Medha

What a fantastic read! I loved the complexity and attention to detail throughout the story, and although I would've preferred a little more insight into Monique Grant's life, I'm still content after the end. I was moved by the emotion bleeding through the pages and clearly felt every nuance of each character. It was a near-edge-of-my-seat experience. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes thrills!

Okay umm, WOW. I loved this book. From the moment I picked it up I was hooked and I found it concerning how hard it was to put down. The protagonist is smart, but not to the point where she makes it her primary character trait, which is usually quite hard to find in most YA novels. I loved the plot and gobbled up every riddle, trick and puzzle. Although I must say I'm not a very big puzzle-solver myself, it was thrilling to watch Avery and the Hawthorne Brothers find their way through the billion-dollar question: why was Avery there and who was she to the Hawthornes?
I enjoyed Avery's scepticism and the occasional calculated display of vulnerability, however, I did observe her being rather reckless (quite the opposite of her nature) in sharing critical pieces of information.
Despite it all, the bottom line is that the book had me enraptured and I would gladly pick it up again someday if I wanted to be swept into a fictional world that's not magical or dystopian, but highly engaging nonetheless.

The writing was mediocre and I didn't feel attached enough to the characters. My first thoughts were that this may be a dystopia retelling of The Little Mermaid and I was right. The story was mostly boring and I had to really push myself to continue to flip the pages and read on. I wish the author would've provided more substance and context on why certain characters were the way they were or felt the way they did. Everything was very surface level, maybe that's why I couldn't connect to the characters, specifically the protagonists. Not a book I'm glad to have finished.

The first book had me hooked. This one too, but it made me want to put it down at least thrice. (And this is after finishing this book in under 24 hours.)
I feel like while this book helped magnify the plot and add more twists and turns to the story, there were a couple of rather unnecessary additions.
The constant internal dilemma in Avery's head of Grayson vs. Jameson was super random. Neither of those two characters seemed particularly appealing to me as a romantic interest. And besides, based on the crux of the story, any kind of romantic interest for Avery seemed entirely irrelevant and again, unnecessary. It did not, in my opinion, add to the plot and instead, took away from the story and made it feel more dragged on.
I'm still giving this book a 4 because of everything else. The story building up (aside from the possible romance) made me want to know more and continue to stay in this world of Avery Kylie Grambs and the Hawthornes. I have high hopes of the next book.

Wow. Everything about this book left me floored. The person whose perspective she chose to write the book from, the tense, the imagery, the fluidity... I am absolutely shattered in the best way. Even though I have never been someone who is super eager to learn about Greek Mythology, I enjoyed this book because it is simply wonder in itself. Definitely brought about a bucket load of tears, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Give it a read, you will be beautifully devastated.