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A review by philatcs
A Veil of Gods and Kings by Nicole Bailey
3.0
i’d like to thank netgalley and the publisher for this arc!
**3.5
this really pleasantly surprised me.
i have been obsessed since greek mythology retellings since i first read the song of achilles years ago and this one did not disappoint.
this really felt like a fanfiction of madeline miller’s books, as the writing sometimes came across out of place and modern when it shouldn’t have been (usually in the make out or sex scenes) but apart from that i really enjoyed this.
i hadn’t heard about apollo’s story before let alone his romance with mortal prince hyacinth but this was so fun and interesting. it’s brilliant to read about new greek gods that i didn’t know the stories of before.
the romance was great and felt real, and the side plot of apollo’s sister artemis and hyacinth’s sister epiphany was really cool too of them wanting to make their own histories and help the people in pip’s town.
i’d definitely be up to reading the sequels or any other books by this author!
**3.5
this really pleasantly surprised me.
i have been obsessed since greek mythology retellings since i first read the song of achilles years ago and this one did not disappoint.
this really felt like a fanfiction of madeline miller’s books, as the writing sometimes came across out of place and modern when it shouldn’t have been (usually in the make out or sex scenes) but apart from that i really enjoyed this.
i hadn’t heard about apollo’s story before let alone his romance with mortal prince hyacinth but this was so fun and interesting. it’s brilliant to read about new greek gods that i didn’t know the stories of before.
the romance was great and felt real, and the side plot of apollo’s sister artemis and hyacinth’s sister epiphany was really cool too of them wanting to make their own histories and help the people in pip’s town.
i’d definitely be up to reading the sequels or any other books by this author!