This was not for me but I'm sure that it could be for someone else. I am definitely a fan of mythology retellings, especially Greek mythology retellings and the story of Helen of Troy as well as Achilles and Patrocles are some of my favorites of all time. This book just did not deliver the way I wanted it to and I REALLY wanted to. For starters, this was just not the kind of romance I am into and that's more of a personal thing than a real critique of Katee Robert's writing. The first half was just really hard to get through and I'm not sure if I felt like the payoff was worth it in the end. However, the writing itself was full of drama and intrigue. It is definitely glamorous and Katee Robert delivers to her readers a captivating tale of an MMF relationship in a modern and extremely SPICY retelling of this myth. Thank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley for the ARC!

I was stepping out of my comfort zone when I requested to review this book. But I liked the two previous books in the series so I decided to give it a go. It wasn’t bad, and I overall liked it. But it was just like there were all these problems and then BAM at the end everything in solved in a few paragraphs.

Not to mention I feel like Helen and Achilles had zero connection. I feel like they were tied together by Patroclus—who is just perfection.

Overall the book was okay to me.

This was probably my least favorite out of the Dark Olympus series… now that doesn’t mean it’s bad. It felt like the entire subplot was build up for the next book and we didn’t really get closure at the end.. Wicked Beauty follows Helen, Achilles and Patroclus in the trials for becoming the next Ares. The prize is to win Helen as their wife but Helen doesn’t want to put her life into someone’s hands so she takes matters into her own.

I enjoyed all three of our characters. Helen is badass and let’s no man take advantage of her. She will now bow down to be married off to some stranger so she decides to create her own future. I admire her ambition and strength. She is often described by others as a spoiled princess living off the last Zues but there’s so much more to her than others see.

Achilles and Patroclus are already in a relationship at the beginning of the book. Achilles is trying to win to become the next Ares and has Patroclus there to help him win. Their dynamic is interesting. Felt like a sub/dom relationship till Patroclus finally started to get a backbone. Helen fits well with them and I liked them all together. The sex scenes were good but I know Katee Robert can do better.

Now for the disappointing part… the ending. That’s just it though. It just ended… we got no conclusion for the relationship. The main issue in Olympus was just talked about but we learned absolutely nothing about it. I’m assuming we will learn more in the next book but it just felt incomplete. I hope we do learn more in the next. This book just felt like a the hunger games.

I received this book as a NetGalley ARC.
To be honest I would give this book 2.5 stars....maybe three if I was in a really generous mood, but my conflicted feelings make me lean towards 2. The premise, spice and some of the character interactions were really good.
This is the third book in the Dark Olympus series...but at this point we have ventured so far from the world of a retelling that it just doesn't make sense. I liked Helen, I really did, but I cannot understand why she was the one involved with Patroclus and Achilles and not some fictionalized version of Briseis. I understand it was to fit with the already established dynamics within this world, but it just felt like such an extreme departure from mythology that I couldn't take it seriously. They might as well have completely different names at this point.
Also the worldbuilding is very confusing. I truly cannot understand how it works. Is there or isn't there magic? What is this 'barrier' and is it magic or not? Who are Olympus' enemies? It's just a lot.
Still good and worth a read, but in the world of retellings there are some that have been done more skillfully.

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My God, KR has some solid brass bollocks (non-gendered brass bollocks, physical bollocks not required to possess brass bollocks) and—whether one of her books is working for me or not—I will never not adore her for that.

So this is a mainstream book. A trad published mainstream book. Of which the first two books—focused on queerish m/f couples—hit several bestseller lists and created a very, uh, shall we go with opinionated? expressive? fanbase.

And what did KR do next? An mmf triad. For which, I’m sure, a non-zero percentage of the reactions will boil down to “how dare she insert a woman into this beautiful m/m relationship” or alternatively “how dare she insert another man into this beautiful m/f relationship.” It’s a lose/lose from page 1.

But, romland, I would love it if you proved me wrong.

Because this book deserves to win. It is an absolute fucking barnstormer.

The deal here is … oh God, I can’t believe I’m going to have to try and explain the nonsense premise on which these books are founded. Err, I don’t mean that a criticism of the books. It’s just, it’s a truth universally acknowledged that one does not read KR for the plot. So these are books are set in a kind of alt-reality neo-modern city of bonking, gossiping and politicking. The city is called Olympus and is ruled over by The Thirteen, who are all named after the gods of ancient Greece. Anyway, the old Ares (did we know the old Ares? We were supposed to care?) is dead. And apparently Ares is the only one of the Thirteen positions that’s open to any and all candidates. This is because in order to win the title of Ares you have to compete on an episode of Ultimate Beastmaster: I mean, not literally, but it’s basically an episode of Ultimate Beastmaster. Why is this? Seriously why? Why does being able to run an obstacle course make you a good military leader? I HAVE LITERALLY NO IDEA.

