Gods Behaving Badly

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips is a comedic adventure involving London, Greek Gods, the underworld, and an unlikely hero.

Having lost the vast majority of their powers, the Greek gods are now forced to spend their lives in a run-down house in London, taking small odd jobs to make ends meet (Artemis walks dogs, Aphrodite is a phone-sex operator, Dionysus runs a rave club etc). Into this mix is dropped Alice a unassuming house cleaner, and Neil, an engineer who is in love with Alice.

The book is really good. Funny without being slapstick, Good characterization of both Down-on-their-luck gods and the mortals involved with them. They story arc is interesting, but this is at its heart a character piece, the plot more a way to show amusing vignettes of how the different gods act and how the mortals react to the situations.

I recomend this book to anyone who wants a fun, romantic-ish comedy/adventure, with a touch of classical greek mythology.