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rodeorocks13's review against another edition
5.0
Outrun the wind is a refreshing change from a lot of books I’ve read this year. Not only is it diverse with the love interests but in the characters as well. Elizabeth Tammi takes characters from Greek mythology and adds her own twist that makes this novel incredibly hard to put down. I haven’t read a unique twist on mythology like this in a long time. The perfect mix of women joining forces and a woman taking her own future into her own hands. I can’t say enough good things about it.
What I found just as interesting as the story were the notes she added at the end. I don’t usually find acknowledgements and facts added at the end of a story interesting but the way Tammi explained her ideas and where she got she found them is as intriguing as the story. This is a book that needs to be noticed.
I received an advance copy through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
What I found just as interesting as the story were the notes she added at the end. I don’t usually find acknowledgements and facts added at the end of a story interesting but the way Tammi explained her ideas and where she got she found them is as intriguing as the story. This is a book that needs to be noticed.
I received an advance copy through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
someonetookit's review against another edition
4.0
Actual rating 3.5 of 5 stars
To start, I want to say I was extremely excited to read this retelling of Atalanta of Greek mythology's tale (or at least the start of it). Going into it I was expecting a large twist on her tale, a change in events, possibly a gender bending. Instead I got an almost direct retelling with a lesbian love interest - I'm not saying there's anything wrong with this but I had extremely high expectations from all the hype.
So as I said earlier, its a retelling of Atalanta. All the elements are there, Meleager's love and demise, the Huntresses, Artemis and Apollo quarrelling with the best of them, the footraces and the lions. The only major difference I found was the love interest Atalanta and the shunned Huntress, Kahina. I hope for some dramatic twist but was ok with the fact that it didn't differ a grand amount.
I appreciated the multi POV's as it allowed a greater understanding of the story. I also enjoyed the interactions of Kahina and Phelix - it was a welcome change giving a slightly different perspective. Although this is more or less 360 pages of simplified mythology, I quite liked it although I can't honestly say I loved it. As a tale for those new to mythology, it would be a quite interesting read, while for those who are already familiar, it is a welcoming hug from the tales we all know and love.
I recieved a review copy of this novel from Netgalley and the publisher in ex hanger for an honest review. The opinions contained within are that of the author and have in no way been influenced by the publisher or its affiliates
To start, I want to say I was extremely excited to read this retelling of Atalanta of Greek mythology's tale (or at least the start of it). Going into it I was expecting a large twist on her tale, a change in events, possibly a gender bending. Instead I got an almost direct retelling with a lesbian love interest - I'm not saying there's anything wrong with this but I had extremely high expectations from all the hype.
So as I said earlier, its a retelling of Atalanta. All the elements are there, Meleager's love and demise, the Huntresses, Artemis and Apollo quarrelling with the best of them, the footraces and the lions. The only major difference I found was the love interest Atalanta and the shunned Huntress, Kahina. I hope for some dramatic twist but was ok with the fact that it didn't differ a grand amount.
I appreciated the multi POV's as it allowed a greater understanding of the story. I also enjoyed the interactions of Kahina and Phelix - it was a welcome change giving a slightly different perspective. Although this is more or less 360 pages of simplified mythology, I quite liked it although I can't honestly say I loved it. As a tale for those new to mythology, it would be a quite interesting read, while for those who are already familiar, it is a welcoming hug from the tales we all know and love.
I recieved a review copy of this novel from Netgalley and the publisher in ex hanger for an honest review. The opinions contained within are that of the author and have in no way been influenced by the publisher or its affiliates
anna127's review against another edition
3.0
I received this free e-copy via netgalley in exchange for a honest review.
I overall really enjoyed this book. It was a fun read, yet there were a few issues.
What I liked:
Let’s start with the fun and important part. The representation. The main romance is an f | f romance, including a bi and a lesbian rep. It’s a love to hate, slow burn romance, and that’s always fun, right?
The romance was well done. The two MCs slowly got to know each other, hate each other less, and fall in love with each other over a time period of about half a year. The beginning of the story takes place in autumn, and ends at some point during spring. So that’s quite a slow burn. I liked how even if they had their differences, and they were as different as day and night, they always managed to get along more or less, and respected each other and just listen to each other. You could very much feel how they slowly fell in love.
The MCs were fun to read about, but I definitely liked Atalanta a bit better. At least at the start. It took a while to get used to Kahina, but I eventually ended up liking her, too.
The mythological aspect was also great. Now, the story was set in ancient Greece, one of the MCs is a huntress of Artemis, and there were of course a few demigods running around. It had a nice Percy Jackson vibe to it, and I liked that. (a daughter of Ares always ready to fight something ;) )Apollo was a real ass though. Lol.
