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Oh. My. Gods. (Oh. My. Gods. #1)

by Tera Lynn Childs (Goodreads Author)

3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 · rating details · 7,431 ratings · 735 reviews

A modern girl's comedic odyssey in a school filled with the descendants of Greek gods.

When Phoebe's mom returns from Greece with a new husband and moves them to an island in the Aegean, Phoebe's plans for her senior year and track season are ancient history. Now she must attend the uber exclusive academy, where admission depends on pedigree, namely, ancestry from Zeus, H

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Published May 1st 2008 by Dutton Juvenile

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Oct 26, 2008 Kristi (The Story Siren) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own, own-arc, signed-arcs

I don’t even know where to start! I guess first off, I should say that I’ve been looking forward to reading this book since I first heard about it, I’m a huge fan of Greek Mythology. So, to say that I was expecting a lot going into it, doesn’t quite cover it. I don’t know if anyone else does this, but I always look at the thickness I have left of a book to read once I start a good reading spell, and I either think two things; 1.) okay I only have this much more to go. Or 2.) oh no! This is all t...more

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May 04, 2012 Kaethe rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Kaethe by: Veronica

Shelves: adventure, age-middle-grade, ancient-civilizations, architecture, contemporary, education, fantasy, feminism, fiction, friendship, gods, mythology, romance, sports, strong-smart-female-protagonist

The good: a sports-minded teenage girl who isn't primarily interested in clothes or boys; a slightly different boarding school; a very strong portrayal of friendship; quick pace. The less good: the plot is mostly about a boy; the big twist was visible on page two; the Greek island never felt real at all.

A fun read though, and I'm curious to see what happens in the sequel. Should appeal to fans of Meg Cabot.

Library copy.

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Nov 20, 2011 OceMei Belikova♥ rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, friendship, half-breed, novel-terjemahan, own, read-in-2011

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Phoebe Castro, adalah seorang gadis yang begitu mencintai olahraga lari lintas alam. Dunianya adalah berlari. Dua tahun ia meraih juara pertama lari lintas alam dan beasiswa pun sudah dalam genggamannya. Kehidupannya yang terlihat sempurna pun harus dinodai oleh berita bahwa ibunya akan segera menikah dengan laki-laki yang bahkan tak dikenalnya. And the bad news is she gotta move to Yunani.
Well, tentu saja bukan Phoebe namanya kalau tidak melakukan aksi pe...more http://sikutubukuocemei.blogspot.com/...

Phoebe Castro, adalah seorang gadis yang begitu mencintai olahraga lari lintas alam. Dunianya adalah berlari. Dua tahun ia meraih juara pertama lari lintas alam dan beasiswa pun sudah dalam genggamannya. Kehidupannya yang terlihat sempurna pun harus dinodai oleh berita bahwa ibunya akan segera menikah dengan laki-laki yang bahkan tak dikenalnya. And the bad news is she gotta move to Yunani.
Well, tentu saja bukan Phoebe namanya kalau tidak melakukan aksi perlawanan dulu, tapi keputusan ibunya sudah bulat dan suka atau tidak suka, mereka harus pindah. Maka Phoebe dan kedua sahabat karibnya, Cesca dan Nola pun harus berpisah.

Sesampainya Phoebe dan ibunya ke Yunani, mereka (tepatnya hanya Phoebe) harus dikejutkan oleh berita bahwa di Yunani terdapat pulau rahasia tempat berkumpulnya keturunan para dewa-dewi dan Phoebe harus bersekolah di Akademi yang ada disana. Not to mention, kalau di akademi tersebut hanya Phoebe seorang nothos - manusia biasa , sementara yang lainnya adalah keturunan Hades, Zeus, Hera dll. Walau mereka masih bersekolah tapi mereka memiliki kekuatan dan hampir segalanya dapat mereka lakukan, termasuk mengerjai Phoebe, si kako anak baru. ( manusia biasa tapi dalam pengertian yang buruk).

