And You Thought Your In-Laws Were Tough
The next time you complain about your in-laws, imagine having to impress Zeus and deal with Aphrodite's temper tantrums. In Galen Surlak-Ramsey's The Gorgon Bride , Alexander Weiss, a smartass who made the mistake of pissing off Athena, landed himself in that exact position after falling for Euryale, a girl with poison snakes for hair just looking for love. (Try putting that on your Tinder profile.) However, Aphrodite is furious that know-it-all Athena has encroached on her territory of all things love and infatuation—and successfully at that, since Euryale and Alex seem to get along quite well. To reclaim her status and spite Athena (Greek mythology may just be one big circle of everyone pissing each other off), Aphrodite escorts Alex's childhood love, Jessica, into Olympus, leaving Alex to grapple with the love he has for his new wife and the love he used to feel for Jessica. The Gorgon Bride interprets human experiences through an adventure of Greek mythology. Is love