Anyway, the present Zeus—Helen’s brother, Perseus—announces at the Ares Position Opening Tournament (or whatever it is) that he’s throwing his sister in as a prize, and that whoever wins the Ares title, gets to marry her too. Helen, needless to say, is highly unthrilled about this and was always intending to run for Ares anyway. Zeus has like politics blah blah politics reasons for treating Helen like chattel that are disrupted by her—no pun intended—self entry. But self-entered she has, so the competition moves forward. Two of the other entrants are long-term (non-exclusive) lovers, Achilles and Patroclus, with Patroclus only entering the competition to support Achilles, who has long dreamed of becoming Ares. Patroclus knew Helen when they were kids, Achilles assumes she’s a sheltered, selfish princess type.

Ultimately everyone wants to bang each other.

Poly romances are super hard to write—just in the sense that the number of relationships you have to write in the same page count increases exponentially because not only are you writing everyone’s individual relationship with each other, you’re also writing the relationship of the grouping itself—but KR seems to have a knack for them. I don’t know if I liked this MORE than I liked Learn My Lesson (my second favourite KR book of all time) but I definitely didn’t like it LESS. I think it’s certainly more ambitious because, while we get other POV segments in Learn my Lesson, the dominant voice and emotional arc is ultimately Meg’s. In Wicked Beauty I felt both the voices and the perspectives of all three central characters fully realised and sufficiently distinct that I’m pretty sure I could tell which chapter belonged to which character from a random sample.

Though Helen still stole the show. Not that I’m complaining. Something I remember struggling with very slightly in Neon Gods in particular was that the narrative kept insisting on this sunshine persona that Persephone was forced to inhabit within the world of Olympus … except she was in extremis and in flight almost immediately so the tension between her public and private self never really manifested on page. This is a little bit true with Electric Idol too: the person Aphrodite made Eros become is in flux from his first meeting with Psyche. Having seen Helen in fully Party Girl mode in Electric Idol, however, prepares the ground beautifully for us to meet the “real” Helen in Wicked Beauty: a woman only too aware of the paradox of power and powerlessness created by her own physical attractiveness.

She’s one of my favourite KR heroine types, complicated and damaged and betrayed, and yet undaunted when it counts. But, while the fact I read far too much KR—seriously, my Mastermind specialist subject or PhD pitch is something something the novels of Katee Robert—makes me unduly conscious of recurrences in her work (either in terms of themes or dynamics or character beats), Helen still felt notably like her own person, even though aspects of her character reminded me why I love Meg and why I love Tink. I know the way this series uses its mythological references is divisive in that the stories aren’t exactly re-tellings (probably a good thing, all told, because otherwise Neon Gods would be a romance about a guy who kidnaps and assaults someone – unfun) and the characters map thematically rather than more literally to their namesakes. Maybe Helen isn’t the obvious choice to menage up with Achilles and Patroclus but if we think about Helen herself it’s hard to come up with a better option. Anyone who has any sort direct “relationship” with her in the historical/mythological sense is also directly involved in stripping agency from her: Theseus literally abducts her, Menelaus wins her in a competition, then Paris steals her from Menelaus after Aphrodite tells him Helen belongs to him now. Exactly how shitty a time of it Helen had varies from account to account, some say she was happy in Troy, others say she was miserable as benefits a treacherous woman, some say Menelaus kills her after the Trojan war, others claim she was too hot to kill. It’s not even certain whether this poor woman—after spending her entire life being re-gifted from one man to another—gets to spend her afterlife on Mount Olympus.

My point is, in romance terms, every man in Helen’s story is a fucking villain. In this story, Achilles and Patroclus are a CHOICE she gets to make for herself. Let’s not pretend KR didn’t know what she was doing by choosing “she was never theirs to claim” as the tagline for this book.

Although blah blah some accounts blah blah Helen hung out with Achilles in the underworld blah blah: I am not a classical scholar, I have no idea what I’m talking about: all I’m saying is that while Helen doesn’t necessarily seem like the obvious fit in a story about Achilles and Patroclus, they very much make sense to me as participants in a story which is also about Helen.

Her whole arc—whether it’s about taking part in the competition for which she’s supposed to be the prize, or banging Achilles, Patroclus, or Achilles AND Patroclus—is about her claim to personhood. It’s impossible for her not to be shaped by the ways other people perceive and treat her, and she’s clearly very damaged by the constant objectification to which she’s subject, but it’s so satisfying to watch her fight her way to agency. To being someone who can allow herself to be imperfect and messy, and for those qualities to not only be accepted but celebrated by the men who love her.