Bukan hanya Stella, saudara tirinya yang membencinya tapi juga Adara, pacar Griffin, laki-laki yang membuat Phoebe bingung akan sikapnya yang terkadang begitu manis dan menyebalkan pada saat yang sama.
Heroine-heroine seperti Phoebe-lah yang saya suka. Mau ditindas kayak apa pun dia tetap bangkit dan melawan. Gak hanya diam dan terima nasib. Sifat Phoebe yang pantang menyerah dalam segala hal dan keberaniannya dalam menghadapi orang-orang yang memusuhinya patut diacungi jempol.

Walau benci tinggal berjauhan dengan sahabat-sahabatnya, tapi hal itu sedikit terobati dengan adanya perlombaan lari lintas alam yang diikuti Phoebe. Phoebe memang pelari tercepat di kotanya,tapi bagaimana bisa Phoebe berlari menyeimbangi kecepatan lari keturunan para dewa dan dewi? :D(less)

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Jan 09, 2010 Linds rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: fans of Marked by P.C. Cast

Shelves: 2000s, ancient-world, fantasy, empowered-women-or-characters, paranormal, paranormal-romance, teen-angst, teen-fiction, read-in-2010, mythology, teen-pnr

This book was cute. It was like a Hogwarts for the teen descendants of Greek mythology.

When Phoebe's Mom marries a Greek principal of a Greek school she realizes that mythology is real. The descendants of Greek gods and goddesses have a school on a secret island in order to be educated and learn to control their powers.

Phoebe is coming to accept the changes in her life as well as being the new kid and boy trouble.

The book has all the normal cliches: the hot jock she crushes on, the mean popular...more

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Mar 15, 2012 Kristin rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, ya

Phoebe's mother goes away to Greece for one week and comes back not only engaged but plans to get married that weekend and whisk Phoebe away to Athens with her. Once Phoebe arrives in Athens she is informed that the school she will be attending is a school for the descendants of the Greek Gods but they are allowing her to attend the school even though she is a mere mortal.

I loved the sound of the book. It sounded like a light ya read with Greek mythology (which I love) what I ended up with was...more

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Apr 24, 2011 Lea (YA Book Queen) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Summary: When Phoebe Castro’s mother tells her that she’s getting married, “happy” isn’t really the first emotion she’s feeling. But still, Phoebe and her mother leave behind their lives and move to the island of Serfopoula, to live with Damien, her mother’s new leading man. But when Phoebe arrives, she might have more to worry about than the random guy her mother’s marrying (not to mention an evil stepsister) or even whether or not she’ll get a running scholarship to a college back in the Unite...more

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Jan 28, 2009 Steph (Reviewer X) rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: blog-already-read

Before I wrote this review, I did a quick blog search for others’ reviews of it. And what I found stumped me—this book is adored everywhere except for a few places that do like it, just had qualms about the character development. I’m wondering just how this became everyone’s pet.

... I must’ve not read the same novel as everyone else.

In the first three pages, it’s established Phoebe’s a runner, her mom’s a therapist, and her mom’s getting married with a man she’s known for six days (and tells Pho...more

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Jan 20, 2011 Jessica-Robyn rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, mythology, series-book-1, series-dropped, pov-female

Oh. My, Gods. is a great book to just sit back and read while taking a break from the weight of more heavy young adult fiction.

It's a fun book! Light without being air-headed, fun without being overly peppy, and cute without being completely made of fluff. The story consists of all the normal ploys of your average "new girl at school" story, but with the added excitement of the Greek gods. I'm always up for a new and different take on bringing Greek myth into modern reality.

I liked the story and...more

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Sep 10, 2010 Mare S rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010-reads, fantasy-scifi, youngadult

This was a great, quick read. I loved the main character and the situation she found herself thrown into. I like how she was trying to deal with everything changing around her, holding on so hard to what she knew until she was able to realize sometimes change isn't a bad thing. Something we all go through. I'm guessing the author planned on a second book because the end is a bit rushed with the big reveal (though I kinda figured it out early on), but aside from that, fun and enjoyable.

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Dec 21, 2011 Aimee (Coffee Table Reviews) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, favorites

Let me just say, this was a fabulous audiobook. The story was really good and having it read by Jessica Almasy (I've now heard her read a few times and I love her!) just made my day. Jessica is able to bring the characters to life, each person having their own distinct voice. Oh. My. Gods. was a really fun, light story that kept me entertained thoroughly.

