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Storm of the Gods

(Areios Brothers #1)

A.R. Braun,

Amy Braun (Goodreads Author)

3.77 · Rating details · 26 ratings · 23 reviews

Thirty years ago, the gods of Greek legend returned to the world. Their return restored their powers, which had been spent in a cataclysmic battle with the Titans. With the ancient deities imprisoned in Tartarus, the Olympians now reside in Néo Vasíleio, formerly known as California.

Twenty-four-year-old Derek Aerios is a war scion, a descendent of Ares, the God of War. He ...more

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Aug 26, 2018 Caitlin Audet rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018-books, books-i-won-arcs-or-finished-copies, ebook

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WOW what a rush!!! I anticipated a great story but Amy Braun quite literally blew me away. Storm of the Gods is a brilliant start to the new Areios Brothers series, where the Olympians are in power once again and in control of the land of California, now known as Néo Vasíleio. I'm a huge fan of the Greek Myths so any book with this theme I will gladly read and this one in particular was quite unique and I craved every word from start to finish. ...more

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Jul 01, 2018 Judy Lesley rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, series

In this fantasy novel the Greek gods re-emerged from their sleep thirty years ago and took over the state of California. The area has been divided into fourteen parts, each ruled by a different god. Our two young male leads, brothers, have lived their entire lives under the rule of the gods, specifically as scions of Ares the Olympian god of war. Derek and Liam have inherited magical powers from their Ares lineage so are employed as Warriors for him. Derek has the magical element of fire and a b ...more

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Sep 14, 2018 Fangs for the Fantasy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The Greek Gods returned 30 years ago after centuries of dormancy after they were drained in the big battle against the Titans. They have set up their new land in California.

Derek is a scion of Ares, carrying the legacy of his powerful war god sire, along with his brother follow their role to capture and defeat dangerous monsters. And capture over rogue scions

Including the heir to the mysteriously missing Athena and four other powerful Scions. But as he gets closer he realises things are far from ...more

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Sep 10, 2018 The Blonde Bookworm rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I've been a huge fan of Braun's work for a while now, so when I heard she had a new novel coming out I was extremely excited! Plus, I'm a huge fan of novels about Greek Gods and heroes, so this sounded like a win/win. I started the novel early one morning and it was all I could think about throughout the day. It was fast paced, action packed and full of engaging characters. I was immediately invested in the Aerios duo and I couldn't put this novel down!

Braun does such a fantastic job with the w ...more

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Aug 31, 2018 Cheryl Whitty rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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This is an action packed start to a new urban fantasy Series. I will say quickly this an adult series, as some of the situations and violence is quite extreme, but totally in proportion when dealing The Olympians, especially Ares who happen to be Derek and Liam’s boss. As they have his diluted bloodline It entitles him to treat them worse them slaves.
I loved the brothers Derek and Liam and how they stick together. Derek is very protective of those he ...more

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Aug 15, 2018 Adam Lottes rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A wild ride with plenty of mythical twists and turns. If you are a fan of Pierce Brown's Red Rising series you'll love Storm of the Gods. So action-packed and great characters. I love how author Amy Braun has brought the Greek Gods back to life and into our modern times.

We meet Derek and Liam - the aforementioned Areios brothers - and right off the bat they are in trouble. In a riveting action scene they are instantly up against almost more than they can handle. Both brothers are War Scions, pow ...more

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Aug 20, 2018 Penny Noble rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I haven’t read anything by this author before, so I’m new to her writing. First off, let me say that she is an excellent writer. I found most of the characters fun and interesting, and the plot was unique and full of action. California ruled by Greek gods? Yes, please! I do admit to some confusion at the beginning of the book because there were all kinds of different types of gods/elements/scions/etc., but once I got used to all the information or at least knew enough to ignore the ones I didn’t ...more

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Aug 10, 2018 Sonja rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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2.5 stars

