I really enjoyed the first two books in Brodsky's series - The Immortals, in particular, caught my attention and refused to let go. In this third (and final) volume of the series, we get some more interesting twists on the mythology and world established in the first two books. However, this one wasn't as good as the first or the second (which, itself, didn't quite live up to expectations resulting from the first). It's an interesting world, populated by interesting characters. If you're looking for something a little different in the Urban Fantasy genre, then I'd recommend you give The Immortals a try.

I pushed through Olympus Bound mostly due to a sense of completism -- I wanted to finish the trilogy -- which likely did neither me nor the book any favors. The mythology continues to be thoughtful and deep, but the potting requires enormous blind spots or frank stupidity from the main characters, often in ways that violate their established characters. Theo and Selene are kept apart, moping, though a large section, which removes all of the interplay between nebbish nerd and warrior princess that buoyed up the first two books. The ending felt diffuse, and missed giving us more personal conclusions to fan favorites like Flint, who just seemed to get lost in the shuffle. Olympus Bound was fine, would be my faint praise.

In this third tale about Olympian gods living in New York, Theo is searching for a way to bring Selene back from the dead. But Selene is hunting down the cult of Mithras to find her father and grandfather - one to rescue and one to kill. But there is a deeper game afoot than either know which will have to be played out in Greece and in New York before heroes and goddesses get their rest.

I did not realize this was a final book in a trilogy. I started it and DNF. But maybe for those who are already fans of the series, not for me.

I absolutely loved The Immortals and Winter of the Gods, so I was eager to see the next instalment in the story of Selene DiSilva, the Greek goddess Artemis living in present-day New York. Unfortunately, I found myself bored with Olympus Bound. I gave it a few tries, because the first two books were so great, but I eventually gave up and marked it as DNF at 31%.

The story has a compelling premise: the culmination of Selene's battle against mysterious forces with an apparent vendetta against the Olympian gods and goddesses. In Olympus Bound, Selene is after her grandfather Saturn, a titan deposed from power by his son / Selene's father Zeus when Zeus took over Olympus. She suspects that Saturn is behind the recent attacks on the Olympian gods and goddesses and that he holds Zeus captive for a ritual sacrifice that will increase his power tremendously. He poses a major threat because, while the Olympian gods and goddesses have been steadily losing their power in the last few centuries, Saturn has been manipulating belief systems like Christianity to ensure his own power remains strong. In the meantime, classics professor Theo is mourning what he and while his friends try to help him move on, he is obsessed with plotting how to bring Selene back from the underworld.

It's the perfect set up for an epic, emotional battle, but the execution fell flat. Grief-stricken Theo is just mopey, and the plan he comes up with to save Selene is certainly audacious, but he just came off kinda pathetic. I sympathize with his grief, but I also just wanted to join his friends in telling him to move on already. There was a colleague who stayed with him because she had a crush on him and was hoping to catch him on the rebound -- I found her a compelling character and wanted her to find someone who would actually love her back.

Selene's quest to find Saturn and save Zeus should have been epic, but instead felt mechanical. I like seeing more of Flint's character and I thought Juno seemed interesting, but Selene fell flat. She was such a compelling character in the first book, and I think her relationship with Apollo made her more nuanced in the second book, but in this book, despite the emotions over missing Theo, worrying over her father, and wanting revenge on Saturn, she feels like little more than a device to advance the plot. 

As I said, I gave up on this book at the 31% mark. Winter of the Gods started off somewhat slow as well, so it's possible Olympus Bound would've gotten better if I'd stuck with it. I just no longer care enough to find out.

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Thank you to Hachette Book Group Canada for an egalley of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The final book in the trilogy, Selene is determined to save her father, Zeus, Theo wants to get her back, and the whole pantheon has to come together to stop Saturn. It was interesting to see where (and who) some of them have been, especially Athena, though the romance angst was my least favorite bit in the last two books. Mythology combined with a modern thriller was an interesting combo, and if you like both, I recommend this series.

I loved book 1, and even though book 2 was not as good it was still good. But this third one was lacking at certain points. I fear it was because it was longer? ( I really do not know, ebooks are weird). And it also felt like the chemistry was lacking

Selene is kickass, I can still see Artemis there.
Theo is brilliant and courageous

But in this book they are separated and I do feel they are better together. They bring out the best in each other, and now they just brought out the worst. Theo is scattered, Selene is failing. This book really rested on them being together (and finally hooking up)

Flint really grew on me here, poor guy.
And we finally meet more gods *hint hint*

Kronos is evil as always and is trying to get them all killed.

There is a race against time (pun intended) and will they fail or will the immortals finally leave this plane..... *music of doom*