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A review by thiane_reads_sa
Game of Strength and Storm by Rachel Menard
4.0
Round up to 4.5 stars⭐️
Thank you NetGalley for an ARC of this fantastic book.
Thrilling, adventurous and fully loaded with a fresh and unique magic system that will have you hooked from page one. As a reader I absolutely love retellings, so when I saw this was a gender-bent Hercules Greek mythology retelling I couldn’t get started fast enough.
The plot revolves around an Olympian empresses annual lottery that usually grants 10 people their wishes. This year around the game was changed where the rules now place two girls head-to-head in order for only one to make their wish and have it granted. In the left corner, we have an orphan named Gen, last of the Mazon tribe,coming in with the magical ability to speak to animals and her wish for her father to be set free from prison and their names cleared. Rumbling in the right corner is Castor, royalty, full-time stormmaker with the wish that her islands archaic laws be demolished so she can become rightful heir of Arcadia.
Both these two girls are cunning, smart and determined. With impossible tasks, set in a world that make it even harder, who will complete it all and have their wish granted?
This was an epic story full of twists, excitement and scenes that made me audibly gasp. I loved that there were multiple POV’s and I have to say Pollux has my heart, he is such a cinnamon roll.
Don’t miss out on this amazing retelling and crazy ride that is this book. I can’t wait to see what happens in book two. Fingers crossed for a team-up!
Thank you NetGalley for an ARC of this fantastic book.
Thrilling, adventurous and fully loaded with a fresh and unique magic system that will have you hooked from page one. As a reader I absolutely love retellings, so when I saw this was a gender-bent Hercules Greek mythology retelling I couldn’t get started fast enough.
The plot revolves around an Olympian empresses annual lottery that usually grants 10 people their wishes. This year around the game was changed where the rules now place two girls head-to-head in order for only one to make their wish and have it granted. In the left corner, we have an orphan named Gen, last of the Mazon tribe,coming in with the magical ability to speak to animals and her wish for her father to be set free from prison and their names cleared. Rumbling in the right corner is Castor, royalty, full-time stormmaker with the wish that her islands archaic laws be demolished so she can become rightful heir of Arcadia.
Both these two girls are cunning, smart and determined. With impossible tasks, set in a world that make it even harder, who will complete it all and have their wish granted?
This was an epic story full of twists, excitement and scenes that made me audibly gasp. I loved that there were multiple POV’s and I have to say Pollux has my heart, he is such a cinnamon roll.
Don’t miss out on this amazing retelling and crazy ride that is this book. I can’t wait to see what happens in book two. Fingers crossed for a team-up!