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Daughter of Sparta by Claire M. Andrews

7 reviews

squids_can_read's review

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Daphne is chosen by Artemis to get information and relay that information to Apollo. That is all but when Daphne finds out what exactly is wrong with Olympus, she decides that she is going to help. Whether it kills her or not.

I really don't know where to start with this book. None of the characters are all that interesting. Throughout the entire book Daphne is trying to be a Spartan but is told that she can't be. Then she is told that she is something much greater but everyone refuses to tell her what that is. So she's basically stuck in this kind of limbo where no one knows what or who she is, not even the reader. Then all of the supporting characters around her were very flat and didn't seem to care about her whatsoever. There are main character deaths that just really lack impact. This whole book I was waiting for Daphne to finally come into her powers and found out who she was but that never happened. It was kind of a bummer.

The writing was really excellent though. The world building was also nice but the characters were just lack luster in my opinion. If you love greek mythology definitely give it a read, if that isn't your genre I would skip it.

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