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jessalynn_librarian 's review for:
The Flame of Olympus
by Kate O'Hearn
Meh. A bit like Percy Jackson minus the humor. The action and plot are all spot-on for kids who enjoy stories of mythology in our own world - the gods come to earth - but the book takes itself too seriously for my taste, and the dialogue is often stilted or unnecessarily repetitive. Characters stop in the middle of frantic escapes to argue things or remind each other of key plot points. These are all things that don't matter to a lot of kid readers (this was recommended to the bookgroup by one of the regulars) and the character of Pegasus would be an added draw for kids who enjoy animal stories AND mythology (I'm not an animal story fan in general). I'll still hand it to kids looking for more books with mythology, but I didn't personally enjoy it.