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A review by petalpineink
Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Give me a YA fantasy mystery steeped in connections to Greek mythology and I am going to eat it up. I loved this book. I listened to this book on audio at work and barely got any work done (shhh🤫).
I really enjoyed the world the author ha begun to build in this first book. Not going to lie, as happens with many fantasy series, it took me a bit to understand what was going on, as these reads tend to just drop you into the world and take off running, but once I got more familiar with the story after a few chapters, it was no struggle to keep up. I really loved how fast paced this book felt. Straight from the beginning I was thrusted into a story of mystery as main character Io is already investigating a strange occurrence that ends up being part of a much larger scheme than anyone was imagining. While diving right into the action did cause me to stumble at first, I prefer it as it caught my interest immediately and kept it through the story.
I also loved the way the different descendants of the gods, Other-born, are written. I had a great time connecting which powers went to which greek mythology references (some were explicitly told in the story, some were not).
This story was very creative and exciting and I cannot wait for the sequel already!
Thanks NetGalley and Penguin Group for the ARC of this book.
I really enjoyed the world the author ha begun to build in this first book. Not going to lie, as happens with many fantasy series, it took me a bit to understand what was going on, as these reads tend to just drop you into the world and take off running, but once I got more familiar with the story after a few chapters, it was no struggle to keep up. I really loved how fast paced this book felt. Straight from the beginning I was thrusted into a story of mystery as main character Io is already investigating a strange occurrence that ends up being part of a much larger scheme than anyone was imagining. While diving right into the action did cause me to stumble at first, I prefer it as it caught my interest immediately and kept it through the story.
I also loved the way the different descendants of the gods, Other-born, are written. I had a great time connecting which powers went to which greek mythology references (some were explicitly told in the story, some were not).
This story was very creative and exciting and I cannot wait for the sequel already!
Thanks NetGalley and Penguin Group for the ARC of this book.