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Lore Olympus Volume One by Rachel Smythe

Lore Olympus Volume 2 by Rachel Smythe

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I got the first 2 books of the webtoon Lore Olympus out of the library based on the NPR best books list. It sounded right up my alley, a modern retelling of the story of Hades and Persephone. The art makes Olympus seem very sleek and modern, like Tokyo. Each of the big three and their children are a different color (their skin is that color.) Hades is blue, Zeus is purple and Poseidon is green. I call them the big three because they each […]

You should all drop whatever you are doing and join me in my current obsession (double bingo)

Lore Olympus, vol 2 by Rachel Smythe

Lore Olympus, vol 3 by Rachel Smythe

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4.5 stars CBR14 Bingo: Adapted (Rachel Smythe’s modern take on the Greek myths – and obviously especially Hades and Persephone is so cleverly done) So, searching my blog and Goodreads to see what I wrote about Lore Olympus, my current web-comic obsession, I discovered that after finishing volume one in November last year, all I did was leave a two-sentence comment on Goodreads. If I recall correctly, I was pretty solidly burned out last winter, so I’m amazed I posted any reviews in the final months […]

Colorful and Challenging Times in Olympus

Lore Olympus volume 1 by Rachel Smythe

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It seems like one of the favorite Greek myths to retell right now is the story of Hades and Persephone. I know of at least two currently underway on Webtoons: Punderworld and Lore Olympus. The latter recently came out in hard copy book form for the first 25 chapters and also won Goodreads’ Best Graphic Novel or Comic of 2021. I was a little surprised to see it on display at the library (I figured it would be checked out with a waiting list), so […]

I don’t think I could possibly wait for all of these to be published in print

Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

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A fair warning: this was lovely, but it is a very expensive way to read these comics–only episodes #1-25 are in this volume, and something like 160 have been published online. I’m happy to support the author! I can’t tell how to do so on the Webtoons website. A fanfic sent me to this series–a pretty explicit one, at that. I don’t think I needed much convincing though. Along with Beauty and the Beast, and Pride and Prejudice, Hades/Persephone is probably one of my favorite […]



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