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Lore

Alexandra Bracken

Start date: February 1, 2021

Finish date: February 28, 2021

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Feb 05, 2021 Jenn rated it really liked it

Shelves: 4-star-reads, books-i-own, cover-love, signed-copies, mythology, fantasy, young-adult, read-in-2021

I am a HUGE fan of Greek mythology so when this book was announced, I knew I had to get my hands on it! And I was not disappointed.

Many millennia ago, Zeus punished 9 Gods who rebelled against them by making them human once every 7 years. For one week, these Gods are pursued by hunters from ancient bloodlines. Their goal - kill the Gods and take their power for their own. Our MC, Lore, used to be part of that life until tragedy struck her family. Now she's out and she wants it to stay that way, ...more

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Mar 23, 2021 Tbirdplanstoread rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: signed, own-hard-back, owlcrate, z-2021-read

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I started out giving this book a 4/5. I was very conflicted with this score, though. After watching others review and they had a lot of the same thoughts as I did about this book, I've decided to change my score to a 2/5.

The premise for this book had a ton of merit, it just didn't feel executed properly. There were too many plot holes, one being the actual premise behind the whole story. It was never fully explained. We were not given a lot of background on why things were happening, and even as ...more

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Jan 27, 2021 Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I loved this book and I couldn’t stop reading. Though the start was a little slow but once it got going it didn’t stop. At first I didn’t think I would like Lore but as the book went on I fell in love with her. She wasn’t like the typical young adult heroine where they are all about them. She listened to her friends and didn’t really do that much stupid stuff. Though I do have to say Miles and Van were my two favorite characters. Alexandra Bracken wrote the perfect blend of the old Greek myth wi ...more

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