I wasn’t aware that The Love Delusion was part of a series, so I felt like was missing something occasionally.

Cannot express how awesome this book is. Loved absolutely every minute of it and cannot wait for more from this author. I read it and was delighted to see it on the delivery when I went in to work a few weeks later.

This book was not for me. I did not particularly like it and ended up DNFing it thus won't be able to provide a detailed review.

I actually think it’s entirely legitimate to judge a book by its cover. Especially with so many sales being made through the internet, the cover is one of the main things people look at when choosing a book. The Love Delusion is one of the books I picked up solely because the cover lured me in. So huge props to the designer behind it!

This book is smart, quirky, a quick read that I found engrossing and occasionally even challenging. It ticks all the right boxes and I think it deserves so much more attention than it has received so far.

A great read - once I'd started I couldn't put it down!

Th story continues from the first book. Frida and Dan don't know each other at the start of this book, having had their memories wiped. Will they find each other again, and save the world?

As a child my bedtime stories were the Greek Myths and Legends (I had a very cool auntie) so imagine my delight upon reading The Gods of Love last year and now it’s sequel The Love Delusion! The ancient Gods and Goddesses live amongst us and I loved this modern update on what they would be doing now.

Frida (who is a descendant of Eros, God of Love) has had her memory wiped and is now a Love Delusionist, a member of a movement that encourages people to be single and turn them against love. She has no memory of her previous battle with Anteros (head honcho of the Delusionists), her love for Dan or the fact that Gods and monsters are real. A visit from old friend Psyche, although Frida has no recollection of this, unsettles her and things began to unravel. She has an inexplicable reaction to being around Dan and begins to doubt everything she thinks she knows especially when she finds a photograph of them together and a mysterious potion. Dan’s memory has also been wiped and his skills as an Oracle have faded.

It is typical for the Gods to use mortals as their playthings, Frida and Dan are no exception and they are soon on the run from the Anterists trying to stop the extinction of love and the release of a big bad from the Underworld. I particularly loved the glimpse of the Underworld and some of the characters that appeared. Once again I was sucked in to this world of mythology and urban fantasy; I totally want to hang out with Psyche at Medusa’s bar!!

An absolute delight to read, you’d be foolish to resist!

Quirky, witty and brilliantly written, The Love Delusion is a smart, sassy and scintillating read that will draw you in from page one and keep you engrossed and entertained until the very last full stop.

Frida McKenzie does not have much time for relationships. Frida believes that romantic love is an illusion and a myth which the Western world is weirdly obsessed with. As a member of The Love Delusion movement, Frida is passionate about finding a cure for society’s ridiculous and ill-founded belief that romantic love is the sole panacea available that will make everyone happy and fulfilled. Practical and sensible Frida believes that such notions cause more harm than good and she is adamant that she will do whatever it takes to help people see the light and stop believing in such sentimental nonsense. However, little does Frida realise that her quest is going to hit a stumbling block that is going to make her reassess all of her beliefs…

When Frida finds a picture of herself with a man she barely knows, she is confused and very frightened. She has no such recollection in her memory and the cast- iron certainties that had once shaped her entire life begin to unravel and leave her to question what does she really know about the movement that has taken over her life. What happened to Frida’s memories? Is there something far more sinister going on at The Love Delusion than she initially thought? Who is the man in the picture and why can’t she remember anything about her life with him?

As a long-awaited battle approaches, the stakes are higher than ever and Frida must tread careful if she is to not only vanquish the pervading menace that could destroy civilization, but also find the answers to all the questions that are troubling her. Will Frida succeed in her quest for the truth? Or will she end up paying the ultimate price?

When I first started reading The Love Delusion, I honestly didn’t know what to expect, but I found this book to be a hilarious page-turner where the action never flags, the drama is edge of your seat compelling, the suspense breath-taking and the romance touching and uplifting.

Nicola Mostyn effortlessly blends genres into a beguiling and engrossing narrative that will hold you spellbound from beginning to end. Readers looking for an intelligently written and highly enjoyable read that is a little bit different from the norm need to look no further than Nicola Mostyn’s latest novel, The Love Delusion.