I wanted to like this story a lot more than I did. What's worse is that it has so many things that were pretty awesome, but they still just weren't enough. I loved the idea of the Gods coming back after so long a sleep and how they have descendents who are stronger and possess magic. The gods we meet are pretty cool with believably great personalities. Even Ares with his violent ways and torturous methods. Despite all the fighting and the action, somehow I still managed to be bored. And 2.5 stars

I wanted to like this story a lot more than I did. What's worse is that it has so many things that were pretty awesome, but they still just weren't enough. I loved the idea of the Gods coming back after so long a sleep and how they have descendents who are stronger and possess magic. The gods we meet are pretty cool with believably great personalities. Even Ares with his violent ways and torturous methods. Despite all the fighting and the action, somehow I still managed to be bored. And I think it's because there was just so much fighting. Which would probably have been okay, but each time was practically the same and seemed to last forever.

Derek was the greatest disappointment. Considering his age and responsibilities, I was floored when he was constantly acting like a teenager. Admittedly that was usually when he was around a girl he liked. Not sure that makes it any better though. What was the biggest let down however, was that for some reason everybody fears him and just the sound of his name makes people afraid, yet he was always getting his ass kicked in every fight he ended up in. And it wasn't until he used his inner berserker that he would come out on top.

Liam is Derek's younger brother. For the most part I liked Liam because he added some laughs that I desperately needed. But just like his brother, he acts way below his age too often.

Derek and Liam suffered greatly at the hands of their father when they were children. Until it was found out something he was up to and Derek was forced to do something that still traumatizes him to this day. Since then the two of them work as part of Ares's elite forces tasked with different missions. After completing one such mission, they're attacked by rouge heirs of the other Gods and end up getting thrown into things way over their heads.

Tasked by Ares to go after these rogues and capture/stop them, the brothers instead end up questioning all they've been told. Now they have to decide who to believe, whose side they want to be on, and how much they are willing to risk. They'll have to deal with more traitors, creatures only ever thought were stories, and unbreakable bonds to the Gods.

Things got more interesting towards the end when more Gods appear but the truth becomes even harder to find. We learn why Derek is able to get away with more than others would (which was definitely cool but also very predictable), and he also gets a pretty awesome new weapon.

I really did like the whole backstory here, but I just don't know how much I'd want to read the next book. The characters just weren't mature enough for their ages and all the fighting did get tedious.

ARC provided by publisher via Netgalley. ...more

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Aug 27, 2018 Sarai Henderson rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Its been a while since I've been pulled into a story like this. There was so much depth and intrigue with the characters that I had a hard time putting it down. It was an interesting story line with the Greek gods taking over California. The one thing that I would say was a little distracting was the use of telling instead of showing. The story was good enough though, to look past this. Still, four stars for Amy Braun.

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Sep 10, 2018 Edwin Rydberg rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Welcome to modern day California! Only, this isn’t the California you know. Thirty years ago the Greek Gods reawakened from their two thousand year hibernation after battling the Titans… and they didn’t like that the humans had all but forgotten them, turning them into stories for children. So they each seized control a region of California, their own districts to govern as they saw fit.

Derek Aerios and his blood-bonded brother Liam are scions of Ares, the God of War. They have never known a wor Welcome to modern day California! Only, this isn’t the California you know. Thirty years ago the Greek Gods reawakened from their two thousand year hibernation after battling the Titans… and they didn’t like that the humans had all but forgotten them, turning them into stories for children. So they each seized control a region of California, their own districts to govern as they saw fit.

Derek Aerios and his blood-bonded brother Liam are scions of Ares, the God of War. They have never known a world where the gods didn’t exist. Their magic, the ability to generate and control fire, is a small fraction of that of their patron god, but it has made them formidable War Scions. Their job is to do Ares bidding and, although they don’t like the violent, immoral god, they serve him well…until they’re attacked by the scions of four other gods while on a routine mission; scions who are looking for something called The Heart of the Devourer. Suddenly Derek and Liam’s lives are turned inside out as they’re pulled into a struggle for the fate of all humanity. They must stop the rebirth of the Titans, even if it means challenging the gods themselves.

