A review by bluehairedlibrarian
Nico Bravo and the Hound of Hades by Mike Cavallaro

4.0

A fun story about a boy who works at a magic shop where all the gods and adventurers get their tools and magic supplies. Nico works with a unicorn with a wonky horn and a sweet sphinx that can kind of fly, and their boss is Vulcan, god of making awesome things. When an adventurer comes in for supplies to kill Cerberus, the three-headed dog protecting the gates of Hades, Nico knows he has to stop her because Cerberus is the only thing standing between the living world and all the shades of Hades.

What follows is adventures through different realms, a never-ending unicorn war nobody believes is read, and various godly shenanigans. This is a delightful start of a series and a way to introduce kids to various types of mythological pantheons.