The Love Delusion is the second book in a series by author Nicola Mostyn, the first book being ‘The Gods of Love’. Unfortunately I haven’t read book one and to be honest I didn’t even know it existed until I was partway through this book. However, I can honestly say that this book worked fine as a standalone.

The plot begins with Frida and her boyfriend Dan being chased in a car. They are nearly at their ‘safe zone’ when they are caught. They both commit to finding each other in the future. Why they have been tracked and by whom are not revealed at this time.

The story then moves forward two years where both of the characters have had their memories of their past lives removed. Freida is a divorce lawyer working for ‘The Love Delusion’ a movement that is about protecting the rights of single people. They convince people that love is a myth and that to have a truly happy life you need to be single.

Dan is a protester against the movement who confronts Freida about her involvement. The two feel some sort of connection but can’t understand why. That is until Freida finds a photo of herself and Dan having a picnic years earlier. She also finds a bottle of liquid with a note telling her not to tell Dan about it.

Freida travels to Dan’s flat to confront him about the photo. She believes it’s been mocked up to discredit her and have her removed from the movement but when more evidence comes to light the pair have to realise that something far more sinister might be at play, but what?

The Love Delusion is a full-on action-packed book right from the first page. I was intrigued enough to want to know who these two people were are why were they being chased and kidnapped.

The whole plot featuring immortals, some good, some evil and is exceptionally well constructed. I’ll be honest that when it comes to Gods I know them by name but what they did and what powers they had were never something I’ve really had an interested in, so when I realised that the book featured these immortals my heart sank a little and I wondered how much enjoyment I was going to get from the rest of the book. I need not of worried though.

I love how different this book is to anything I’ve read before. The characters were all intriguing and I especially enjoyed getting to know kick-ass Psyche. Freida and Dan were both easy to like and enjoy their company too.

Personally whilst this book works as a standalone I would suggest reading ‘The Gods of Love’ first so that you get the whole backstory. Plus, what could be better than having one amazing book to read, but two amazing books – I am assuming that book one is as fabulous as this one.

Wow - talk about different! This is a fantastic mix of romance, suspense and Greek mythology all skilfully interwoven into an enthralling page turner.

Frida and Dan used to be lovers who were fighting to protect humanity. However, betrayal, capture and a drink make them forget everything about what they have been involved in - including each other! When they meet again, they're on opposite sides with Frida being a devotee and leader in the Love Delusion movement and Dan is against it. They have a lively debate that both find interesting but both think this is the first time they've met . . . until Frida discovers a photo of them both together that neither of them can remember being taken. That's the restart of their attempts to discover just why they've forgotten and them rejoining the battle for love and humanity, one in which gods and creatures from mythology are leading - with some supporting and others opposing there's a battle ahead but just what is the ultimate goal of those attempting to convince everyone that love is just a myth?

This is an action packed fantasy which transports the reader into the dilemmas faced by Frida and Dan. The struggles they face deciding just who they can trust whilst endeavouring to remember what happened before is brought to life as the story unfolds. It is the second book in a series but I haven't read the first and still enjoyed this. It is a very different and surprising story with plenty of twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat right to the end so I recommend it to anyone who enjoys romantic suspense entwined with mythology in a fun, fast paced read.

I requested and was gifted a copy of this book via NetGalley and this is my honest review after choosing to read it.

I was drawn to this book because of its unusual premise. Society works on the assumption of love, hence Valentine’s Day, so what would it be like living in a society where love is seen as a myth by many people.

The characters were interesting, they weren’t the usual characters you get in books but mostly could be related to even if I didn’t agree with what they said/did/believed. As the story is set the UK the setting is familiar but also unfamiliar because the story is set in a society so different from the current one. Although the book works on its own I think you may get more from it if you’ve read the book prior to this one and are more familiar with the characters. As I said though, it does work without that previous knowledge as the story is so engrossing and such an unusual adventure that you don’t really notice if you’re missing any prior information because of the position the main characters are in at the beginning of the book.

