Lore Olympus: Volume Three

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Lore Olympus: Volume Three by Rachel Smythe

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Honestly if not for the library I wouldn't bother. This is way too much of a soap opera for me. That's not necessarily a bad thing but it's not my thing. I'm also still not a fan of the art.

But my biggest problem is Persephone is being written as a sheltered naive 19 year old but it's coming across like she's dumber than a box of hammers. It's no wonder Minthe is out manuevering her. I rather like Hades in this but I'm not Persephone's biggest fan. Nor am I a fan of how two faced most of them are however that IS in line with the Greek myths so I accept it.

I was glad that at least someone is taking what happened to Persephone at the hands of Apollo seriously (though I'm not 100% sure Eros is a good one to unburden too). He calls it what it is: rape. Not much is done about it (yet) so I'm hoping more will come of it especially when she's trying to get out of the league of eternal virgins or whatever it is they're calling it.

Also romantic outcomes from angry misunderstandings is not a trope I go in for. Like I said before, for the time being if the library keeps providing it, I'll move along with the story but if it stops so do I.



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