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As an avid mythology lover, I am ashamed to admit that the mythological connection was not as readily apparent while reading. I didn't even read the blurb or know about this until I finished. However, I can now look back and see the connection. I think the most transparent one is Peter as Zeus. The number of kids he had with other women in a small town was hard to imagine.

Overall, this tragic family drama drew me in and immersed me in the characters' jacked-up lives. The hardest part to fathom was the "accidental" death. (view spoiler)[I kept waiting for the coroner to return and say that the person was already dead, which wasn't a killing blow. (hide spoiler)] I felt this was the novel's most minor believable part. Unfortunately, this affected a lot of things negatively for me.

There wasn't much action, but the pace wasn't too slow either. It was a lot more introspective and told through dialogue than "showing" a story.

I'm glad I didn't know the mythological connection before reading, as it didn't distract me. I ended up enjoying this one purely for the drama.

4 Stars.