Demigods and Monsters (Sphinx #2)
by Raye Wagner
Release Date: April 25th 2016
by Raye Wagner
Release Date: April 25th 2016
Summary:
Can Apollo’s curse be broken?
Seventeen-year-old Hope Nicholas is done running. Apollo’s curse
has ruled her entire life, limiting her choices and robbing her of the things
that matter most. But she refuses to live in fear any longer. In fact, she’s
ready to do whatever it takes to break the god’s power over her existence.
When the goddess Artemis instructs Hope to impersonate a demigod
and infiltrate a conservatory to get access to the Olympian library, she
doesn’t hesitate. As she sees it, there’s nothing left to lose.
But once inside, Hope discovers the only way to get what she
needs is to work with her sworn enemies. As the lines between demigod and
monster are crossed again and again, Hope has to dig deep for the courage to
accept her fate or fight for the freedom to save herself.
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EXCERPT:
The
terrifying creature had the torso of a man with dozens of arms extending out
like legs of a spider. A true giant, the monster was well over twenty feet
tall. Instead of a single head, the beast had several thick necks and heads
stacked in a conglomerate mass like the compound eyes of an insect.
Hope
cringed.
His
arms moved in a blur, pulling books down and putting them back up in a slightly
different order. Next to him sat a mammoth-sized trolley, and several other
hands were shelving books from it. The sheer number of his hands and heads
allowed him to be moving at all angles at all times.
She’d
heard of such creatures, other monsters created by the gods, but had never seen
one. She shifted in an attempt to sneak away.
“Ho
there, young demigod.” The creature bellowed his greeting in a chorus of voices
halting her retreat.
She
swallowed back her nervousness and faced him.
“You must be new.” He stepped down from the
ladder and shrunk a couple of feet.
“Uh,
yeah.” She shifted from foot to foot then extended her hand, hoping it wasn’t
too sweaty. “I’m Hope.”
“Aptly
named, young immortal.” He smothered her hand with several of his own. “I am
Briareus, the librarian. May I help you find something?”
My Review:
Hope is back and still in hiding from everyone who wants her
dead. She is still very determined to break the curse that was put upon her
family many, many, many years ago. All she wants is to live a normal life and
be like everyone else. She just wants to have friends and go hang out with them
whenever she wants. She will do whatever it takes to break the curse. Even if
it means being around the ones who would kill her if they knew who and what she
was.
Hope goes to a Conservatory where Demigods live where she
hopes to find all the information she needs to break the curse. She knows that
the Demigods will kill her if they find out her real identity. But she is very
hopeful that she can keep her identity a secret long enough to find out how to
break her curse.
When she gets to the Conservatory she meets some new friends
who are willing to help her if they can. But she still can’t trust them
completely after all they are demigods. While there she meets Xan. Immediately
she is attractive to him but she is confused because she still has feelings for
the demigod Athan who after over hearing a conversation between him and his
father she isn’t sure if she can trust him anymore.
I have really and truly enjoyed reading Demigods and
Monsters. I have enjoyed learning more about all the Gods and the Son of Gods
in the world that the author has created. The story was well put together and I
never once became bored with it. I also loved following along with Hope on her
journey trying to find the info she needs to break the curse. I also loved
meeting the new characters and love each and every one of them well maybe that
is stretching it little bit. Not all of them were likeable but that is what
makes for a good read of course. If you have not read Demigods and monsters
then I suggest you do. Oh have you read the first book Curse of the Sphinx? If
not then I would like to recommend that you read it first to get the complete
work up of Hope and her curse.
About the
Author:
Raye Wagner grew up in Seattle, the second of eight children, and learned to escape chaos through the pages of fiction. As a youth, she read the likes of David Eddings, Leon Uris, and Jane Austen. Inspired by a fictional character, Raye pursued a career in nursing, thinking to help the world one patient at a time.
One summer afternoon, when her then young children were playing in the pool, a plot dropped into her head, and she started writing.
She enjoys baking, puzzles, Tae Kwon Do, and the sound of waves lapping at the sand. She lives with her husband and three children in Middle Tennessee.
Origin of the Sphinx, a novella detailing the story leading up to the creation of the mythological creature, is her first publication. It is the beginning of the Sphinx series.
Curse of the Sphinx, the first book in the series, is completed, and set to be released in August 2015.
Raye Wagner grew up in Seattle, the second of eight children, and learned to escape chaos through the pages of fiction. As a youth, she read the likes of David Eddings, Leon Uris, and Jane Austen. Inspired by a fictional character, Raye pursued a career in nursing, thinking to help the world one patient at a time.
One summer afternoon, when her then young children were playing in the pool, a plot dropped into her head, and she started writing.
She enjoys baking, puzzles, Tae Kwon Do, and the sound of waves lapping at the sand. She lives with her husband and three children in Middle Tennessee.
Origin of the Sphinx, a novella detailing the story leading up to the creation of the mythological creature, is her first publication. It is the beginning of the Sphinx series.
Curse of the Sphinx, the first book in the series, is completed, and set to be released in August 2015.
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