The Immortals

, #1

Hardcover, 452 pages

English language

Published Feb. 16, 2016 by Orbit.

ISBN:
978-0-316-34718-1
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OCLC Number:
953390928
ASIN:
0316347183

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2 stars (2 reviews)

"A high quality contemporary fantasy novel that will appeal to a wide range of readers from American Gods to the kids who grew up reading Percy Jackson. The Relentless One, the Bearer of the Bow, the Untamed.....those are only a few of the names Selene DiSilva's answered to over the years. But these days she's content to work in secret, defending the women of Manhattan from the evils of men. She's reclusive, stubborn, and deeply unfriendly to everyone but her dog. But when a woman's mutilated body washes up in Riverside Park wearing a laurel wreath, Selene finds that she can no longer hide in the shadows. As more women are threatened, Selene is forced to embrace the one name she's tried hardest to forget -- Artemis. For who better to follow the killer's tangled trail than the Goddess of the Hunt herself?"--

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reviewed The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky (Olympus Bound, #1)

Classical mythology reimagined

2 stars

While this book began with promise and had many positive things to say, it fell hard at its finish line. I have to dock it to a two-star. I was disappointed because this book really raised my hopes.

Something was infuriating about the portrayal of Selene, aka Artemis. Using ancient Greek mythology's most potent female icon, the writer turned her into a sexually frustrated woman. She was constantly going between irrationally angry and shamefully horny emotions.

The writer turned mythology into a self-inflicted punishment by changing Artemis' chastity from being a punishment to an intentional decision. Artemis' virginity seemed to be more critical to the writer than her other attributes. A Greek god was transformed into a whiny friend who obsesses and complains about never having a boyfriend.

Another main character in this novel is a bit more likable than the overly irritable and sexually frustrated Selene. Soon, Theo became …

reviewed The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky (Olympus Bound, #1)

Review of 'The Immortals' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

While this book began with promise and had many positive things to say, it fell hard at its finish line. I have to dock it to a two-star. I was disappointed because this book really raised my hopes.

Something was infuriating about the portrayal of Selene, aka Artemis. Using ancient Greek mythology's most potent female icon, the writer turned her into a sexually frustrated woman. She was constantly going between irrationally angry and shamefully horny emotions.

The writer turned mythology into a self-inflicted punishment by changing Artemis' chastity from being a punishment to an intentional decision. Artemis' virginity seemed to be more critical to the writer than her other attributes. A Greek god was transformed into a whiny friend who obsesses and complains about never having a boyfriend.

Another main character in this novel is a bit more likable than the overly irritable and sexually frustrated Selene. Soon, Theo became …

Subjects

  • Women
  • Crimes against
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Greek Mythology
  • Greek Gods
  • Greek Goddesses
  • Fiction

Places

  • New York (N.Y.)