B+ Reviews / Book Reviews1990s / greek mythology / Humor / Literary fiction / Northern Ireland / Retelling / soldiers / Violence9 Comments
Trigger warnings: Northern Ireland, 1996. After twenty-five years of conflict, the IRA and the British have agreed an uneasy ceasefire, as a first step towards lasting peace. But if decades of savage violence are leading only to smiles and handshakes, those on the ground in the border country will start ... more >
B 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 >
B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsFantasy / greek mythology / LGBTQIA 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 >
B 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 >
B 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 >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / f/f romance / Fantasy / greek mythology / LGBTQIA2 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 >