Okay, the story itself was truly fun. I liked the school. I've read a few other books with schools that separate themselves from the human/nor...more

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Mar 09, 2011 Reading Vacation's Mom rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I am glad I read this book at home. Want to know why? Because I was laughing out loud so many times that anyone seeing me reading it would have thought I was CRAZY. Tera Lynn Childs has such an awesome sense of humor.

One of my favorite things about this book is that I could relate the characters to the gods they were descendants of. Oh, and I loved the superpowers that all the kids had. They could do things like create fireworks, change class schedules, and pass magical secret notes in cla...more

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Feb 05, 2011 Jonitta added it · review of another edition

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Feb 18, 2009 Shel rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Childs, T.L. (2008). Oh. My. Gods. New York: Penguin Group.

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Phoebe, a high school senior and runner, is uprooted from her home, friends, and college plans, when her mother decides to marry a headmaster of a prestigious school on a remote Greek island and move them there. On the journey, Phoebe learns that her new stepfather, stepsister and all of her soon-to-be fellow students are descended from Greek gods. Phoebe will have to battle hoaxes, secrets, discrimination, cliques, insults...more

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Jan 11, 2009 Sara rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, 2009, greek-mythology

3.5 stars. Phoebe, about to be a senior in high school, has big future plans that are suddenly interrupted when her mom returns from a trip to Greece and announces she's met a guy and they're getting married immediately and then they're all moving to Greece. Talk about a ridiculous beginning! Her mom actually lays this news on Phoebe after she wins a race at the end of a running camp (good timing, no?) and then, en route to the small island her new stepfather lives on, Phoebe is informed that th...more 3.5 stars. Phoebe, about to be a senior in high school, has big future plans that are suddenly interrupted when her mom returns from a trip to Greece and announces she's met a guy and they're getting married immediately and then they're all moving to Greece. Talk about a ridiculous beginning! Her mom actually lays this news on Phoebe after she wins a race at the end of a running camp (good timing, no?) and then, en route to the small island her new stepfather lives on, Phoebe is informed that the school he runs and that she'll now be attending is where descendants of the Greek gods study. Phoebe's new stepsister is a royal pain for no reason, but Phoebe makes other friends at school and finds herself increasingly attracted to a fellow runner.

Plot contrivances aside, the story is cute. This is a quick read, and it was pretty fun. However, there were just too many things that felt forced for me to overlook - some of the writing made it seem like the author was trying too hard to make it sound like a teen was narrating, and not all of the characters were fully fleshed out for me to understand their actions or motivations. Another complaint is that the whole catalyst of Phoebe moving to Greece was soooo ridiculous. Her mom couldn't wait to marry this stranger until after Phoebe completed her last year of high school? Their relationship didn't feel real - and her mom was supposed to be a therapist! I thought Phoebe and her stepdad had a lot better camaraderie than did she and her mom, which is too bad. Plus, so much of the angst in the plot had to do with kids making bets or feeling like they can't share stuff with their friends; it wasn't written in a way that made me buy it all. Oh well.

I wish there had been more "real" emotions and actions in the book, as so much felt forced, but the book overall was still fairly cute. I'll read the next installment, but hopefully it is a better than this one. I guess I was hoping this book had more to do with the Greek gods or even to do with Greece itself, but this felt like a standard chick lit-y teen novel that just happened to be set in Greece and in which the kids were all descendants of the gods. (less)

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May 20, 2013 Kathryn Keen rated it 4 of 5 stars

I picked this book with some Percy Jackson and the Olympians nostalgia. I craved another book with the offspring of gods during their teenage years aura. Tera Lynn Childs hit this one on the head. For one, I've always love mythology. And I loved how Percy Jackson incorporated the power of the supreme beings through the power of their teenage children. The fact that I could relate to the character's struggles - natural, rather than supernatural - draws me closer to them in a sense that makes me e...more

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Apr 04, 2013 Corrina rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This is a fairly standard teen book–a parent’s remarriage and fitting into a new place and family; starting a new school, complete with outsider new best friends, a cute guy who seems mean at first and his evil witch of a popular, gorgeous girlfriend; growing apart from old friends; preparing for the transition from high school to university; an intense obsession with a particular hobby. The plot is highly predictable, with Phoebe learning...more

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Mar 05, 2013 Seanean rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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For years, it's been just Phoebe and her mother. After the freak accident that killed her father when she was just a child, Phoebe's adjusted to life without him. In fact, she's on track to having the best senior year ever!

