I've read this book quite a few times by now because for some reason it's become a comfort book. Nevertheless, I also recognize more and more problematic things the more often I read it and I don't want to pretend that this is a picture-perfect book by not mentioning it just because I love it so much. I love Helen and Claire's friendship, although I always dislike the "lack of communication" trope. I love Helen and Lucas although the incest plotline is absolutely unnecessary (very Shadowhunters if you know what I mean) because I simply think it's never necessary to add one. It's also quite filled with tropes but that is to be expected from an early 2010s book :D I am also a huge Greek mythology fan, which doesn't mean that I don't recognize some of the liberties that were taken in the book. I am a fan of the huge family dynamic, of the dynamic between Helen and her dad and how happy I was when he finally got to be with Kate.

This is just a ramble which I might expand on at some point but yeah :D

Percy Jackson meets Twilight. This book definitely is as hard to put down as Twilight and a bit less problematic too. 

Quick question, did there have to be an incest plot line?! 

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