A review by greenldydragon
Persephone the Phony, Volume 2 by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

4.0

I liked this book a lot for the themes it talked about (being true to yourself, being honest with those you care about, don't judge others when you don't know all the facts), BUT I could not bring myself to give it a 5 star because I've read Joan Holub's younger series, Heroes in Training. While this might seem like nitpicking, the Heroes in Training series is a lot closer to the origin myths in Greek Mythology. This series is very cute (and some of the classes sound awesome, Hero-ology anyone?), but in this book Hades and Poseidon are godboys at school while Zeus is the principal - I just can't get past the fact that they are supposed to be SIBLINGS (which has so far not been mentioned).

So far, there has been no mention of Cronos or the Titans; yet, a lot of minor characters in mythology have appeared (Pandora, Medusa, etc.). It's fun and light, but I have to make the mythology side of my brain settle down and not point out all the problems while I read.

Still going to read the next book though!