USC has already expressed interest in giving her a scholarship the following year. Her best friends are with her and have gotten her over her rotten ex. And her final race is her best yet.

Things are looking magical.

Until her mother comes...more

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Feb 13, 2013 Paula Phillips rated it 4 of 5 stars

Do you love reading novels where the characters are derived from Greek Gods and Goddesses? Series like Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson or Jennifer Estep's Mythos Academy series ? More Mythos than Percy Jackson, the Oh My Gods series starts when Phoebe's dad dies and then six months later her mum goes over to Greece to meet her Dad's family only to come back to the states with some major news. She is getting married and they are moving to an island in Greece - one that is three hours away by ferry f...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Emma-Jean rated it 4 of 5 stars

Phoebe Castro is a senior in high school, loves running, and has the best friends and mom anyone girl could ever ask for. Life seems perfect for her, especially since she was just offered a track scholarship to USC. All until her mother comes back from a family reunion with a fiancé. Phoebe can't believe her mother actually just up and moved her to Greece, away from the only life she has ever known, to mary a man she has only known for only a few days! The island of Serfopoula is not your avera...more

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Jan 01, 2013 Brianna rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebook, 1st-book-in-a-series, mythology, reviewed, fantastic-abilities, funny, series, magic, fantasy, superpowers, paranormal-romance, young-adult, 2013

I really liked the concept of this book. It was kind of like Percy Jackson, except descendants and a big, posh school, not sons and daughters and a summer camp. However, I liked Percy Jackson better and this is why:

1. main character = annoying
Phoebe is an annoying brat who always complains. I mean, I know your mom is making you move to Greece but get over it already! She sounds like a spoiled brat throughout the whole book and I got sick and tired of it after a while. She did get a better charac...more

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Dec 27, 2012 Lexie rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-reads, chick-lit, contemporary, fiction, giant-disappointment, horrible-love-interest, insta-love-just-add-water, magic, new-levels-of-boring, owned-ebook, romance, series, special-snowflake-syndome, supernatural, tbs, youth, will-not-reread

My original ~~rant~~ review was eaten by Goodreads :(

This book suffers from the ailment of a thin premise and not enough plot being stretched far too long.

The characters are flat, overused tropes and develop not at all. The protagonist suffers from the YA ailment of insta-love and changes her lifetime dreams and goals to pursue the typical handsome-broodingl-bad-boy-with-heart-of-gold love interest that is more contagious in this genre than a cold. One insta-love, just add water. The 'villains' are...more

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Dec 19, 2012 Holly Moore-mcmiller rated it 5 of 5 stars

Oh.My.Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs was about a cross-country crazed teenage girl named Phoebe Castro whose whole world was turned upside down when she found out that she was moving halfway across the world to Serfopoula, Greece and would be attending a school full of demi-gods. She falls in love with a boy name Griffin Blake and ends up dating him near the end of the book. I absolutely loved and deeply enjoyed this book mainly because it appealed to my demographic (ages 12-16 and female) and it had...more

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Dec 03, 2012 Sayjil rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, mythology, cherished, laughing-is-good-for-the-heart, young-adult, yay-an-awesome-heronine, rock-my-world-hero

By reading the first page of this book, I knew I was going to love it. Trust me, it does help that I went of the GR radar for a few weeks and was denied my fix. So when you read a book with no other in mind, everything becomes so much clearer. If you get what I mean. I can say with absolute certainty that this was a good pick-me-up book.

Phoebe is the best on the cross country team. It’s been her dream since a long time to get accepted on a full USC scholarship. Since her dad died, she became eve...more By reading the first page of this book, I knew I was going to love it. Trust me, it does help that I went of the GR radar for a few weeks and was denied my fix. So when you read a book with no other in mind, everything becomes so much clearer. If you get what I mean. I can say with absolute certainty that this was a good pick-me-up book.

