Publisher: Backlit Fiction
Pages: 229
Source: electronic review
copy
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, and Mythology
From Goodreads:
Zoe Calder has always been an outsider. Stashed away in
boarding schools since her parents died, Zoe buries herself in the study of
ancient worlds. Her greatest thrill is spending her summers with her
archeologist aunt and uncle on digs around the world. And one day, while
investigating a newly unearthed temple in Crete, Zoe discovers a luminous
artifact that transports her to ancient Greece.
As Zoe quickly learns, the Olympian Gods are real, living
people—humans with mysterious powers… Powers that Zoe quickly realizes she has
come to possess, as well. However, when the people of ancient Greece mistake
Zoe for an Olympian, the Gods must restore the balance of the ancient world… No
matter what.
Zoe is forced to play a confusing and dangerous game as Hera
rallies the gods against her—all except for Zeus, the beautiful, winged young
god who risks everything to save her.
Out of time and out of her element, teenager Zoe Calder
finds herself in ancient Greece, battling against the power of the Olympians
and the vengeance of a scorned goddess—all for the strange and mysterious boy
she has come to love.
My Thoughts:
We teach Greek Mythology every year at school. It has never been one of my favorite
subjects. However, recently there
have been some great books out that deal with Greek mythology in a different
light. This is one of those books
and it is great.
Zoe is the type of young girl that teens will be able to
relate to. She suffers bullying at
the hands of those in her boarding school because she doesn’t fit it. I will have to say here that she
doesn’t really try very hard to fit in. When she ends up in 1000 BC, Ancient Greece her life
changes. Suddenly, the most
popular boy (Zeus) has fallen for her.
I loved the idea that the gods and goddesses were portrayed as teenagers
instead of the way we teach about them.
She realizes that these gods and goddesses are not much
different than the teens she left behind at the boarding school except here
they all have powers. This is just
the first book in the trilogy and the second one is a definite must read. After all, we must see how things
progress for Zoe.
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