Storm of the Gods is an entertaining story of what it might be like to have gods living among us. Not the friendly gods of our childhood stories, mind you, but the actual Greek Gods with all their immoral power games and lack of concern for human existence. The story has magical humans, violent action, romance, overpowered Gods, and a mystery that could spell the end of humanity.

Seeing such a world fleshed out was incredibly entertaining, as we are treated to the districts of Athena, Apollo, and Aphrodite. Strangely, we saw little of Ares district, except from the inside of what seemed like the central headquarters of a police state that would make the Nazi Gestapo blush. The gods themselves, the few we meet, act in very believable manners as overpowered avatars of the natural aspect or trait(s) they represent. And, of course, they have little patience for the interests of humans.

The human scions, heirs and embodiments of the gods they serve, are also interesting. Although several weren’t fleshed out well, the ones we met the most were well-developed characters. Most notable among these were the main characters Derek and Liam Aerios and Selena, scion of Athena, who comes with her own mystery of who she is and what happened to her memory (I suspect you should be able to guess the truth by the end, although you’ll have to wait for future books to find out for sure). I would have liked to have seen Cory, scion of Hermes (possesser of superspeed!) developed a bit more, as well as Gage, the scion of Hades. It might have been nice to have seen some of the story from his viewpoint, to add more sympathy to a tragic character and develop the mystery a bit more.

As for the story itself, the mystery of the hidden items and who was planning to do what with them was the most interesting part for me, but it often took a distant back seat to the action and romance…

My feeling was that the romance was underdeveloped for this story, although it was ongoing. In my opinion, this comes from the current trend of not wanting the female lead to seem weak if she falls too easily for the male protagonist. Unfortunately, the effect is an unsatisfying story arc that feels almost unnecessary and burdensome, as it doesn’t lead anywhere. What I’d like to see the author do in future books to overcome this would be to give strong story arcs and viewpoint scenes to both the male and female leads and then interweave them into the overall plot (instead of the single viewpoint we have in Storm of the Gods). This would allow readers to observe both characters as strong heroes in their own rights, and allow for a much more fulfilling romantic plotline with romance among true equals.

My other issue with Storm of the Gods was the combat sequences. While I didn’t find anything inherently wrong in the details, they often seemed to go on forever. It got to the point where I was skimming the sequence just to get to the end of it so I could continue on with the plot. This book has to have some of the longest combat sequences I’ve ever read, with the final climax being worthy of a martial arts anime series.

Overall, Storm of the Gods by A.R.Braun is an entertaining story in a well-developed world. I do, however, believe that it with a small change in approach, the author could make this series truly amazing. ...more

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Sep 01, 2018 Debbie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018-reads, 3-star-reads-2018, contemporaryy, coming-of-age, historical, religious-theme, paranormal

Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.

30 years ago, the Greek gods re-emerged into the modern world from their enforced sleep. Since then, scions, direct descendants of those gods, have been doing their bidding and keeping the human population safe from the mythical beats of old. Derek and his 18 year old brother Liam, are war scions, doing the bidding of Ares, the god of war. Ares orders Derek to find and kill four rogue scions, by threatening Liam and Der Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.

30 years ago, the Greek gods re-emerged into the modern world from their enforced sleep. Since then, scions, direct descendants of those gods, have been doing their bidding and keeping the human population safe from the mythical beats of old. Derek and his 18 year old brother Liam, are war scions, doing the bidding of Ares, the god of war. Ares orders Derek to find and kill four rogue scions, by threatening Liam and Derek will do anything to keep his brother safe. But not all is as it seems, and Derek, Liam and the four scions find themselves in a battle to keep the mighty Titans at sleep.

