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Lore Olympus: Volume 2 by Rachel Smythe

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tyras_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

(My review is for the series as a whole.)

The world building, the storytelling, how Smythe deals with trauma and the characters healing 👏🏾

I started reading in 2020 so it’s hard to sum up something that’s been running for so long but my favorite parts:

Persephone’s arc; gaining confidence in herself, owning her mistakes, healing from her past, growing into a brave woman and (sometimes wrath-filled) queen.
Their relationship; the pining and slow burn with a big payoff. (The age gap is uncomfortable, she’s 19 vs he’s like as old as time but the characters address it and it’s fantasy so you let it slide). There’s a lot of trust, respect and care in their relationship and it’s nice to see it grow.
All the artwork is really pretty!
Apollo and Kronos getting exactly what they deserve as terrible, violent beings.

I’d read it again in a heartbeat and wish I could start it over.

Very well done and it’s bittersweet to see it end.

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bookaholic_jasmine's review against another edition

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emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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mmontgomery's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny medium-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? No

4.0

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julee_melii's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

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aspeights's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

persephone coming more into her own, and starting to reckon with what apollo did to her.

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booktalkwithrae's review against another edition

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dark 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

5.0

I definitely like this one better than the first volume. I find the pacing to be a lot better and has a lot more information for readers. The characters in the storyline make a lot more sense in this one. It’s not too fast it’s not too so, there is character growth, and it still continuing on with a lot of questions we had from the first volume.

I’m really excited to continue on with the series !

Although, I still think it’s really important to have a basic understanding of the different Greek, gods and goddesses before getting into the series.

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