#lore perseous

Author: Alexandra Braken

Summary:

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.

Genre: Fantasy, Fiction

Potential Triggers: Death, Killing, Blood, Mentions of Rape

Rating: 10/10

This was a really great read and fed a lot into my middle school Greek Mythology phase. Even though the story is set in New York, the secret world created inside of the city is so well-crafted that it feels like another world. The story itself is amazing because you get to see these different parts of Lore that are so fascinating and amazing.