Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of Titan Cronos, helped Zeus overthrow their father so they could rule the world together. But as they establish their reign on Mount Olympus, Hera suspects that Zeus may be as cruel as their father and begins to question her role at this side. This retelling portrays Hera as a powerful queen, one who is ambitious and compassionate and will stop at nothing to be heard.

When I envision Hera, I picture her as a vengeful, powerful and wicked goddess and was really keen to see her portrayed in a different light, but this wasn't the case. I really found Hera as such an unlikable character and didn't have any sympathy for her whatsoever which I think is the opposite of what the author was pushing onto me.

I also really didn't like the constant push of incest and rape throughout, we get it, Zeus is her brother, you don't have to mention it every single time he rapes her... It gave me the biggest ick. Going off that, I found the whole story repetitive. Oh Hera is mad at Zeus again, shocker...

I don't know, while I found the whole story interesting, it just felt like Hera was a side character in the story and Zeus was still the main character, when the story is literally about her! I also wasn't a fan of the major gloss over of important events in Greek Mythology just to fit the woe is me story.

Thanks to Netgalley and Hachette for sending me a copy of this one to review, unfortuately this was a miss for me...

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

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2.5

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

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adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

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adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

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inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Work-Life Balance: Malevolent Managers and Folkloric Freelancers by Wayne Rée, Benjamin Chee

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

Thank you Tandem Collective for sending me a copy of this one as part of a recent read along. This is not a book I'd usually pick up so am very grateful to be able to diveristy my reading.

Work-Life Balance is a graphic novel/regular novel mash up and is set in a world where a large mulit-national company arrives and creatues such as pontianaks, manananggals, raksasis, and ba jiao guis are forced out of their jobs. While some give in to the corporate lifestyle, others would rather fight then join the mundane 9-5.

This one has been really hard to review... I really loved the idea of mythology interwoven in with mundane tasks such as going to work and I also really enjoyed the jump between graphic novel and regular novel as it made for quick and easy reading. On the other hand, I wasn't a fan of the execution as it was quite jumpy and difficult to follow, the flow was also quite off with this one.

That being said, I still really enjoyed the concept but unfortunately, this one didn't do it for me.

2.75 stars.

The Teacher by Freida McFadden

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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