A Cornucopia of Asphodels
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Description
Nymphs are as beautiful as they are prone to getting caught in trouble. Their stories fill up the margins of tapestries, one more tragic than the last. This one, starts with a quest to find the Golden Fleece.
When Persephone steals Prometheus’ fire and sets her world ablaze in a catalytic accident. She finds her solution in the infamous, coveted fleece of the golden-woolled, mystical winged-ram. Except it's been thousands of years since it last surfaced, and even then it has only caused bloodshed and death.
As she embarks on a solo, mythical adventure of epic proportions, she will face curious monsters and godly fiends alike.
Will this be another cautionary tale, or will this be the making of a goddess?
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Note: Weekly updates (at least). I write as I go.
Information
- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2023
- Author
- myc-2022
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Royal Road Stats
- Rating
- 4.0/ 5.0
- Followers
- 1
- Views
- 2,349
Chapters(10 total)
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Community Reviews(1)
- loppoffRoyal Road★★★★ 4.0Style is great. It has an old timey feel to it that meshes well with the semi modern retelling of the myths. The style is consistent through the story so far.
Clear, coherent goal driving the plot forward. So far there have been no major villains introduced to roadblock it. I will say there is no indication on what comes next, and not in a good way. The main character, Persephone, needs to go to Greece to look for the golden fleece. As of ten chapters in we are not given a more coherent plan for how she'll find it.
Grammar is good overall. Knows how to use dialogue, sentances are punctuated. There are prevalent usages of periods where there should be commas. An example of this can be found in the summary, actually. It breaks up the flow of the paragraph. There are some weird word choices. Maybe a stylistic attempt to be fancy, maybe misuse of words. Happens once or twice a chapter. It is noticable, but not too bad. I've certainly seen worse on RR, anyway.
The main, point of view character is the only that has had enough screen time to be judged. She is kind without being naive, which is refreshing. She has some other clearly established traits, and has deviated from them, but in a somewhat believable way. She is complex, and very human.
If you enjoy the idea and the style of the first chapter, keep reading.
As an aside, perhaps the author should add a tragedy tag? And remove the high fantasy. Low fantasy works best. Maybe throw in a historical fiction for good measure.