My eyebrows are dangling from the ceiling.” For all of her independence and superpowers, Juliette never moves beyond her role as a pawn in someone else’s schemes. Overreliance on metaphor to express Juliette’s jaw-dropping surprise wears thin: “My mouth is sitting on my kneecaps. Fast-paced action scenes convey imminent danger vividly, but there’s little sense of a broader world here. The ending falls flat as the plot devolves into comic-book territory. But Adam belongs to a resistance movement he helps Juliette escape to their stronghold, where she finds that she’s not the only one with superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, he’s a soldier under orders from Warner, a power-hungry 19-year-old. Adam, it turns out, is immune to her deadly touch. After months of isolation, her captors suddenly give her a cellmate-Adam, a drop-dead gorgeous guy.

Juliette’s journal holds her tortured thoughts in an attempt to repress memories of the horrific act that landed her in a cell.

Juliette was torn from her home and thrown into an asylum by The Reestablishment, a militaristic regime in control since an environmental catastrophe left society in ruins. Debut author Andrews brings Daphne’s world convincingly to life, earning extra credit for breathless scenes of mortal combat.Ī dystopic thriller joins the crowded shelves but doesn't distinguish itself.

Nonetheless, her priority remains fulfilling her quest, and every reader who’s groaned at the passivity of helpless girls ensnared by gods behaving badly will root for her to succeed. Acutely aware of Apollo’s reputation, Daphne-courageous, practical, and engaging-nevertheless can’t help falling for him despite Lykou’s vulpine warnings. Discovering Lykou, Daphne’s friend and crush, following them, Apollo transforms him into a wolf who will accompany them on a long, dangerous journey that includes encounters with Prometheus, Theseus, Minos, an Amazon princess, and other assorted humans and deities. Upping the stakes, she also turns Pyrrhus into a stag and appoints her twin brother, Apollo, to be Daphne’s escort and guard. To ensure Daphne’s cooperation, Artemis inflicts the Midas Curse on her: Should Daphne fail, her body will turn to gold. The goddess sends Daphne on a quest to locate the nine missing Muses whose loss is draining the powers of Olympus. When her brother Pyrrhus is a no-show for a prestigious competition, Daphne is grudgingly permitted to enter-and wins, attracting the attention of Artemis. Though raised in Sparta, Daphne and her siblings lack the rights and opportunities of native Spartans. Daphne, an adopted outsider whose mother died birthing her, longs to prove herself a true Spartan athlete and warrior and gets her wish in this series opener that reimagines famous Greek myths.

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