Tag: greek mythology
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Owlcrate Unboxing – From Olympus with Love (January 2021)
Another theme that speaks to my soul? Yes, please. You guys know how much I love mythology – so let’s dive in! From Olympus with Love Nectar of the Gods Tea by Riddle’s Tea Shoppe A tea that sounds delicious and doesn’t have chocolate in it? I am unbelievably excited to try this – let…
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Fae Crate Unboxing – Book Wyrm (May 2020)
Athena, queen, is represented by Elizabeth from Sorcery of Thorns and I love it. Sadly they sent the art with text on it. They said they would send a new version without the text for people to display as art, but it is now October and I still don’t have it – so I’m posting…
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Fae Crate Unboxing – Make A Wish (March 2020)
If you saw my January unboxing, you’ll know I bought it because it was Magnus Bane as Hecate… their Greek mythology/YA character mashup for this month was Nahri and Darayavahoush from City of Brass as Persephone and Hades. It was their anniversary crate and look how gorgeous their art is (also I 100% forgot I…
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Fae Crate Unboxing – Spellbound (January 2020)
I’ve only tried Fae Crate’s normal monthly subscription boxes once, but when I read about their Greek mythology/YA character mashups and saw that Magnus Bane was Hecate – I knew I needed it. (In the future though, I’m just going to keep my fingers crossed that I can purchase the art card for each month,…
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Camp Half-Blood Confidential – Rick Riordan
Camp Half-Blood Confidential by Rick Riordan My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Camp Half-Blood Confidential is a demi-god’s guide to camp told through short stories written by the campers, sales pitches delivered by a geyser god and a series of pictures. Readers who are familiar with Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series (and the Trials of…
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The Star-Touched Queen – Roshani Chokshi
The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars The Star-Touched Queen is a little slow to start, but once it finds a groove the story will draw you in and you won’t want to put it down. The writing style is very poetic and descriptive, which is absolutely gorgeous but can…
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The Dark Prophecy – Rick Riordan
The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Please read the first book in the series before delving into this one, otherwise, you will be very confused. I would recommend this book to middle grade/young adult readers who have enjoyed Rick Riordan’s other novel, mythology, fantasy or action/adventure books. It was…
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Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods – Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods By: Rick Riordan Disney – Hyperion Published: August 19th, 2014 Acquisition: Kobo Summary: A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously? Because I don’t need the Olympians mad at me again. But if…