A lot of names and locations are thrown at you, and while some are very briefly explained, overall the book assumes the reader to already have some prior knowledge. I was drawn to this book because of the Greek mythology aspect - I found the idea of following the story of a cupid-in-training very interesting. Personally, I think this had a lot of great potential, but it did not entirely satisfy me.
The writing was quick and easy, but I think that also added a level of shallowness to the story, because most of the time I was confused about what was really going on, and I had a hard time envisioning the scenes I was reading about.
I think, overall, if you’re looking for a fast, easy read this is an enjoyable book. But I think this would be better suited for a younger audience.

Greek gods in the modern age, doing their job.
This is story is about growing up, discovering true love and building friendships, all through the eyes of a teenager inmortal training to become a match-maker. The Olympus serves as a background for all that Kali, Deya, Cosmo and Hector have to experience before finding their happy endings.
Thanks Netgally and the publisher for my ARC of this book.

This was so good. It took a bit to grab me, but when it did I couldn’t put it down until I finished it. I loved the mythology intertwined with the modern world, the “mortie” side characters, and the romance.

Seriously, an adorable quirky book! If you like Greek Mythology (Which I love) then this is the book for you as it puts a nice spin on it and shows a true sense of family throughout the Gods.
The daughter of Eros, Kali accidentally strikes herself with one of her cupid arrow winds up falling in love with a mortal who should was actually supposed to match with another mortal.

The whole book was just adorable with a cute story. Its a fun read!

A very rounded up four stars. I really enjoyed this fun romp around Olympus.
Kali, the young daughter of Eros, and a matchmaker in training accidentally stabs herself with her own arrow and falls head over heels for a mortal boy. This book is a coming-of-age tale full of twists and turns, and a lot of growing maturity. (And as a bonus, Artemis, who is one of my favourite members of the Greek pantheon, gets to be happy).

Yes hello I'm always a sucker for books featuring ancient gods in a modern scenario. And this was no exception. I expected a light, fun read and that was exactly what the book turned out to be. The story was light and fluffy, easy to read and so much fun. I snorted and laughed a lot while reading. Seriously, this was so fun from start to finish. For one, there is the hilariously dramatic story. Sorry, I don't know how to put dramatic and hilarious in one word. If there is a word for this, please let me know. Because that word would describe the book in its entirety perfectly!

The characters were not really deep. I would have wished for more background information for most of them. But then there were a lot of people there and the book is not that long. It was sufficient for the story though. There is Kali, the protagonist, who is kind of a special snowflake in my opinion. She is one of those characters who are different from the other people. Or feel different, because she isn't that much different, actually. Kali is the daughter of Eros and Psyche and is training to be a cupid. She accidentally pricks herself with an arrow and falling head over heels for Ben, a boy she is supposed to match with his best friend. Of course, drama only starts there. Kali finds a way how she could undo the spell, but it will be difficult. Luckily, she gets help from her best friend, Deya. She is a daughter of Aphrodite and in the same school year as Kali.She is always there when Kali needs her, even doing unpleasant things for her if need be. She is very loyal and always trying to prove her worth.The two of them are supervised by the goddess Artemis who gets sucked into the drama of love as well, especially when her brother Apollo starts to sabotage everything.I found Ben to be rather annoying. He is one of the characters with a backstory, even if we only meet his family very shortly and they aren't important to the story. But to be honest? I'm not sure about his character. He was just so childish(?) at some points and overly jealous and just acting weird. I liked Hector way more, even though he, too, was acting kind of weird from time to time. Well, they're all teenagers, and remembering myself during that age... I was probably the same way. Urghs. I did not like the love triangle drama much, but I was relieved that it was only a light triangle? I don't know how to explain this, but there were signs of it, but it was not really explored. Luckily.

The story was interesting as well. As I said earlier, I love ancient gods in modern settings. And everyone in this story was so quirky and loveable and fun? I loved it! There was a lot of stuff happening, especially feelings and drama and complications thanks to it. It was well explained how and why the gods interact with the mortal world and what their purpose is. The writing style really fit the character of the book, it was light and fun, modern and easy.

Overall, I enjoyed this a lot and basically flew through the book. It was such a great mix of romance, fun and weird gods.

This book had some really good things. I love reading different takes on Greek Gods and this was a fun one. The world building was good. I also liked the idea of her pushing against fate because what teenage hasn’t had that feeling. I loved Kal’s parents...Cupid and Pysce. I really liked Artemis, Hector and even Apollo
I struggled a little bit with the main character, she was not completely likeable until the second half however what I did like about her was that she was relatable in a really messy way.

This book was a light, fun and interesting take on the Greek Gods and teenagers