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Gr 7-Up Psyche is a princess who is so lovely that people come to worship her instead of Venus, the goddess of love. When Venus hears that she has been usurped, she sends her son, Cupid, to shoot Psyche with one of his love-tipped arrows. However, once Cupid sees Psyche, he falls hopelessly in love. Not long after their clandestine marriage, Psyche's jealous sisters come to visit and plant a seed of doubt about her husband's identity, and the new bride's actions drive Cupid away. Her cha...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Although Lester has sexed up the title by focusing on the more lubricious of the pair, what he presents in this slender volume is a fairly straightforward retelling of "Cupid and Psyche." Cupid falls in love with a woman whose beauty rivals Venus's, and who he visits only by night, forbidding her to look on him. Undermined by her divine mother-in-law and two greedy sisters, Cupid's bride Psyche risks her marriage to gaze on her unseen bridegroom, causi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Although Lester has sexed up the title by focusing on the more lubricious of the pair, what he presents is a fairly straightfo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More