Lore

By: Alexandra Bracken

Narrated by: Fryda Wolff

From the number-one 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. They are 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, turning her back on the hunt’s promises of eternal glory after her family was murdered by a rival line. 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 her out: Castor, a childhood friend Lore believed to be dead, and Athena, one of the last of the original gods, now gravely wounded.

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

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2021 Alexandra Bracken (P)2021 Disney Hyperion

Intertwines mythology with modern day

🌟🌟🌟🌟 4/5.

A unique take on intertwining mythology with modern day, and a great option if you're looking for a stand alone story instead of a series.

- A strong independent woman protagonist who knows what she wants and what she has to do, even if it means facing her fear and having others disagree.

- Athena is written very well. I didn't feel like she was out of depth or "out of character" for the whole story. *Especially* that one particular twist (if you know, you know).

- While there is some romance it isn't a main factor. Important, yes, but not the leading lady's main motivation.

- I'm a huge mythology nerd, so I was able to connect and recognize references that were mentioned in the story, but I also feel like if you know next to nothing about Greek mythology you won't have too hard a time understanding the small snippets referenced. And even if you do, Google is your friend.

- No cliffhangers. All threads at the end were tied.

Story development lacking *spoilers*

The amount of Greek mythology references and stories casually intertwined into this story were amazing and exciting, but that’s where the enjoyment stopped for me.
The plot felt rushed, forced and confusing at times. The revelation towards the end of the story about where it was hidden, with no mention or buildup of a secret prior, seemed like a last attempt at something exciting for the story. The flashbacks were jarring and the return to present day was not always clear, which created a lot of confusion.

Cool story and premise, but execution was not what i had hoped

Disappointed

I love all her books and thought it a good bet for my credit. It's not bad but I'm a few hours in and I'm so lost. I can't even pick up enough of a storyline or sideline interesting enough to take notes and study. It may just be me but I figure if it's this hard to follow it could have gone through one more edit. I can image her explaining things to the editor which, I feel, if you have to explain things, it isn't ready for the public.

Excellent story, great presenter, highly recommend

Love the book, story gets better and better as you get further in the book. one minor thing I don't like is when the author speaks about Melora biting her lip from the inside hard enough to taste blood, this same phrase gets used in this book more than 5 times to describe her biting her lip. could have used other ways to describe it. other than that I am enjoying this amazing book. I have the audiobook and bought the hardcover as well.

Interesting

Great story overall parts where a little confusing and hard to follow at times. The narrator was okay, she weirdly used the same voice for some characters and then tried diffrent accents for others.