[Review] Crazy Cupid Love - Amanda Heger

Summary: Eliza Herman has spent years avoiding her calling as a Descendant of Eros. After all, happily-ever-afters are a myth. But when a family crisis requires her to fill in at her family's Cupid-for-hire shop, Eliza finds herself enchanting couples under the watchful eye of her grade school crush and fellow cupid, Jake Sanders.

After Eliza accidentally enchants Jake, they set rules to keep his arrow-struck desire at bay. But before long Eliza is rethinking her stance on true love, and realizing that some rules are meant to be broken. (Pub Date: Jan 29, 2019)

Honest review based on an ARC provided by Edelweiss. Many thanks to the publisher for this opportunity.

Percy Jackson if it were romance was all I could think while reading and now I notice it is also written on the cover. So there went my perfect starting line.

3.5, rounded up for interesting worldbuilding.

This is a world similar to ours, it's not that much of dystopia. Except, much to the distress of all other descendants from the Greek myths, people have found out cupids are real, and now they can sell their services. Eliza is also an Erosian but her powers don't need any arrow hitting the flesh or even blood, she can enchant people with only a bump. Except she's such a klutz, that happens way too often and she's decided to give up trying for a permanent license. That's until her fathers suffers a heart attack and the family business needs her help. To make it even harder, she's in love with her mentor, whom she's also managed to accidentally enchant, not counting how her enchants seem to be failing lately. Will she ever pass the exams?

As I mentioned, this really had a Percy Jackson feel, although the plot itself had nothing to do with it. I loved it! Eliza is also a very fun character, so of course I was rooting for her from the start.

I think the book's biggest flaw was having such a different background, having a great idea for plot twist, but dealing with everything else a little too much like all other romances. Jake is wonderful and I did believe the two were in love. It just didn't make me feel that excited. When you get a romance and the romance itself is the downpoint... The side stories weren't that much either, just cute. Like a TV series in their initial episodes, probably. Again, not exciting enough. But when you think you even get good side stories in most romances, you need to give it to the author.

This was for sure a book well planned, stick to it because there is a bigger story. I just wish it had gone further.

My biggest question is: will it? Are there more books in this universe? I'll sure be reading them!

Rating: 4 out of 5.