Phoebe is the best on the cross country team. It’s been her dream since a long time to get accepted on a full USC scholarship. Since her dad died, she became even more determined. Now that she just got approval from USC and a promise that she keeps her grades up, she’s golden. Then her mom comes back from Greece and announces she’s engaged and they must move all the way to Greece. That’s not all, when she arrives in Serfopoula, it’s a bit disconcerting to find out that your step father believes he is the descendent of a god. Talk about psychotic. Even more crazy is that her mom believes all of this and she’s a psychologist! Wait, the best is yet to come: Phoebe will have to attend the academy as the only normal child because the rest of them are descendants from gods too. If that’s not enough, the Greek island isn’t realy technologically advanced.

I know there are some people who love there life and would not move to any other country but seriously I would die of excitement if that happened to me. In some ways I was able to relate to the main character. Maybe that’s just because I’m closer to her age but it did make the book more enjoyable. The new outlook on the introduction to the-myth-world that Childs has brought hasn’t been seen since a long time. Not everything was about Phoebe and a mysterious boy. I loved it! I would give this book five stars, however, that wouldn’t be fair. It needed improvement in the prose. I would have liked a little more depth in the characters., especially Phoebe and Griffin. Though I know a lot about Greek mythology it would have been nice to read about Phoebe learning all of this. You’d expect more exploration on her part to these newly discovered phenomenon. I don’t know why but I felt that the end was tad desolate...oh I so don’t speak like a South African. Not a bad book to kick off the holiday. This summer is all about books, music, relaxing, movies, reminiscing and plans. Will definitely be buying the next book.
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Sep 12, 2012 Beth rated it 1 of 5 stars

To be fair, the reason I gave this book a 1 star rating is because it was remarkably juvenile and one dimensional which would be completely acceptable if I wasn't twenty eight years old. I felt back in junior high the entire two days I read Oh.My.Gods and not in a good way. If people thought Twilight was based on a really domestic/passively-aggressive dysfunctional relationship than we should report Oh.My.Gods for abuse! Everyone is horrid in this novel. Each character is whiny, resentful, super...more

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Aug 23, 2012 Jacqueline Aparicio rated it 5 of 5 stars

In this book "Oh My Gods" the main characters are Phoebe Castro like to run, while she stays home and gos to school her mother goes to Greece to find her father's family where in this story he had passed away. Her mother comes home engaged and she had to leave her life that she has lived in and go around the world to Greece. When she is in Greece she goes to a private school where the students are "special." Her stepdad hasand is from a god/goddess from where they wordship. And that they have p...more

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Aug 16, 2012 Bibliojunkies added it

If Phoebe Castro can keep her grades up and have another stellar cross-country season, her dream of attending USC with her best friends is only a track scholarship away. She’s made all her plans, so it’s a complete shock when her mom announces she’s marrying a mysterious stranger and moving them halfway around the world – to Greece.

Phoebe’s stuck on a secret island in the Aegan, attending the super-exclusive Academy, where her new stepfather is the headmaster and the kids are anything but your a...more If Phoebe Castro can keep her grades up and have another stellar cross-country season, her dream of attending USC with her best friends is only a track scholarship away. She’s made all her plans, so it’s a complete shock when her mom announces she’s marrying a mysterious stranger and moving them halfway around the world – to Greece.

Phoebe’s stuck on a secret island in the Aegan, attending the super-exclusive Academy, where her new stepfather is the headmaster and the kids are anything but your average students – they are descendants of the Greek gods, superpowers included. That’s right, Greek gods are no myth! If Phoebe thought high school was hard, she knows this is going to be mortal misery.
Securing that scholarship seems like Phoebe’s only ticket out of Greece, but training and maintaining her grades will be grueling, even without a sabotaging stepsister from Hades and a gorgeous guy – what a god! – who just might be her Achilles’ heel. One thing is for sure – summoning the will to win and finding her place among the gods could be Phoebe’s toughest course yet.
The Greek gods get a makeover in this romantic odyssey of mystic proportion.

