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A review by djinnia
Charis: Journey to Pandora's Jar by Nicole Y. Walters
3.0
I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
The story itself was fun to read. I liked the humans and immortals alike, even Hades and the Furies. (Although I think it's sad in general that Hades gets the shaft because he's God of the Underworld. But I've always liked Hades better than Zeus and Poseidon anyways.)
Charis has a destiny she isn't aware of until she is visited by dreams. Soon she becomes embroiled in the struggle to open Pandora's Jar to release Hope.
I really liked that Nike (the lesser known Goddess of Victory) is a main character. The Pantheon of Gods has many minor immortals that are not studied in school. It's a shame really. Many of them are much more interesting. Nyx is another that is mentioned.
As I said, the story itself was quite good, but there were a couple of issues that had me putting the book down after a chapter or two.
The first was when Charis said "what tha". It just bugged me. I'm not sure if it was Charis' special saying or if it was meant as something regional, but I just had a tough time with it.
The second thing was when Charis' mom and dad were mentioned by name. Not that there was anything wrong with it, it's just that it felt like it was more the author speaking than Charis' influence. Sometimes a basic her mom/her dad would have been better served, in my opinion. It drew me out of the story with the formality of it.
I did find one blaring typo. It was a dialogue tag that wasn't dialogue tag. I don't know if it was intentional or just not caught in editing. "Charis speaking," she smiled. **raises hand** I've been guilty of this one.
All in all, a good read.
The story itself was fun to read. I liked the humans and immortals alike, even Hades and the Furies. (Although I think it's sad in general that Hades gets the shaft because he's God of the Underworld. But I've always liked Hades better than Zeus and Poseidon anyways.)
Charis has a destiny she isn't aware of until she is visited by dreams. Soon she becomes embroiled in the struggle to open Pandora's Jar to release Hope.
I really liked that Nike (the lesser known Goddess of Victory) is a main character. The Pantheon of Gods has many minor immortals that are not studied in school. It's a shame really. Many of them are much more interesting. Nyx is another that is mentioned.
As I said, the story itself was quite good, but there were a couple of issues that had me putting the book down after a chapter or two.
The first was when Charis said "what tha". It just bugged me. I'm not sure if it was Charis' special saying or if it was meant as something regional, but I just had a tough time with it.
The second thing was when Charis' mom and dad were mentioned by name. Not that there was anything wrong with it, it's just that it felt like it was more the author speaking than Charis' influence. Sometimes a basic her mom/her dad would have been better served, in my opinion. It drew me out of the story with the formality of it.
I did find one blaring typo. It was a dialogue tag that wasn't dialogue tag. I don't know if it was intentional or just not caught in editing. "Charis speaking," she smiled. **raises hand** I've been guilty of this one.
All in all, a good read.