The adventure that Frida and Dan go on, is quite unusual and a bit surreal but also grips you and keeps you reading. I’ve found this review quite tricky to write because there are so many elements to the story but if you like quirky and unusual this is definitely worth having a look at.

I try not to judge a book by its cover, but I am ashamed to say that I picked up Nicola Mostyn’s The Love Delusion solely based on the fantastic, bright, bold cover. Lucky for me then that the book inside more than matched up to the cover design!

Although I was not aware at the time, The Love Delusion is the second in the Gods of Love series, which brings the myths and legends of ancient Greece screeching into the present day. I will admit to sometimes feeling as though I was missing something by not reading the first book first, but it didn’t really detract from what was a thrilling and original story.

I went back and bought The Gods of Love, as I loved Nicola Mostyn’s writing and the characters of Frida and Dan. If you know your Greek Gods, then you’ll be miles ahead of the curve, but it isn’t really necessary, as their back stories are expertly explained in the book.

We all get stuck in a reading rut from time to time and, recently, I’ve fallen into the trap of reading quite a few books that are similar in theme, but this book was a refreshing change, with lots to love about it.

I think the most interesting thing in the book was how quickly and easily the Love Delusion cult was able to grow. I know this is fiction, but it’s easy to see how these things get started and whip people up – take a regular person and tell them that the reason they are unpopular/have a crappy job/don’t have any money is that society is unfairly based around couples and you can see how easy it might be for the disaffected and vulnerable to be swayed. This may be an extreme example, but we see similar things everyday, especially on the internet. Whether she intended to or not, Nicola Mostyn has made an interesting comment on these things…

Definitely recommended, I’ll feed back about The Gods of Love at a later date…

I started my book blog to shout about books that I love. Today is a very good day to be a book blogger! Today The Love Delusion launches and oh my gods and goddesses I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!

We are back with Frida and Dan, so I thoroughly recommend that you read The Gods of Love first – it sets the world and characters up and is also frigging awesome, so why wouldn’t you?!

That said, this is not the Frida and Dan that we knew and loved. From the very beginning we are plunged back into another world-saving adventure, but the bad guys got to out heroes before we could properly catch up with them, and now they are… changed.

One of the many things I love about Nicola Mostyn’s stories is how very real Frida feels. We, the reader, know from the very start that she is an unreliable narrator due to circumstances, but she is the one telling the story and she is (almost) fully committed to her version of events. It is simultaneously frustrating and exciting, and I fizzled with nervous adrenaline through the entire book.

The story returns to the battle between the gods – specifically Anteros and Eros/Zeus – and our poor oracle and love lawyer are pawns on the playing board. Except that they aren’t good as doing what they are told, or what is expected of them, or even understanding any of the above in the first place. While the concepts of love and not-love duke it out, Frida has to face some nasty truths about herself and about the strength of faith… for good and for bad.

If you enjoy urban fantasy adventures with mythological roots, that have a strong female lead stuffed with self-doubt and sarcasm, then look no further. My only complaint is that this is the LAST BOOK! It is a duology, not a sprawling epic multi-series. How can the author do this to us?! Still… I can’t wait to see what she writes next.

Now go and BUY THIS BOOK!!! It won’t change your life, but it’s a rollercoaster of a read and bloody funny!



We’ve been on the road for ten minutes when I get a bad feeling, an uneasy prickling on the back of my neck. It could just be a reaction to my new pineapple-scented suntan lotion or maybe even a simple case of abject paranoia, but a) I’ve never been the sensitive type and b) if these last few months have taught me anything, it’s that things aren’t ever as awful as they seem – they’re always so much f*cking worse.

– Nicola Mostyn, The Love Delusion



This was the continuation from book 1 The Gods of Love, where Frida and her love Dan had forgotten each other. Frida was a divorce solicitor who was a part of a cult against love. She was the Love Delusionist, an Anterist. The mortals were being manipulated by the Greek Gods Hades and Anteros, who were using the cult to sway people on earth against love.

