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November 4, 2017

REVIEW: Whom the Gods Would Destroy by Richard Powell

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-greece / classic literature / First-Person / greek mythology / Historical / War / Military1 Comments

Two years before the Trojan War, Helios is eight years old and searching for an identity. He doesn’t know that he might be the son of the High King, Priam, and after Troy falls Helios’ quest for love and knowledge offer a new perspective to the aftermath of war. Review ... more >

June 23, 2017

REVIEW: The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo #2) by Rick Riordan

SiriusB Reviews Category / Book ReviewsFantasy / greek mythology / LGBT characters / YAComments Off on REVIEW: The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo #2) by Rick Riordan

  Dear Rick Riordan, I reviewed the first book in this series here at DA, and I enjoyed this story as well, but looking through the review of the first one I realized just how much harder it will be to write this review without the spoilers because I think ... more >

December 20, 2016

REVIEW: The Trials of Apollo, Book 1: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews CategoryAction/Adventure / greek mythology / YA8 Comments

How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in ... more >

October 8, 2016

REVIEW: Tamer of Horses by Amalia Carosella

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-greece / Fantasy / greek mythology / Historical / Historical Fantasy / strong heroineComments Off on REVIEW: Tamer of Horses by Amalia Carosella

Historical Fantasy More than two decades before the events of Helen of Sparta… Abandoned as a baby, Hippodamia would have died of exposure on the mountain had it not been for Centaurus. The king of the centaurs saved her, raised her as his own, and in exchange asks for only ... more >

September 14, 2016

REVIEW: Coils by Barbara Ann Wright

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / f/f romance / Fantasy / greek mythology / LGBTQ2 Comments

Cressida loves Greek mythology, tales of gods and monsters, but she knows they aren’t real no matter how awesome it would be to meet the beautiful women of myth. When her aunt June disappears, Cressida realizes the other members of her family aren’t so rational. June’s notes point to a ... more >

August 17, 2016

REVIEW: A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet

KaetrinB ReviewsFantasy / Fantasy Romance / greek mythology / Magic / part of a series / warlord5 Comments

Dear Amanda Bouchet, I’d heard good things about this, your debut book. Having seen it was the first in a series, I tweeted you and you kindly responded to let me know that while there are no cliffhangers, the romantic and fantasy story arcs are incomplete in A Promise of ... more >

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