So long, coherence. You’re not needed today. In The Court of the Dead by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro, it’s been several months since Nico and Will returned from their ordeal in the Underworld, and Nico is getting a bit restless. So when his half-sister Hazel contacts him about needing help, he jumps at the …
Tag: Greco-Roman mythology
Book Review | Wrath of the Triple Goddess
Apparently it is possible for me to love Percy even more than I already did. Who knew? In Rick Riordan’s book Wrath of the Triple Goddess, the latest adventure in the Percy Jackson literary universe (which I think is officially called the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, but I prefer calling it the Percyverse), Percy has just …
Book Review | The Chalice of the Gods
Am I at least a decade and a half older than the intended audience for this book? Yes. Did I still buy this and start reading it the day it was published? Also yes. Am I awesome for this? Absolutely. So in The Chalice of the Gods, the new installment in the Percy Jackson and …
Book Review | Psyche and Eros
In Psyche and Eros by Lucy McNamara, when she is young, Psyche is given a prophecy that says she is destined to defeat a great monster. So her father has her train to shoot a bow, to fight, and generally be a hero. But when her beauty is compared to Aphrodite, the goddess grows angry, …
Book Review | Olympus, Texas (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. After two years away, March Briscoe is returning to his hometown, Olympus. He’d been essentially driven out after the revelation …
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