The story overall felt really atmospheric, and it truly felt like it was set in ancient Greece.
What I didn’t like:
There were times where it was really hard to tell the two POVs apart. Sometimes when I had to stop reading in the middle of a chapter (annoying, I know) and I would come back either the next day or a few hours later, I couldn’t remember who’s POV I was reading because if they didn’t exactly think of the other, or if Kahina wasn’t complaining about Atalanta, I really couldn’t tell the POVs apart and always had to go back to the beginning of the chapter to check.
The pace. While the book started out strong, and the first few chapters had action, after that the pace slowed down. It took almost the first half of the book for something to happen again. And after the hunt at the begging was over, and both Kahina and Atalanta were sent away, it took quite a while to get to the new point. Like, what’s the ultimate goal or task? They were just sent away. Separately, both didn’t know of the other yet. And it just wasn’t very clear what at least Atalanta’s task/goal was, and in what kind of direction the story was heading. Then, when the plot twist happened, I was taken aback. It sort of came out of nowhere, and it just happened so fast? Basically Atalanta finds out she is a lost princess, and her father-the king-had been looking for her. When he finds her and tells her who she is, she just rolls with it, and is basically like ‘yeah, cool, I come with you’ without questioning anything? 17 years she had been an orphan, and I get it, she wants a family, but to not even question the guy who just marched towards her and told her she is his daughter?? She sees that his features are similar to hers; but I at least would have still questioned things further. And all happened so fast! It didn’t even take one entire page. And then when Atalanta basically lives with her father, she still never questions him any further. Why was I gone? How did I get lost? Did someone steal me away? Why didn’t you come looking for me sooner? 17 years is a long time after all. To me this whole situation seems super fishy, but she never questioned it further. She just accepts ‘you were lost when you were just a baby’, and goes with it.
Some scene changed too quickly as well. One scene they are in the palace, but the next scene they were in a forest or at some temple. It was confusing.
All in all it was a very enjoyable book, and if you like to read about mythology, ancient Greece, hate to love f|f romances, then this definitely is a book for you.
I overall really enjoyed this book. It was a fun read, yet there were a few issues.
What I liked:
Let’s start with the fun and important part. The representation. The main romance is an f | f romance, including a bi and a lesbian rep. It’s a love to hate, slow burn romance, and that’s always fun, right?
The romance was well done. The two MCs slowly got to know each other, hate each other less, and fall in love with each other over a time period of about half a year. The beginning of the story takes place in autumn, and ends at some point during spring. So that’s quite a slow burn. I liked how even if they had their differences, and they were as different as day and night, they always managed to get along more or less, and respected each other and just listen to each other. You could very much feel how they slowly fell in love.
The MCs were fun to read about, but I definitely liked Atalanta a bit better. At least at the start. It took a while to get used to Kahina, but I eventually ended up liking her, too.
The mythological aspect was also great. Now, the story was set in ancient Greece, one of the MCs is a huntress of Artemis, and there were of course a few demigods running around. It had a nice Percy Jackson vibe to it, and I liked that. (a daughter of Ares always ready to fight something ;) )Apollo was a real ass though. Lol.
The story overall felt really atmospheric, and it truly felt like it was set in ancient Greece.
What I didn’t like:
There were times where it was really hard to tell the two POVs apart. Sometimes when I had to stop reading in the middle of a chapter (annoying, I know) and I would come back either the next day or a few hours later, I couldn’t remember who’s POV I was reading because if they didn’t exactly think of the other, or if Kahina wasn’t complaining about Atalanta, I really couldn’t tell the POVs apart and always had to go back to the beginning of the chapter to check.
The pace. While the book started out strong, and the first few chapters had action, after that the pace slowed down. It took almost the first half of the book for something to happen again. And after the hunt at the begging was over, and both Kahina and Atalanta were sent away, it took quite a while to get to the new point. Like, what’s the ultimate goal or task? They were just sent away. Separately, both didn’t know of the other yet. And it just wasn’t very clear what at least Atalanta’s task/goal was, and in what kind of direction the story was heading. Then, when the plot twist happened, I was taken aback. It sort of came out of nowhere, and it just happened so fast? Basically Atalanta finds out she is a lost princess, and her father-the king-had been looking for her. When he finds her and tells her who she is, she just rolls with it, and is basically like ‘yeah, cool, I come with you’ without questioning anything? 17 years she had been an orphan, and I get it, she wants a family, but to not even question the guy who just marched towards her and told her she is his daughter?? She sees that his features are similar to hers; but I at least would have still questioned things further. And all happened so fast! It didn’t even take one entire page. And then when Atalanta basically lives with her father, she still never questions him any further. Why was I gone? How did I get lost? Did someone steal me away? Why didn’t you come looking for me sooner? 17 years is a long time after all. To me this whole situation seems super fishy, but she never questioned it further. She just accepts ‘you were lost when you were just a baby’, and goes with it.
