Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Olympians: Hepahistos: God of Fire by George O'Connonr - ADVISABLE


Olympians: Hephaistos: God of Fire by George O’Connor, 72 pages.  GRAPHIC NOVEL  First Second (Roaring Brook Press), 2019.  $19.  

Content:  Language: PG (2 swears); Mature Content; PG-13; Violence: PG-13.  

BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS – ADVISABLE  

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE  

Hera and Zeus have a child named Hephaistos, but Hera doesn’t like her baby because she thinks he is ugly so she throws him into the ocean and he is raised by two mermaids.  As he gets older, he is good at forging different treasures that are appreciated by the gods.  He is married to Aphrodite, but she is unfaithful and Hephaistos is unhappy with her.  Overtime, Hephaistos makes his way to be a god as he trades things for his forged treasures.  

This book has a lot of the different Greek gods as part of Hephaistos’ story.  Hephaistos’ story is interesting but there are many different story lines about his life woven throughout, which makes it feel choppy.  I think this is an interesting series that helps readers grasp the main events of the different Greek gods, and if you have other books in this series this is a must.  

Reviewer, C. Peterson.

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