Week 48 Review: Lore Olympus: Volume Seven

From Goodreads:

Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love—the Greek tale of Hades and Persephone gets a romantic modern update in the gorgeously illustrated, Eisner Award-winning Lore Olympus, including a brand new bonus short story!

An ingenious take on the Greek Pantheon, Lore Olympus is a modern update on the story of Hades and Persephone. Follow the propulsive love story of two Greek gods, told with lavish artwork and contemporary sensibilities.

This full-color edition of Smythe's original Eisner Award-winning webcomic Lore Olympus features exclusive behind-the-scenes content and brings Greek mythology into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.

This volume collects episodes 153-179 of the #1 WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus.

My Review:
I had a fantastic time reading this volume! I love this series so much, and events are really heating up in this volume, so much has been built, and it was phenomenal to see all that start to pay off. I had to keep reading and consuming this story again! The chicks are starting to come home to roost, and this is where the snowball starts rolling! 

We're finally at the episodes that I had to wait for, and oh, it was just a delight to read them again! From dealing with turning Minthe into a potted plant, dealing with Leto and Apollo being the worst again, as well as Persephone's first therapy season, yeah, these episodes pack a punch. Oh, and the moment when Hades called her his wife! I remember the speculation about what that meant, so it was great to read it again!

There were so many awesome moments in this volume, for when Persephone and Hades accept each other's differences, to when they were flirting with one another with a plant as Ares and Hephaestus were having a conversation, that was a nice, light moment that was really needed! Especially with what happened with the arrows and what happened next. Another funny moment was when Hermes was going on about how great his mom was and Zeus gave a very Zeus response and their faces afterwards. This really is it's own story based on myths, and brought to life with this take on these characters! 

I loved the bonus short story, to see them spend a little more time after the shopping just having fun, with no pressures, yeah, I'm really glad that they got that time, because boy, things are just heating up now, and it's a heck of a ride! 

Loved reading this volume, and I can't wait for the next!  

Author: Rachel Smythe 
Series: Lore Olympus Volumes #7 
Read: November 23rd, 2024
Source: Library 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a 2024 Retelling Reading Challenge 2024 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Inklore
Published: October 1st 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars