The Gorgon Bride

By: Galen Surlak-Ramsey

Narrated by: Natasha Soudek

The gods are funny...except when you piss them off. Then they suck. They really, really suck.

Alexander Weiss discovers this tidbit when he inadvertently insults Athena, goddess of wisdom, and she casts him away on a forgotten isle filled with statues.

Being marooned is bad enough, but the fact that the island is also the home of Euryale, elder sister to Medusa, makes the situation a touch worse. The only thing keeping Alex from being petrified is the fact that Euryale has taken a liking to the blundering mortal. For now.

What follows next is a wild, adventurous tale filled with heroes, gods, monsters, love, and war that is nothing short of legendary.

©2018 Galen Surlak-Ramsey (P)2018 Tantor

Great Mood Lifter!

Sweet, uplifting story that doesn't take itself too seriously, with a bit of the greek gods and goddesses thrown in. Narrator does a great job with all the voices. Can't recommend it enough. This is the only audio book in my entire collection I've listened to twice within the same month. If people keep putting books like this on Audible, I'm going to go broke...

Guy's a monster girl fan

Personal issue, I didn't like the narrator. All her men sounded the same and main character sounds like a surfer dude, her women are fine though.
The story is meh, and doesn't match the summary in the least. I expected to be in love of a man that was found on the island of a gorgon and is introduced to Greek mythology through her eyes ad how she perceived the gods, i.e. the bad guys, and grows fond of her character enough that he is able to overlook her otherwordly appearance. Instead, he's matchmaker for a hideous Greek monster that is hot for some reason and marries her at the start of the book. Then the gorgon gets kidnapped and we spend the whole time with surfer dude and his childhood crush as he wanders through mythology getting his ass kicked and trying to get out of a very plot forced love triangle.
On the plus, I liked Galen's depiction of the gods where even Athena, one of the so called good Olympians, is still terrifyingly cruel and a total bitch. Given what she did to medusa, I'm glad he never made even the good gods into all around good guys.

Main character is a dolt

Alex, our main character, gets married to a gorgon near the beginning of the book. She quickly gets captured and he plays the dolt, letting himself being drawn into every trap and trope that Greek mythology has to offer. Oh, and Aphrodite slaps Alex with his high school crush, creating an awkward love-triangle. The writing isn't particularly clever and neither is the main character. That's it. That's the entire book.

Overall, a great listen

I only have one gripe with the book, the main character is a dolt, complete moron, and I doubt he comprehends that 2 +2 = 4.

The author has him saying some of the most inane dribble that I wonder if his disembodied spirit sustained brain damage when he was crushed by the whale.

Otherwise great action, great story telling, and good story.

Great performance, and a great delve into Mytholog

The narrator was spot on with her performance! She really managed to capture the essence of each character. The story was good too. However, a large chunk of the second half seemed unnecessary. It was still well written, but certainly paints the main character as a bit of an indecisive person.