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abby_can_read's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
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I enjoyed this book. I think this was a great Greek Mythology. I liked the worldbuilding and the magic system. I liked the relationship between the three sister -- Io, Ava, and Thais -- and the relationship between Io and Edei -- I like a good reluctant allies to more plot.
I enjoyed this book. I think this was a great Greek Mythology. I liked the worldbuilding and the magic system. I liked the relationship between the three sister -- Io, Ava, and Thais -- and the relationship between Io and Edei -- I like a good reluctant allies to more plot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Police brutality, and Genocide
Minor: Death of parent, Transphobia, and Gore
ska1224's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
love this book sm the world building. the characters. the narration in the audiobook is some of the best i've heard. lov this sm
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Classism, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Medical content, and Drug use
Minor: Abortion and Deadnaming
beucleral's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Genocide, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Gore
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Slavery
manaledi's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I quite liked this. It was a good twist in being Greek inspired without including any of the traditional pantheon and rather focusing on the fates and the muses and such. The magic was interesting, the post-apocalyptic setting was interesting and the book did a good job addressing the questions of fate and how much we let ourselves be guided by a fate versus free will. I appreciate books with a class divide where we don't just get everyone rich giving out alms but rather a truer look at making ends meet and gang territorial control.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Gun violence, Gore, Blood, Classism, Genocide, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders
bookishmillennial's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
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This was a fun start to this series (unsure if itâll be a duology or series!), though there are a lot of moving parts and characters to get to know, which if youâre like me, could be disorienting hahaha. However, I really enjoyed getting to know our main character Io, and her fated mate/fate thread sharer, Edei.
Io is a teenage private investigator and an Otherborn, which means she has powers leftover from the Greek gods/Fates who are no longer around. Her powers are related to adjusting folksâ fates, having the power to cut them, while her sisters Thais and Ava weave and draw the threads. She contemplates cutting her own fate thread as well, because âwe donât kiss other peopleâs boyfriends,â as Io and her sisters say lol! Edei already has a girlfriend when Io learns of him, so she doesnât seek him out and sort of feels resigned to not ending up with her fate thread.
Ioâs sister Thais leaves one day, and now Io is mostly helping disgruntled wives deal with their unfaithful husbands. Then, Io begins investigating a grisly mystery: somebody is abducting women, maiming their life-threads, and setting the resulting wraiths loose in the city to kill. She works with Edei to uncover dark secrets and this close proximity gets them both to question if they should simply give in to their fate threads!
Sometimes, the pacing felt a bit frenetic, especially when it came to explaining Ioâs relationship with her sisters. I sort of got whiplash with that; I remember thinking, âWait, when did their relationship turn down this road?! What did I miss?!â So, sometimes I would have to rewind (listened to the audiobook) to try to grasp what happened, but it was mostly due to pacing and a lack of showing (and more telling/exposition).
Something I really appreciated was the queernormative world, with bisexual, trans, and nonbinary side characters!
Overall, I did enjoy listening to this and appreciated an ownvoices take on Greek mythology YA fantasy, so I will continue the series and I think the author does have a lot of promise!
This was a fun start to this series (unsure if itâll be a duology or series!), though there are a lot of moving parts and characters to get to know, which if youâre like me, could be disorienting hahaha. However, I really enjoyed getting to know our main character Io, and her fated mate/fate thread sharer, Edei.
Io is a teenage private investigator and an Otherborn, which means she has powers leftover from the Greek gods/Fates who are no longer around. Her powers are related to adjusting folksâ fates, having the power to cut them, while her sisters Thais and Ava weave and draw the threads. She contemplates cutting her own fate thread as well, because âwe donât kiss other peopleâs boyfriends,â as Io and her sisters say lol! Edei already has a girlfriend when Io learns of him, so she doesnât seek him out and sort of feels resigned to not ending up with her fate thread.
Ioâs sister Thais leaves one day, and now Io is mostly helping disgruntled wives deal with their unfaithful husbands. Then, Io begins investigating a grisly mystery: somebody is abducting women, maiming their life-threads, and setting the resulting wraiths loose in the city to kill. She works with Edei to uncover dark secrets and this close proximity gets them both to question if they should simply give in to their fate threads!
