A review by coffeecocktailsandbooks
Arrowheart by Rebecca Sky
3.0
Rating: 3/5 Stars
**HUGE thank you to Rockstar Book Tours for including me on the Arrowheart tour last month and to Rebecca Sky for providing me with an ARC of this one to review! All opinions are my own.**
More reviews like this one can be found on my blog!
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Review
First, a HUGE thank you to Rockstar Book Tours and Rebecca Sky for providing me with a copy of this book as a part of your blog tour and in exchange for an honest review!
So, I have some seriously conflicting thoughts about this book. I really wanted to love it, but it was just missing that something special for me.
I really enjoyed the premise of this book.
I LOVE mythology and I loved the idea of following the decedents of Eros. I honestly felt like this book was a mix of Xanadu and Rick Riordan…and I’m still not sure how I feel about that.
I’m not sure if it was me going in with too high of expectations, reading too much Rick Riordan, or poor execution, but I feel like this book had a lot of untapped potentials.
This is a story centered around Greek mythology, but we didn’t meet many characters from mythology, which kind of disappointed me.
I also didn’t like how cookie cutter some parts of the plot were. There are several books targeted to this demographic that center around people trying to avoid a certain situation or life they were born into, losing a family member in the process, and meeting a love interest that’s willing to help until they learn the TRUTH. Sadly, this is a large part of the plot and I just felt like we could have done a bit more with this one.
Also, there was this running bit about alien vampires…yeah that did nothing for me. It made me raise my eyebrows at first, but by the third mention, it got a bit old.
All of that being said, it wasn’t the worst thing I ever read. The cookie-cutter plot was predictable but the part about being able to control people added an interesting layer.
Final Thoughts
Overall, this was a unique take on a YA mythology story, but not a super original YA story. There is definitely an audience for this book (especially those who like romance and are not overly familiar with Greek mythology). I don’t think I’ll continue with this series, but I don’t feel like I wasted my time reading it.
**HUGE thank you to Rockstar Book Tours for including me on the Arrowheart tour last month and to Rebecca Sky for providing me with an ARC of this one to review! All opinions are my own.**
More reviews like this one can be found on my blog!
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Review
First, a HUGE thank you to Rockstar Book Tours and Rebecca Sky for providing me with a copy of this book as a part of your blog tour and in exchange for an honest review!
So, I have some seriously conflicting thoughts about this book. I really wanted to love it, but it was just missing that something special for me.
I really enjoyed the premise of this book.
I LOVE mythology and I loved the idea of following the decedents of Eros. I honestly felt like this book was a mix of Xanadu and Rick Riordan…and I’m still not sure how I feel about that.
I’m not sure if it was me going in with too high of expectations, reading too much Rick Riordan, or poor execution, but I feel like this book had a lot of untapped potentials.
This is a story centered around Greek mythology, but we didn’t meet many characters from mythology, which kind of disappointed me.
I also didn’t like how cookie cutter some parts of the plot were. There are several books targeted to this demographic that center around people trying to avoid a certain situation or life they were born into, losing a family member in the process, and meeting a love interest that’s willing to help until they learn the TRUTH. Sadly, this is a large part of the plot and I just felt like we could have done a bit more with this one.
Also, there was this running bit about alien vampires…yeah that did nothing for me. It made me raise my eyebrows at first, but by the third mention, it got a bit old.
All of that being said, it wasn’t the worst thing I ever read. The cookie-cutter plot was predictable but the part about being able to control people added an interesting layer.
Final Thoughts
Overall, this was a unique take on a YA mythology story, but not a super original YA story. There is definitely an audience for this book (especially those who like romance and are not overly familiar with Greek mythology). I don’t think I’ll continue with this series, but I don’t feel like I wasted my time reading it.