Miles, Lore's best friend and housemate really helped as well. Without her, it wouldn't have gripped me how it did, forcing me to keep reading even though the plot, for at least the first quarter/third of the book, is quite slow and drawn out. It could lend power and drive and focus, but the longer it lived inside you unchecked, the more poisonous it became.” “It wasn't that anger was inherently good or bad. She basically kicks ass and is immediately compelling in her ferocity and through her struggle with grief. The first chapter introduces us to Lore, fighting in a boxing ring. And regardless of what happens, Artemis is still my queen! I absolutely love Greek mythology and had sort of forgotten how much until I started reading this book. It's a short but bloody and brutal introduction, setting the tone for the rest of the book. The book begins with a poem from Zeus before we're launched immediately into bloodshed as a new God murders an old God. “Scars are tallies of the battles you’ve survived.” Thankfully, while this book reminded me of both, for me at least, it outshone them.

Ĭan I just say that this book really exceeded my expectations?! I haven't read any other books by Alexandra Bracken, and this book seems to have some mixed ratings, but the Hunger Games/Divergent comparisons initially put me off, as dystopian fiction isn't really my thing. We selected this book for the April 2021 Turn The Page book club.

TW: Attempted rape of a child, child marriage, child abuse, murder (incl.

But Lore's decision to bind her fate to Athena's and rejoin the hunt will come at a deadly cost-and still may not be enough to stop the rise of a new god with the power to bring humanity to its knees. The goddess offers an alliance against their mutual enemy and, at last, a way for Lore to leave the Agon behind forever. Yet as the next hunt dawns over New York City, two participants seek out her help: Castor, a childhood friend of Lore believed long dead, and a gravely wounded Athena, among the last of the original gods. For years she's pushed away any thought of revenge against the man-now a god-responsible for their deaths. Long ago, Lore Perseous fled that brutal world in the wake of her family's sadistic murder by a rival line, turning her back on the hunt's promises of eternal glory. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals, hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager to kill a god and seize their divine power and immortality.

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