**insert sigh**

For the most part,I did enjoy this. It took a while for me to get into it. There are several HUGE info dumps near the beginning and I didn't like that., It came at you all in one go, and I did not process all of that information, there was so much. It meant I got lost a little in places later on.

But it's all the history of the gods that dumps on you. You don't get all of Derek and Liam's history in that dump. That comes out in dribs and drabs, slow enough for you to process their history, before the next bit is thrown at you. And I think there may be more to come, I really do.

It is HEAVY on the fighting. Derek, Liam and the scions do a lot of fighting and it is described in all its detail. A bit too much for me.

Only Derek has his say, in the first person. I think if Liam, and maybe one of the scions, Selena, had their say too, even in the first, I might have enjoyed this one a little more.

I DID like the story itself, info dump and fighting aside, I did not see a lot coming at me, kept me on my toes.

There is something brewing between Derek and Selena, and I hope that plays out how I see playing out! But Derek has more secrets to reveal, some I don't think he even knows about yet. And he still has to get out of the war pact made with Ares, but to do that, Derek has to do what Ares asked him to. Derek does not want to do that now.

Will I read the next book?? Yes, I'd like to, if only to see how this all goes down.

So, because of the massive info dump, and because only Derek has a say....

3 solid good stars

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Aug 27, 2018 Wednesday Stanley rated it really liked it · review of another edition

So this is a first for me from this author. And I have to say that I don't read much Young Adult or Fantasy of any kind often. But I had been slagging in the reading department lately and thought maybe I had just been reading too many of the same type of books recently so I wanted to go for a change of pace. And thought that maybe reading something different would help out. I also thought that this book sounded interesting.

I have to say that the beginning of this book was a bit confusing and of ...more

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Aug 16, 2018 Marissa rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: netgalley, fantasy

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.

Storm of the Gods is the first in a series featuring two brothers who happen to be descendants of Ares living in a re imagined California where the Greeks gods and goddesses now rule. The brothers are ordered (and manipulated) by Ares to take out a gang of rogues loyal to Athena, a goddess who has disappeared and her fellow gods and goddesses are a bit upset with. Little do they know that get tangled in these rogues will lead th ...more

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Aug 17, 2018 Nicola rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was an interesting Urban Fantasy and I really freaking enjoyed it!
The book was packed full of action.
The twists and turns kept me on my toes and the book rarely went in the direction I expected (I only guessed correctly once!).

It was written from the pov of a male protagonist which is something that I don't very read much in my UF and thought was pretty cool.

Derek, and his brother Liam, are War Scions, descended from Ares.
Despite their war-mongering progenitor and fiery tempers, both Derek This was an interesting Urban Fantasy and I really freaking enjoyed it!
The book was packed full of action.
The twists and turns kept me on my toes and the book rarely went in the direction I expected (I only guessed correctly once!).

It was written from the pov of a male protagonist which is something that I don't very read much in my UF and thought was pretty cool.

Derek, and his brother Liam, are War Scions, descended from Ares.
Despite their war-mongering progenitor and fiery tempers, both Derek and Liam are good guys, trying to balance doing the right thing with trying to survive.
With their power and bloodline, it would have been so easy for the pair of them to justify being monsters but they were balanced and moral, never shying away from violence but striving to never go too far.

I adored Derek and how much he cared for his brother. Liam is most definitely Derek's weakness. He'd do anything to protect Liam including sacrificing his morals, his freedom, and his life.
To some, this may get annoying but, for me, Liam is the reason that Derek hasn't went off the deep-end and turned into the sociopath Ares wishes him to be.
It's obvious that although they're both Scions of Ares, Derek and Liam are cut from a different cloth.
Derek's power is greater and his instincts harder to control.

