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Lore

from the Number One bestselling YA fantasy author

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Lore

By: Alexandra Bracken
Narrated by: Fryda Wolff
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 From the No.1 New York Times bestselling author of THE DARKEST MINDS comes a high-octane story of power, destiny and redemption. A lifetime ago, Lore Perseous left behind the brutal, opulent world of the Agon families - ancient Greek bloodlines that participate in a merciless game every seven years. A game that is about to begin again ...

For centuries, Zeus has punished the gods with a game called the Agon, which turns them mortal for one week, and at the mercy of being hunted by those with godly ambitions. Only a handful of the original Greek gods remain, the rest replaced by the mortals who killed them and ascended.

After her family's sadistic murder by a rival bloodline, Lore escapes and vows to repay her parents' sacrifice by doing one thing - surviving. For seven years, she has pushed back dark thoughts of revenge against the man responsible for their murder, a man by the name of Wrath who has attained unimaginable power. Except for one week, every seven years. A week that is fast approaching ...

When Lore comes home on the first night of the Agon to find Athena gravely wounded on her doorstep, the goddess offers her an alliance; they have a mutual enemy, after all. But as the world trembles under the force of Wrath - a god with the power to destroy all of humanity - will Lore's decision to bind her fate with Athena's come back to haunt her?

© 2021 Alexandra Bracken (P) 2020, Buena Vista Book Inc©2021 Alexandra Bracken Death & Dying Destiny Difficult Situations Literature & Fiction Multicultural Science Fiction & Fantasy Mythology Ancient Greece Greek Mythology Emotionally Gripping Ancient History

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Critic reviews

Lore kept me awake far too many nights. A brilliant and breathless twist on classic mythology! (Marissa Meyer, author of The Lunar Chronicles)
A story of power and old wounds and love, all anchored by a protagonist that I cheered from the instant she appeared, fists ready and heart brave, on the page. A tale worth passing down. (Marie Lu, author of Warcross)
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I won’t spoil the plot here, the book is amazing! It has a wonderful storyline and well made characters, I don’t generally leave many reviews, however I had to with this one! Thoroughly recommend it!

Best book I have read in a while

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Prior knowledge of Greek mythology is helpful to fully understand and appreciate the story...but not essential. I listen to my books in the car and this made me drive slower and hope for traffic so I could listen more! haha! Really gripping storyline with yet another battle around every corner!

For Greek mythology nerds

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This narrator was so good at changing her voice and delivering all the different characters. She made the story even more interesting.

The narrator is so talented

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I really enjoyed the narration - the range of voices was really impressive and I feel like the emotions and tension were all really well conveyed by the speaker. I'd definitely listen to more narrated by her. I enjoyed the setting of New York, which was really well evoked. I did enjoy the story overall but I felt that some events needed more explanation as to the motivations behind them. I did feel confused a few times and given the length of the book I felt a bit disappointed at the end. But I am still glad that I listened to it as I do enjoy mythology and the world-building was done really well

Very well narrated

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Enjoyed the world and the story - one fault with it is how some elements needed fleshing out more and instead felt rushed. Typical teenage romance but too predictable. Makes for a nice easy listen though

Overall a very interesting story

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