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Underground
Of all the gifts given to the ancient gods, the rarest is a happy childhood. This was the treasure bestowed on Persephone by her mother Demeter. And Persephone never knew how lucky she was until she lost everything through the arrogance of Hades, who stole her away to his kingdom in the land of the dead. There he kept her prisoner, yet also cherished affection for her—which, honestly, seemed worse.
Still, Persephone’s bright spirit bore her up even underground, so that she learned to speak with the strange denizens of the gray afterlife, even befriending some of them. While she saw dimly, then more and more clearly, that her world was neither kind nor fair.
So hope and despair balanced each other out—in the mother seeking her lost child, in the captor wishing his captive would hate him slightly less, and most of all in the girl struggling to grow toward the light. But finally, the scales must tip one way or the other.
A little Disney, a little Terry Pratchett, a little slice-of-life. Or death?
Still, Persephone’s bright spirit bore her up even underground, so that she learned to speak with the strange denizens of the gray afterlife, even befriending some of them. While she saw dimly, then more and more clearly, that her world was neither kind nor fair.
So hope and despair balanced each other out—in the mother seeking her lost child, in the captor wishing his captive would hate him slightly less, and most of all in the girl struggling to grow toward the light. But finally, the scales must tip one way or the other.
A little Disney, a little Terry Pratchett, a little slice-of-life. Or death?
347 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 28, 2023
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June 9, 2023
I got this book for two reasons: 1) I saw a pouch for this book on Imgur. 2) I had credits on Amazon that got me the book at half price.
As the author says in her Afterward, the book is uneven. There were times it stumbles, and I wish there had been more humor, but it shows such potential in the author.
It's not "Lore Olympus" but is simply a tale that only slightly changes the tales we know from mythology.
The most jarring thing to me was Zeus being the eldest of the gods.
I will keep an eye on what she'll be writing next.
As the author says in her Afterward, the book is uneven. There were times it stumbles, and I wish there had been more humor, but it shows such potential in the author.
It's not "Lore Olympus" but is simply a tale that only slightly changes the tales we know from mythology.
The most jarring thing to me was Zeus being the eldest of the gods.
I will keep an eye on what she'll be writing next.
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