Some scene changed too quickly as well. One scene they are in the palace, but the next scene they were in a forest or at some temple. It was confusing.
All in all it was a very enjoyable book, and if you like to read about mythology, ancient Greece, hate to love f|f romances, then this definitely is a book for you.
majorrogue's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
heylanadelgay's review against another edition
3.0
I received this copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thanks Netgalley!
Perhaps due to my own lack of leveling expectations, this was just one of those books that didn't wow me like I hoped. As soon as there was mention of greek mythology and an lgbt main character I about lost my mind.
The book was enjoyable enough that I didn't feel the need to stop midway. Mainly to make sure that there wasn't a depressing ending as is expected in the lgbt genre. I won't spoil it for you, but I'm glad I stuck with it to find out.
For me personally there was too much confusion in characters. Multiple POV's are hit and miss for me, so again this all could be reader specific. It also didn't help that I wasn't all that invested in the character's themselves...more so the ending that was to come.
All of that being said, the novel does have a much needed message that a woman does not belong to anyone and to fight for yourself without expecting anyone else to "save" you.
Perhaps due to my own lack of leveling expectations, this was just one of those books that didn't wow me like I hoped. As soon as there was mention of greek mythology and an lgbt main character I about lost my mind.
The book was enjoyable enough that I didn't feel the need to stop midway. Mainly to make sure that there wasn't a depressing ending as is expected in the lgbt genre. I won't spoil it for you, but I'm glad I stuck with it to find out.
For me personally there was too much confusion in characters. Multiple POV's are hit and miss for me, so again this all could be reader specific. It also didn't help that I wasn't all that invested in the character's themselves...more so the ending that was to come.
All of that being said, the novel does have a much needed message that a woman does not belong to anyone and to fight for yourself without expecting anyone else to "save" you.
foiltheplot's review against another edition
2.0
I’m stuck somewhere between 2.5 and 3 stars.
This wasn’t a particularly bad book, in fact, I appreciate what Tammi was trying to do with resurrecting and adapting the Atalanta legacy. But as a long-time Greek history/mythology buff, it didn’t feel right. The story lacked the proper atmosphere and tone—and what I mean by that is that it simply didn’t read like a story set in Ancient Greece. It felt so much more modern, and that’s where it really let me down.
I give Tammi total props for a clever reinvention of an obscure tale as well as the positive LGBT inclusion (it never felt forced or like it was there for the sake of being there). I think I would’ve liked the book more had the setting/timeframe been tweaked or it been more of an “inspired by” as opposed to a “my version of” type of story, if that makes sense.
This wasn’t a particularly bad book, in fact, I appreciate what Tammi was trying to do with resurrecting and adapting the Atalanta legacy. But as a long-time Greek history/mythology buff, it didn’t feel right. The story lacked the proper atmosphere and tone—and what I mean by that is that it simply didn’t read like a story set in Ancient Greece. It felt so much more modern, and that’s where it really let me down.
I give Tammi total props for a clever reinvention of an obscure tale as well as the positive LGBT inclusion (it never felt forced or like it was there for the sake of being there). I think I would’ve liked the book more had the setting/timeframe been tweaked or it been more of an “inspired by” as opposed to a “my version of” type of story, if that makes sense.
sarahjunebooks's review against another edition
2.0
Thank you to Flux for sending me an ARC of Outrun the Wind!
Outrun the Wind
was an interesting book about mythological characters. BUT I honestly thought that I would enjoy it more than I did. The plot was slow in advancing, the characters were lacking, and as a whole I just didn't enjoy the story.
The story starts off and it just doesn't flow well. I felt as if there were a lot of things that I was missing and the transitions weren't very smooth.
I gave this book a two out of five stars because I did enjoy the twist on mythology and the setting of Greece.
I thought that the romance was a little unnecessary and forced.
I also didn't really enjoy the way that the men were portrayed in this book. The majority of them were 'bad guys' and were out to get the female characters.
All in all, this wasn't really the book for me.
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Fantasy - Mythology - Young Adult
Outrun the Wind
The story starts off and it just doesn't flow well. I felt as if there were a lot of things that I was missing and the transitions weren't very smooth.
I gave this book a two out of five stars because I did enjoy the twist on mythology and the setting of Greece.
I thought that the romance was a little unnecessary and forced.
I also didn't really enjoy the way that the men were portrayed in this book. The majority of them were 'bad guys' and were out to get the female characters.
All in all, this wasn't really the book for me.
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jezzajezza's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
saffron42's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
tacanot's review
adventurous
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? No
3.5