Every once in a while you just need a book that entertains you and doesn’t ask too much of your brain power. Oh. My. Gods. has plenty of smiles and silliness to go around. While there are moments when the plot is a little iffy, Phoebe’s adventure in Greece is simply fun. It sucks that her newly remarried mom decides they should move from California to Greece prior to her senior year to live with her new Greek husband. I thought the mom was annoying. Seriously, who makes a life-altering decision like that without consulting their child? Phoebe suffers through it as best she can though even she can’t help but succumb to the beauty and history of Greece once she’s there.

Phoebe is a fun character – average teenager with your typical teenage reactions to things that happen to her. She cringes when she witnesses her mother and stepfather being “affectionate”. She’s equally perturbed by her new stepsister. And her learning to adapt to her new school is hilarious. If you think being the new kid at school is awful, then being at a school filled with mini-gods with special powers is downright miserable! She’s immediately blackballed as a “nothos” – basically an ordinary person with no special claims to her ancestry. Thankfully she’s befriended by two kids at school who show her the ropes. And then of course there's that one hot guy who captures her attention and that god-awful (no pun intended) mean girl who wants to ruin her. And wouldn't you know it? Greek God and Mean Girl are together. Oh this will not stand and Phoebe gets embroiled in some sort of ridiculous scheme to break up the golden couple.
That aside, the story also focuses on Phoebe's first love – running. One of my favorite passages in the books is when Phoebe describes how it makes her feel.

“I love everything about running: the steady rhythm of my sneakers hitting the ground, the adrenaline and endorphins pulsing through my bloodstream, the cotton of my PAIN IS WEAKNESS LEAVING THE BODY tee rubbing against my skin with every step. If I could do it without winding up in a tree or a ditch I’d close my eyes and just … feel. Running is when I know I’m alive. Everything else is downtime. Step, step, step, breathe. Step, step, step, breathe. That pattern is my comfort… All I know is I’m running and I feel perfect.”

I will not lie. I want to start running now. Where is that C25K app again?
I digress. Oh. My. Gods. is a lot of fun and it was refreshing to read something that's pretty innocent. It's a good choice if you have any interest in Greek mythology, Greece or running. And if anything, you'll have a good laugh at all the ridiculous things that happen.
~ Bel

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Jul 16, 2012 Nakita McDonagh rated it 2 of 5 stars

The first time I came across this book I didn't take much notice of it because it didn't seem like my cup of tea. However, after reading Forgive My Fins, also by Childs, I decided to give this series a go.

I liked it. I enjoy Greek Mythology, and I love reading books in the YA genre. But combining the two? It could work, and Childs made it work to a degree in Oh My Gods--but there were no fireworks. I didn't like Griffin that much, even after he confessed his feelings towards Phoebe. He acted lik...more

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Apr 27, 2012 Jennifer Rinehart rated it 5 of 5 stars

I've been in a funk lately. I've been waiting impatiently for my fave authors to finish their next books (why do Kristin Cashore, Richelle Mead and Suzanne Collins take soooo long to write?) that I thought, why not give this book a try? How many times can you reread The Hunger Games and Harry Potter?

The book's premise was exciting, girl moves to Greece with her mom and has to deal with the upheaval of leaving friends and having a new stepfather, evil stepsister and a new school. Add to that the...more

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Feb 14, 2012 Kathrin Stacked'n'Painted rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Phoebe Castro loves her life in California. She gets good grades, is good at running cross-country, and if she can keep her grades up and her performance stays good, she will get a scholarship to the school of her dreams. But then her mother tells her that she is getting married again and that they both will move to Greece. Phoebe won't just have to leave her friends behind, she'll also go to a new school in a new country. A private school at that, and her new stepdad is the headmaster.

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Dec 14, 2011 Liyana rated it 3 of 5 stars

If Phoebe Castro can keep her grades up and have another stellar cross-country season, her dream of attending USC with her best friends is only a track scholarship away. She’s made all her plans, so it’s a complete shock when her mom announces she’s marrying a mysterious stranger and moving them half-way around the world—to Greece.

