While Greek Mythology is slightly high school reminiscent, it’s still a favourite theme of mine.
I’ve been obsessed with Greek mythology since high school. Oddly enough, I haven’t read the whole Percy Jackson series yet (I’ve tried the audiobooks with little luck). I have watched the movies, though?
I’m a huge fan of stories like Gods Behaving Badly, A Touch of Darkness, and the Goddess Summoning series where Gods are put into modern situations. So this book has me extremely excited.
The theme is, as always, on point with the Fairyloot boxes. I seem to find that there’s a theme as well as a colour theme with these boxes. The black and gold theme being heavier in this box. The yellow/gold stencilled pages reflected with the trinket dish depicting Eros and Psyche.
I love the book sleeves, although I’m not sure what I’m going to do with this one yet! It has a quote inspired by Circe by Madeline Miller. The enamel bookmark depicts Athena and it really nice. I actually really like the wooden spatula with a quote from Lovely War. I still need to display the spoon but I think over the stove will be a good place for them!
The Medusa Iron-on patch is really nice as well. Even though I don’t really have anything to iron it on too. Another addition to the art wall is a Percy Jackson art print! At this point, I’m running out of space and will be creative with how I display them!
The January ‘Greek Mythology’ themed book was Lore by Alexandra Bracken.
From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds comes a sweepingly ambitious, high-octane tale of power, destiny, love and redemption.
Every seven years, the Agon begins. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals, hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager to kill a god and seize their divine power and immortality.
Long ago, Lore Perseous fled that brutal world in the wake of her family’s sadistic murder by a rival line, turning her back on the hunt’s promises of eternal glory. For years she’s pushed away any thought of revenge against the man–now a god–responsible for their deaths.Yet as the next hunt dawns over New York City, two participants seek out her help: Castor, a childhood friend of Lore believed long dead, and a gravely wounded Athena, among the last of the original gods.
The goddess offers an alliance against their mutual enemy and, at last, a way for Lore to leave the Agon behind forever. But Lore’s decision to bind her fate to Athena’s and rejoin the hunt will come at a deadly cost–and still may not be enough to stop the rise of a new god with the power to bring humanity to its knees.
Via Goodreads.com
Ok – at first glance this book sounds amazing. I love Greek mythology and there are so many ways for it to be interpreted into a new story. This is giving me Hunger Games vibes which I’m into. To be honest, I’m a little apprehensive about this because I couldn’t get into Alexandra Bracken’s other works. So fingers crossed I can get into this one… and maybe it’ll get me on her other books.
I’m hoping to start this book this weekend, so I’ll be updating this post with a review when I finish it!
J x
