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Lore Olympus: Volume Six by Rachel Smythe

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lilysmama's review

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dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

migema's review

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adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

FINALLY the bit between Minthe and Persephone I’ve been waiting for has happened. Take that, Minthe. No spoilers, but if you know the old myths you know what’s coming.
Which is sort of how I feel about this volume in general. After starting to think the series was dragging it’s feet a bit, Lore Olympus Volume Six really kicks it back into high gear and starts with more direct forward progress than kind of floating around in the plotlines. This volume particularly captures aspects of healing and what that might look like for the various characters. This series deals with some heavy topics—she provides a rather warm trigger warning blurb in each because of this—and I felt like this volume does well in addressing the effects of childhood traumas and how to look at coping with them as well as addressing the necessity of healthy barrier and consent. Because people have been trampling alllllllll over consent at any opportunity they see. These are the Greek Gods, what did you expect?

But also this is just a rather adorable series and its nice to see people start to get called out for their shit behavior **cough cough Apollo cough** As always, I love Hecate and wish she had more page time but I’ll take what I can get. And I’ll never not love Persephone. So all in all, a real high point in the series and I will continue to read these as long as they keep on a’coming.

Don’t forget to water your Minthe!