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A review by fyreflifictionary
From Gods by Mary Ting
1.0
I found this series on sale and the blurb instantly hooked me as a potential win. It promises OG paranormal/mythology YA vibes. Did it live up to my hopes? No. Nope. Not at all. Let’s find out why.
Maybe try if you like: younger YA, Greek Mythology but make it today, teen tropes.
I started reading this with a nostalgic hope that would satisfy my inner angsty teen, and all it did was irritate her. Like, a lot.
The characters were not good. The leading lady, Skylar, reads as incredibly young and naïve as she sets off to join her cousin for an epic summer before she starts college and adult life. Enter ‘the guy.’ He’s obviously hot and obviously not mortal and he’s also unaware that his bag of tricks doesn’t work on Skylar until they just happen to meet again. Ugh, whatever!
The cousin and aunt are side characters. Period. I remember nothing about them.
The writing just didn’t work for me either. It seemed very young and basic. I found that the “details” were just over explaining things again and again. I read passages out loud to friends to make sure it wasn’t just me. It wasn’t. Did you know that skin has to adjust to temperatures gradually? Or that regular humans can’t breathe underwater? Yes? Well, you get told anyway.
I have read that it picks up as it goes but when I reached the dude’s POV in chapter 6 and my hope that it would get better wasn’t realized – I gave up. I wasn’t getting any payoff for the hard work of trudging through the pages. And that’s saying a lot because I have slogged through some terrible world-building to get to the plot countless times. I just couldn’t.
So maybe give it a try if you don’t care about any of the things I just mentioned because apparently people liked it back in 2013…
Maybe try if you like: younger YA, Greek Mythology but make it today, teen tropes.
I started reading this with a nostalgic hope that would satisfy my inner angsty teen, and all it did was irritate her. Like, a lot.
The characters were not good. The leading lady, Skylar, reads as incredibly young and naïve as she sets off to join her cousin for an epic summer before she starts college and adult life. Enter ‘the guy.’ He’s obviously hot and obviously not mortal and he’s also unaware that his bag of tricks doesn’t work on Skylar until they just happen to meet again. Ugh, whatever!
The cousin and aunt are side characters. Period. I remember nothing about them.
The writing just didn’t work for me either. It seemed very young and basic. I found that the “details” were just over explaining things again and again. I read passages out loud to friends to make sure it wasn’t just me. It wasn’t. Did you know that skin has to adjust to temperatures gradually? Or that regular humans can’t breathe underwater? Yes? Well, you get told anyway.
I have read that it picks up as it goes but when I reached the dude’s POV in chapter 6 and my hope that it would get better wasn’t realized – I gave up. I wasn’t getting any payoff for the hard work of trudging through the pages. And that’s saying a lot because I have slogged through some terrible world-building to get to the plot countless times. I just couldn’t.
So maybe give it a try if you don’t care about any of the things I just mentioned because apparently people liked it back in 2013…