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Did I cry? Yes. Did I love it? Also yes! I finished this book yesterday, and it was AMAZING! Here‘s my fill out of wanderinglynn‘s Off My Shelf. I‘ll be using this for any book I read this year that matches one of these. The three books I have so far are The House of Hades and The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan and Escaping Peril: The Graphic Novel by Tui T. Sutherland. I apologize for the tilted picture.

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This was a refreshingly different read, even amongst other books in verse I've read. You can tell the author gave a lot of thought into constructing the verses written, giving each character a unique structure, while still maintaining an air of humor, lightheartedness, and modern language. ⬇️

The recipe is ALWAYS wrong when it comes to garlic imho 😄

This book ripped my heart out and stamped on it. Had to stop reading to my kid coz I was crying too hard. In my top 10 of 2024. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I love these books so much. SUPER excited to have familiar characters join us from the heroes of Olympus series, and some new amazing ladies who I loved so much.

Not sure who is following #RiordanverseReadalong but I figured I‘d do a check in/final thoughts post

How did you enjoy or not enjoy the book? Any favourite characters or moments?

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The next book we‘ll be reading will be The Son of Neptune in February

I was a bit underwhelmed. I found the characters a bit bland and there wasn‘t any connection between them. Hoping this changes! Percy is just so hard to follow

I thoroughly enjoyed this comic. I'm not normally a comic person but I enjoy the story weaving of this mythology retelling. The artwork is amazing.

While I liked this book, I think my expectations were a little high. I enjoyed the modern world of gods & goddesses but wish more happened. Persephone, with little experience, meets Hades, there‘s a lot of lust. More in the erotica genre, if you like spice. There was some conflict between Persephone & a co-worker, as well as a difficult relationship with her mother. Unsure I‘ll continue with the series depending on the plot of the next one. 3.5/5

This is a mostly lighthearted romp through Greek mythology with a modern lens, but it doesn‘t shy away from the darker side of it, either. The politics of Olympus are still all at play here, and things are quite complicated by the end of volume 1. I thought it was fun, and sweet, and a great read. The art is darkly lovely, with a great use of colour to portray the emotions of the story.

Finally cracking this open on a cloudy Sunday afternoon. The house smells like cinnamon from my carrot cake baked oatmeal cooking, and the cat is curled up beside me. Perfect weekend day!