My only grumble about this book was how much Derek got his ass kicked considering that he is a freaky powerful war scion. He should have been able to annihilate most who faced him down but he was always so distracted - usually by what was happening to/with his brother - that he seemed to constantly be getting spanked!
His reluctance to kill - while admirable - was also a teenie bit annoying. I respected that both Liam and Derek are not murderers but they are war scions and when at war / in battle, there will be casualties. Half the problems in this book would have been solved if they'd just manned up and killed the fucknuts who repeatedly tried to kill them.

I'm really excited to see how this series develops! ...more

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Aug 13, 2018 Whitney McGruder rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I thoroughly enjoyed the Greek mythology and dystopian mashup, and I don't even think I can say I'm a fan of dystopian fiction. Braun has this way of creating the most awful futures imaginable but always provides her readers with the spark of hope they need to believe that something can be done about all the gloom and doom. For example, Derek knows full well that he can't go up against the actual Greek gods because he's a mortal and they aren't. However, as the story progresses, you see that the ...more

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Aug 18, 2018 Ian rated it liked it · review of another edition

I will start off by saying that I am not the reader for this book. There are readers out there who would happily give this book 5 stars. If you are a reader who likes breezy reads that don't take a lot of investment, this is the book for you.

What this book has going for it:
•An interesting premise
•Well written action sequences
•Minority inclusion in minor characters

What this book has going against it:
•Underdefined lead characters
•Cliches
•An almost romantic relationship between the brothers
•Every ...more

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Sep 19, 2018 Lisa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Very well written storyline that pulled me right in from the very beginning and the characters are so well developed that I was totally enthralled until the very end!

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Aug 10, 2018 Emily W. is currently reading it · review of another edition

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I haven't read books pertaining to Greek Mythology in a while so I thought I should request the book from Netgalley.

I don't know if I'll enjoy the 2 brothers in the story but I want to try and read at least five chapters to see how I feel about the book.

Because even though Greek Mythology related stories are interesting, they also tend to be hit or miss for me. And if they happen to be a miss I will either put t ...more

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Aug 01, 2018 Veselina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this book! Welcome to the world after the old Greek Gods have returned. They rule over different districts and there own descendents live there. Meet Derek and his brother Leam - Ares's descendents. They are Warriors and work under the direct command of Ares himself. They must obey him or they will be punished. But will they? How about a prophesy for the end of the world and a mad person trying to resurrect Cronos? I really enjoy ...more

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Jun 14, 2018 Valerie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is a fast paced book. The Olympian Gods have returned and taken over California, but they want more & are trying to retrieve objects of power. Derek and Liam, two of Ares scions get caught up in the battle. It does get confusing with each god having their own different scions & abilities but toward the end it doesn't matter so much. #StormOfTheGods #NetGalley

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Aug 21, 2018 Bobbie Kirkland rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I received a free copy of Storm of the Gods an Arieos Brother Novel by A.R. Braun in exchange for an honest review. The Greek gods have come back, and it’s not a good thing; the gods treat humans as disposable toys. This story is told from the viewpoint of Derek Arios. Derek is an employ and a descendant of Ares, god of war. Derek has spent his entire traumatic life protecting his younger brother Liam, and Ares has no compunction about using Liam against Derek. When Derek learns of a conspiracy ...more

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Jun 21, 2018 Terra rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I cannot get into this book at all. I am currently 75% of the way through the book and I don't have the motivation to finish it.

The premise of the book sounded great but the main characters are just not clicking with me. Derek annoys me and Liam seems like he was added as an afterthought; he could be a better character if he had more personality.

I am going to try to finish the book because I hate leaving books unfinished and hopefully the last few chapters will get better.

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Jul 09, 2018 Nicky Skene rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A story of Gods, mortals and monsters! It took me a while to get into the story with all the different characters and magic however once I had gotten used to the writing style I quickly became a fan. The Areios brothers - Derek and Liam - I found to be a refreshing duo with an unbreakable bond. Derek and Liam were sent out on a task by their God Ares to areest and question rouge scions who soon become their allies in an even greater mission to save not only humanity but the Gods themselves. The ...more

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