It felt like everything and nothing happened, despite the plot being action-packed. I kept putting the book down and having a hard time picking it back up.
While the book certainly is true to the myths, depicting the fickle, cruel and debased nature of the gods, I was underwhelmed by it. For this reason, Daughter of Sparta was one of my most anticipated releases of 2021. I’ve always been fascinated by ancient myths, despite how truly strange they are. Nine items have been stolen from Mount Olympus, and if Daphne cannot find and return them in short order, the gods’ waning powers will fade away entirely, the mortal world will descend into chaos, and her brother’s life will be beyond saving. With the help of Apollo, Artemis’s twin, Daphne journeys from the labyrinth of the Minotaur to the riddling Sphinx of Thebes. Chased with the knowledge she’ll be considered a Spartan deserter, she sets off on what seems an impossible quest to save her brother’s fate and those of the gods. But an unexpected encounter with the goddess Artemis upends Daphne’s life entirely. IN SHORT: Definitely consult the glossary at the end of this young adult mythology book to best understand what’s happening.ĭaphne has trained her entire life to become a warrior skilled and brave enough that she might be accepted by the unyielding people of ancient Sparta instead of constantly being viewed as an outsider.
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