A review by collreads
Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

adventurous dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
no rating (at least for now) I loved this introduction to the series. The art is incredibly beautiful. I want to buy prints of some of the images and hang them on my wall. I am loving the characters, especially Artemis and Hades. Though Hera made a very small appearance, It appears like she will be a "good" character, which is refreshing after all the evil Hera takes I've watched/read. A small critique - Persphone is characterized as the "young, innocent, naive, girl who moves to the big city and is incredibly hot but doesn't know it". She is oversexualized and infantilized simultaneously - gives me a bit of an ick. Hoping her characterization moves away from that.  

For now, I'm not sure what to rate the novel, I loved reading it but It was so short. I didn't get enough. I wish the volume was doubled. Season 1 is over 1000 pages according to storygraph/goodreads, and 380 pages felt like nothing. I'm going to continue with w/ the series as the editions come out in print. looking forwards to volume 2 in july :) 

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