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A review by nancymae_reads
Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
“There has been no great wisdom without an element of madness.”
“A man was speaking, so I stopped listening.”
I was very excited to finally read this book. It has been on my TBR for a very long time and I was buzzing when I pulled it out of my TBR Jar!
I was thoroughly disappointed. The whole book, to me, felt like a fever dream. I got to 50% and still didn’t have a clue what the plot was. As a lover of Greek mythology, I was very excited to delve into the history, but a lot of it didn’t make sense. The storyline jumped throughout the chapters to the point where I thought I had jumped ahead a couple of chapters and missed the plot lines.
I didn’t connect with Alexis (the fmc) at all, although some of her one-liners did make me laugh. As a person, who was very innocent and naive, to be explaining things the way she was, to me, didn’t make sense. The ‘Why Chose?’ trope in this, I hated! It didn’t make sense to me. The Lore behind Augustus and Kharon wasn’t spoken about, or introduced until 30% of the way throughout the book.
I found myself cringing at the parts where others would have loved. I found myself laughing at parts where others would have cried. The only characters I truly adored in this book were the protector creatures.
I think the storyline was an interesting concept, but it wasn’t executed in the right way. 2⭐️
“A man was speaking, so I stopped listening.”
I was very excited to finally read this book. It has been on my TBR for a very long time and I was buzzing when I pulled it out of my TBR Jar!
I was thoroughly disappointed. The whole book, to me, felt like a fever dream. I got to 50% and still didn’t have a clue what the plot was. As a lover of Greek mythology, I was very excited to delve into the history, but a lot of it didn’t make sense. The storyline jumped throughout the chapters to the point where I thought I had jumped ahead a couple of chapters and missed the plot lines.
I didn’t connect with Alexis (the fmc) at all, although some of her one-liners did make me laugh. As a person, who was very innocent and naive, to be explaining things the way she was, to me, didn’t make sense. The ‘Why Chose?’ trope in this, I hated! It didn’t make sense to me. The Lore behind Augustus and Kharon wasn’t spoken about, or introduced until 30% of the way throughout the book.
I found myself cringing at the parts where others would have loved. I found myself laughing at parts where others would have cried. The only characters I truly adored in this book were the protector creatures.
I think the storyline was an interesting concept, but it wasn’t executed in the right way. 2⭐️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism