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A review by fablesandwren
Lore by Alexandra Bracken
5.0
Thank you to Disney Books for sending me this beautiful ARC!
This is probably my favorite Young Adult book of the year. I have been in an adult-fantasy mood all year, so it has been hard to read some YA books and have it keep my attention. This book grabbed my attention, made unbreaking eye contact until... well, I'll let you know because I still cannot stop thinking about this book.
What you need to know :
A few gods really upset Zeus. So he did a thing.
First, he took the nine gods and every seven years they are mortal for seven days.
Second, if the descendants of ancient hero bloodlines kill a god during those seven days, they seize their divine power and become a god themselves.
Third, each bloodline, or family, wants a god in their bloodline in order to have them bless their family with riches. Example, their god could agree to spread a plague that only their bloodline has the cure for. Which means they would end up being super rich from all of that.
With all that, the families work together to an extent.... and also kill each other for the glory of their family. So it comes to no one's shock that Lore is the last in her bloodline due to a brutal massacre of her family. She has been hiding for years, wanting to live and not let the other families know she was left. But when a god finds her and gives her a chance at revenge... she can either walk away or take it to avenge what happened to her family.
GUYS THIS BOOK.
The romance, the friendships, the twists after twists, the lore (the actual noun, not the main character) of the book and and and and.... I just loved everything about it. I honestly do not have one single bad thing to say about this book except that it ended and I am sad about it. . Everyone needs to add this to their 2021 TBRs!
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RTC spoiler alert: I loved it
This is probably my favorite Young Adult book of the year. I have been in an adult-fantasy mood all year, so it has been hard to read some YA books and have it keep my attention. This book grabbed my attention, made unbreaking eye contact until... well, I'll let you know because I still cannot stop thinking about this book.
What you need to know :
A few gods really upset Zeus. So he did a thing.
First, he took the nine gods and every seven years they are mortal for seven days.
Second, if the descendants of ancient hero bloodlines kill a god during those seven days, they seize their divine power and become a god themselves.
Third, each bloodline, or family, wants a god in their bloodline in order to have them bless their family with riches. Example, their god could agree to spread a plague that only their bloodline has the cure for. Which means they would end up being super rich from all of that.
With all that, the families work together to an extent.... and also kill each other for the glory of their family. So it comes to no one's shock that Lore is the last in her bloodline due to a brutal massacre of her family. She has been hiding for years, wanting to live and not let the other families know she was left. But when a god finds her and gives her a chance at revenge... she can either walk away or take it to avenge what happened to her family.
GUYS THIS BOOK.
The romance, the friendships, the twists after twists, the lore (the actual noun, not the main character) of the book and and and and.... I just loved everything about it. I honestly do not have one single bad thing to say about this book except that it ended and I am sad about it. . Everyone needs to add this to their 2021 TBRs!
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RTC spoiler alert: I loved it