A picture of herself with a man got her investigating into the depths of it. She met Dan, who thought they were role playing, and soon a woman named Psyche led them to the truth where they realized that the Anteros and Hades had planned all this, and there was a battle looming. Was love going to disappear from Earth?

My first book by Nicola Mostyn,  the latter parts of the book was fun once I got to know the characters and their past. The Greek gods were the characters in this book in all theur glory, where love and immortality was the theme. It was quite a twisted conundrum to see all the subplots of the mythology being used here. Balance was tipping over on earth, and it was up to our two main characters along with Psyche to stop them all.

The story had action and adventure, it had love and war. It showed Gods in a different perspective, they were still the wily lot. Tartarus and Kronos found their place. The fight between the Gods and the mortals had its many twists, and it soon became a race against time to bring back love as a choice for humans.

Nicola Mostyn's writing had humor in its core. The action  had me backing up the two protagonists, I kept egging them on to move faster to stop the gods. There were moments especially in the end where the words gripped me.

Where there is love, there is hope

A single moment stolen in time, a moment where the truth stopped time, a moment when time showed what love was all about. That was when I fell in love with this book completely. The author's words were so powerful, an earth magic, you could say. She showed me what it took, the purity of our hearts and the spark in our souls, were all that was needed to shower this book with its brilliance.

A story which grew on me, an adventure which warmed my heart, and an author whose words became a sparkling delight—What more could I ask for from the Greek Gods of books? An unexpected, fun read!!

I had been anticipating the sequel to 'The Gods of Love' and was delighted when I was approved for the ARC. I'm always slightly nervous if a follow-up will meet my expectations, and I'm glad to report that this book does. The action-packed pace of the first book is maintained, but this time there is an additional depth because of how much I was invested in Freya and Dan being okay. Some old characters from the first book pop up and the fabulous blend of Greek mythology and urban fantasy kept me on my toes for the adventure.

A fabulously fun read and my thanks go to the publishers and Net Galley for the advanced copy in return for an honest review.

I have really enjoyed reading this book, from the description I thought this would be a similar read to Delirium.
I have enjoyed the author's style of writing, I was able to engage in the story and follow easily.
I was unaware that this was the follow up to another book so not all aspects have fully made sense. However, a cult against love is always an interesting concept.
This is a concept which really intrigued me so overall this has been an enjoyable read. I am definitely keen to read more by this author.
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I really want to say, this book is a sequel of Gods Of Love, as I couldn't see it in the description. So, if you're feeling somethings are missing, it's because of that. I wish the publisher made it really clear, because the reviews indicate people don't love it as they could because of this.
I really enjoyed the first book, and this was a very fun story to continue with. I like Mostyn's writing, it's joyous and witty. I love how she uses Greek myths to create the plots and characters.
I'd really recommend these as fun romances.

Thanks a lot to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

When I started reading The Love Delusion I pictured more of a corporation or government kind of conspiracy but this book turned out quite different. The Love Delusion is more about paranormal and gods and greek myths than anything to do with people being brainwashed to believe love is a delusion, although brainwashing is kind of a theme here. In spite of this I really enjoyed the journey and storyline the main characters went through, Dan and Frida. Because we skipped how they both met, there was the element of 'i really love this couple' missing from me. And I thought a lot of times there was just something I skipped and kept trying to see if maybe this was the second part of a series. I did enjoy this book but I also think I couldve liked it more if it had more worldbuilding.

Disclaimer: I received an ARC of this book via Net Galley in exchange for my honest review.

Somehow I missed this is the second book of a duology. There were several crucial elements of world building I was obviously missing. All the pent up energy that normally fuels me reading a conclusion in a series was not completely there. Again all my fault, but I still really enjoyed reading this book

From what I did grasp of the storyline and background I really want to go back an read the first book. the different changes and additions the author does with stories an characters of Greek mythology are unusual. I haven't come across those ideas before. Also a cult against love was an intriguing concept.

Overall very entertaining read. Now I need copy of the first book to read for it to all make sense.
3.25 stars