Sometimes, the pacing felt a bit frenetic, especially when it came to explaining Ioâs relationship with her sisters. I sort of got whiplash with that; I remember thinking, âWait, when did their relationship turn down this road?! What did I miss?!â So, sometimes I would have to rewind (listened to the audiobook) to try to grasp what happened, but it was mostly due to pacing and a lack of showing (and more telling/exposition).
Something I really appreciated was the queernormative world, with bisexual, trans, and nonbinary side characters!
Overall, I did enjoy listening to this and appreciated an ownvoices take on Greek mythology YA fantasy, so I will continue the series and I think the author does have a lot of promise!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Cursing, and Violence
Moderate: Genocide, Transphobia, and Death
amyalwaysbooked's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Io is one of three sisters who descend from the fates. Each sister has the ability to see threads that connect people to love and life. Using her powers Io works as a private detective in the slums of the city of Alante. A case brings her toe to toe with a woman with a frayed life thread. She's thrust into they mystery of these wraiths sent by someone to kill in the name of "justice". Alongside Edei, the boy who is connected to Io by the thread of fate, she must find out who is behind the wraiths before chaos breaks out in the city.
Overall I enjoyed this book. Be forewarned, there is heavy worldbuilding filled with lots of moving parts. It took me a while to get a hang of everything but I found it unique, especially compared with other YA books inspired by Greek mythology. Io is an interesting protagonist who walks the line between good and evil throughout the novel. Themes of justice, retribution, and inequality are discussed in shades of gray, without a straightforward conclusion to what is right.
A couple of nitpicky things that bugged me:
- Bianca, the mob boss has the strict rules of "no guns, no leeches, no paramours" for her gang, which is mentioned multiple times. Yet both Bianca and her subordinate, Edei, both have romantic partners. This is never addressed.
- Everything happens so quickly! The book only takes place over like three or four days. It makes for an exciting reading experience, but I feel like the building relationships, especially between Io and Edei were rushed. I like them together, but it didn't feel like they had earned the romantic payoff yet.
I'm curious enough to follow up with the sequel when it is published. I hope that Io going out into the wider world will open up the story to other mythologies that have been hinted at in the worldbuilding already.
Overall I enjoyed this book. Be forewarned, there is heavy worldbuilding filled with lots of moving parts. It took me a while to get a hang of everything but I found it unique, especially compared with other YA books inspired by Greek mythology. Io is an interesting protagonist who walks the line between good and evil throughout the novel. Themes of justice, retribution, and inequality are discussed in shades of gray, without a straightforward conclusion to what is right.
A couple of nitpicky things that bugged me:
- Bianca, the mob boss has the strict rules of "no guns, no leeches, no paramours" for her gang, which is mentioned multiple times. Yet both Bianca and her subordinate, Edei, both have romantic partners. This is never addressed.
- Everything happens so quickly! The book only takes place over like three or four days. It makes for an exciting reading experience, but I feel like the building relationships, especially between Io and Edei were rushed. I like them together, but it didn't feel like they had earned the romantic payoff yet.
I'm curious enough to follow up with the sequel when it is published. I hope that Io going out into the wider world will open up the story to other mythologies that have been hinted at in the worldbuilding already.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Murder, and Death
lbelow's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
5.0
An excellent book. Rich in magic and a plot full of twists in a world it feels like you can live and breathe. I can't wait for the next book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Police brutality
Minor: Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Genocide, and Alcohol
mollieweitzman's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I spent so much of this book confused hahaha 𫢠maybe it wouldâve been a good audiobook. This would be GREAT for fans of Lore by Alexandra Bracken it really gives me so many of the same vibes but with a greater mystery element. There was just so many words, so much world building and history and so many twists that I donât even know what happened. But at the same time some of the big reveals were guessable? I want to read the next book because this had a lot of heart and a lot of potential I simply just need it to be explained more throughly đ and in less words
ALSO the toxic sister relationship hit wayyyy too close to home omfg
ALSO the toxic sister relationship hit wayyyy too close to home omfg
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Violence, Xenophobia, War, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Blood
kayceeisbookish's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Classism, Gun violence, Cursing, Grief, Racism, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Police brutality, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail
andtheywereroommates's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: War, Child death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, and Genocide
Minor: Transphobia