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A review by pippinthepuffin
Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi
3.0
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me a copy to review. This in no way affected my opinion of the book.
Warning: Attempted Rape
If you haven't read my blog before you probably don't know that I absolutely love Greek Mythology. The Story of Atalanta was not one that I was super familiar with before I read Outrun the Wind but I did have an idea of what it was about. Tammi does a good job of familiarizing the reader with the myths of Atalanta, but at the same, providing her own story so I would not be worried if you don't know anything about her myths.
I loved how Tammi created Atalanta's world but it did feel generic. Yes it was greek but the names could have been replaced by any other fantasy sounding name and I would have said: "Okay, this works". I enjoyed reading Atalanta and Kahina's relationship bloom on the page. I do enjoy the frenemies to lovers trope and I feel like it completed the story nicely, which it should as it is the one major selling point of this book. It was originally 4 stars but then I realized that the story was not that memorable. I was looking over the parts that I bookmarked and a lot of it I had forgotten. I don't regret reading as it was rather cute and I am never one to turn down a myth retelling. Also if Tammi where to write a story about the backstories of the other Hunters of Artemis I would totally be down for that!
Warning: Attempted Rape
If you haven't read my blog before you probably don't know that I absolutely love Greek Mythology. The Story of Atalanta was not one that I was super familiar with before I read Outrun the Wind but I did have an idea of what it was about. Tammi does a good job of familiarizing the reader with the myths of Atalanta, but at the same, providing her own story so I would not be worried if you don't know anything about her myths.
I loved how Tammi created Atalanta's world but it did feel generic. Yes it was greek but the names could have been replaced by any other fantasy sounding name and I would have said: "Okay, this works". I enjoyed reading Atalanta and Kahina's relationship bloom on the page. I do enjoy the frenemies to lovers trope and I feel like it completed the story nicely, which it should as it is the one major selling point of this book. It was originally 4 stars but then I realized that the story was not that memorable. I was looking over the parts that I bookmarked and a lot of it I had forgotten. I don't regret reading as it was rather cute and I am never one to turn down a myth retelling. Also if Tammi where to write a story about the backstories of the other Hunters of Artemis I would totally be down for that!