Phoebe’s stuck on a secret island in the Aegean attending the super-exclusive Academy, where her new stepfather is the headmaster and the kids are anything but your av...more If Phoebe Castro can keep her grades up and have another stellar cross-country season, her dream of attending USC with her best friends is only a track scholarship away. She’s made all her plans, so it’s a complete shock when her mom announces she’s marrying a mysterious stranger and moving them half-way around the world—to Greece.

Phoebe’s stuck on a secret island in the Aegean attending the super-exclusive Academy, where her new stepfather is the headmaster and the kids are anything but your average students—they are descendants of the Greek gods, super powers included. That’s right, Greek gods are no myth! If Phoebe thought high school was hard, she knows this is going to be mortal misery.

Securing that scholarship seems like Phoebe’s only ticket out of Greece, but training and maintaining her grades will be grueling, even without a sabotaging stepsister from Hades and a gorgeous guy—what a god!—who just might be her Achilles heel. One thing is for sure—summoning the will to win and find her place among the gods could be Phoebe’s toughest course yet.

Oh.My.Gods is a fun, fresh venture into Greek mythology. It had a nice flow to it, the characters were totally faboosh, and the plot line was definitely unique. Gods and mythological characters are portrayed at their best, from what little we read of them. We even get to read a cameo of The Apple of Discord!

We're introduced to Phoebe flushed with happiness after she wins a race, and then we're presented with the contrast right after that when her mum announces their move to Greece.

Personally, I thought Phoebe's mum is very irresponsible. It's contradicting; she's supposed to be a therapist (yknow, someone who dwells on stuff, and thinks and talks about things through nonstop) and then out of the blue, after a week long visit to Greece to visit her late husband's family, she comes back with a new husband and announces to Phoebe that hey! They're moving to Greece, halfway across the world, just because she got marrried. Sorry Phoebe, but you definitely have to come with.

SAY WHAT?!
O_O

That was my reaction for the first part of the book. By the way she was acting, I couldn't imagine Phoebe's mum as someone motherly at all. It seemed like Phoebe was the one who takes care of her. I'm not sure if that's what Tera Lynn Childs wants the character to be portrayed, but that's how I felt. Her stepfather too seemed a little insensitive in the beginning, but I suppose I can chalk that up to honeymoon jitters.

Then I got over that, because heck yeah! There is definitely much more to the story than Phoebe's new parents' romance. Soon after, they arrive at the secret island (which I'm not going to name, because it's you know, sekrit) and that's when the fun really begins. Phoebe finds out that her stepfather and stepsister are decendents of gods, along with everyone else at the school she's attending. Be it faculty or students, all of them are descendents of gods, with superpowers to boot!

Phoebe is someone without a god in her lineage, so she's immediately labelled an outcast: a nothos, or in less polite terms, a kako. In a place where people click together based on their lineage, it's tough for Phoebe to make friends, especially since there are no other nothos there. Lucky for her, two of the students, Nicole and Theo, don't follow the social norm and they become fast friends.

The ending is predictable (but who cares? :D)and seemed a bit rushed somehow. Things seemed to be wrapped up too neatly, with the exception of Nicole's story. The part about Griffin: I'll say this once: Phoebe was too easy on him. I was kind of weirded out to see that their relationship didn't progress much in OMG, and yet they got together? Odd.

It was just so easy to enjoy OMG! The characters just seemed to come to life, each of them full to the brim with personality and candor. My favourite character has to be Theo, Phoebe's friend. I can't list down the ways I love him, he's just so awesome and lovable! As for Phoebe's other friend, Nicole, I can't wait to find out the mystery about her in the sequel, Goddess Boot Camp.(less)

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Tera Lynn Childs is the award-winning author of the mythology-based OH. MY. GODS. and GODDESS BOOT CAMP, the mermaid tales FORGIVE MY FINS, FINS ARE FOREVER, and JUST FOR FINS (July 3rd, 2012), and a new trilogy about monster-hunting descendants of Medusa beginning with SWEET VENOM and SWEET SHADOWS (September 4, 2012). Tera lives nowhere in particular and spends her time writing wherever she can...more

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