Review: Lore

Lore by Alexandra Bracken
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Publisher's Description

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds comes a sweepingly ambitious, high-octane tale of power, destiny, love and redemption.

Every seven years, the Agon begins. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals, hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager to kill a god and seize their divine power and immortality.
Long ago, Lore Perseous fled that brutal world in the wake of her family's sadistic murder by a rival line, turning her back on the hunt's promises of eternal glory. For years she's pushed away any thought of revenge against the man--now a god--responsible for their deaths.

Yet as the next hunt dawns over New York City, two participants seek out her help: Castor, a childhood friend of Lore believed long dead, and a gravely wounded Athena, among the last of the original gods.

The goddess offers an alliance against their mutual enemy and, at last, a way for Lore to leave the Agon behind forever. But Lore's decision to bind her fate to Athena's and rejoin the hunt will come at a deadly cost--and still may not be enough to stop the rise of a new god with the power to bring humanity to its knees.

My Thoughts

I received an eARC courtesy of Hyperion/Disney via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

If anybody read and loved Percy Jackson, but thought 'this needs a higher body count', then this is the book for them! From an intense opening all the way to the end, this book is deliciously bloody. I am a sucker for Greek mythology so having a retelling of sorts that still summons the same themes that permeate the classic stories (passion, vengeance, betrayal, redemption) is such a comfort (and it is also nice to know that in any form Ares is still quite the *$*% is also a consisting comfort). I am a massive fan of this book!

For Libraries: Buy it! That is all. 

 Publication Date: 5 January 2021