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Lore by Alexandra Bracken
4.0
adventurous challenging mysterious tense 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

It was pretty interesting. We meet Lore, who is the last of the Perseus line and right now she is moving around during the Agon. This happens every 7 years where hunters try to kill the 9 gods whether real or fake and take their power as their own. I believe that is what is going on. Athena comes to Lore for help in order to take down Wrath, the false god of Ares, and find the Aegis to end the Agon. I enjoyed the overall plot. Sometimes I would get lost in the names and such because I don't know all the gods nd such off the top of my head and what their powers are. I have limited Greek mythology knowledge. But I still enjoyed the fights and betrayals and the lil romance. I do wonder what happens in the next Agon with what happened to Lore, but this is a standalone so we might never find out. 

Ok spoilers below. 
Omg when we find out Athena actually made it up that Artemis had attacked her. She knew Lore had the Aegis and wanted to sneakily get it from her. Also when Gil turned out to be Hermes, that was shocking too. I still don't really understand why he hid Lore. To protect her? And then the end when Athena killed Wrath and then Lore basically killing Athena and taking her powers. Wild wild wild! And Apollo letting Castor kill him too. I do hope the Agon is over though. That way Lore and Castor won't be hunted.