<blockquote>I’ve never been cherished. I’ve also never been tossed around like an equal, my strength taken as a given instead of a fantasy.</blockquote>

I liked Achilles and Patroclus, the former is an impulsive solider with a chip on his shoulder, the latter a thinker to a fault—but, while Achilles at least has his own stakes in the tournament, they have less going on, emotionally and narratively, than Helen. Their relationship with each other is pretty stable, at least until their mutual desire for Helen starts causing conflict. I liked the exploration of jealousy that initially characterises Helen’s introduction to the couple (even comfortably non-exclusive relationships can sometimes faces challenges) but I half-wish it had been resolved verbally as well as sexually. Early on Achilles, in a fit of jealousy, forbids Patroclus from seeing Helen, only to then hate-bang Helen himself because he can’t resist her either. This genuinely hurts Patroclus and I never felt Achilles truly got to grips with his own fucking hypocrisy here: he just sort of concludes they should be a threesome in a scene that initially has Patroclus and Helen interacting sexually while Achilles watches and directs, while feeling all sorts of complicated things about being involved but excluded. The dynamics here are extraordinary sensitive, with all three partners needing to transition from trust-damaged conflict to sexual unity, and I personally felt some of the necessary emotion got buried in the sheer hotness.

I am not, I hasten to add, complaining about the hotness. One of the things I love about KR as a writer that the sex IS the emotion and vice versa, but in this particular case I think I needed them to have at least one more conversation. I don’t know if the reason they don’t is because Achilles and Patroclus have an established history of working out their emotions between the bedsheets – like their first sexual encounter is Patroclus giving Achilles an apology blowjob which, err, struck me as a little peculiar. I mean, is this a thing? Have I been saying sorry wrong all these years? Or it might just be because they’re both sort of action-orientated dudes but, if anything, that’s even more reason for them to learn to use their words. On top of which, before Helen gets involved, they’re both convinced the other is going to leave them because reasons at some point. This concern seems to just … go away in the latter of the half (maybe after Achilles goes back for Patroclus during one of the trials?) and it was never addressed if their relationship was going to remain non-exclusive when it became a threesome instead of a twosome.

None of this meaningfully damaged my belief in or appreciation of the love story. Given the participants—Achilles and Helen, at least, who are both messy benches—it’s quite a bombastic dynamic in general, so it makes a degree of sense that sex and emotion would overshadow pragmatics. But they keep saying they’re going to have a serious talk … but distracted by drama, assassination or lust, they never quite manage it. Maybe that’s going to be a newsletter special? The three of them sitting at the kitchen table with cups of tea and a notebook, negotiating the emotional boundaries of their relationship, and talking about their feelings.

The only other thing that mildly bothered me, and I suspect this is personal, is that … okay. How can I say this? So. As we all know because I’ve written about it 3937383 times now, I love the way KR writes about sex, and sexual dynamics, and in particular … she has what comes across to me as a really expansive understanding of female sexuality. As in, her women characters are allowed to like what they like, and be confident in liking what they like, and what they like never has to mean anything beyond the fact that they like it. You can be confident woman who wields power effortlessly in her own domain … and you can still enjoy calling your lover ‘Daddy’ as he spanks you like a naughty schoolgirl. The man you’ve entered into a marriage of convenience with can gift you a fivesome to show how much he truly care about you. You can crawl to a man as an act of power, not as a display of weakness. I’ve seen KR approach this with characters like Hercules in Lesson My Lesson but, in general (and, again, this is just me – I’m not the queer dude pope, handing down infallible decrees of righteousness) I find her men, especially when they’re interacting sexually with other men, more … constrained than her women in terms of both the sexual acts and the sexual dynamics they’re willing to embrace, or that the text is willing to let them embrace.

Achilles, for example, is equally rough and exuberant with both Helen and Patroclus, and definitely touches Patroclus as much as he is touched by him. Their sexual encounters together express a range of emotions, including sheer mutual affection. But it’s still taken as almost axiomatic that Achilles will be the sexually penetrating partner, and Patroclus sexually receptive, the same way that Beast is the penetrating partner with Gaston, and Hades with Hercules. Of course, it’s absolutely fine for characters (and, indeed, people) to have preferences: some people prefer to top, some people prefer to bottom, some people don’t like anal sex at all, and that’s coolbeans. But my nagging feeling with all of these characters is that it’s less about preference and more about … ack. Both Achilles and Gaston are the most physically imposing (the most conventionally masculine) of the men they interact with, Hades—for all his geeky glasses—is the most socially and politically influential. Basically, it feels that there’s an unquestioned connection between penetrative anal sex and power when it comes to male characters in KR books that is exactly the sort of unquestioned connection she consistently deconstructs when it comes to the women she writes.

And, of course, it’s fine. These are the sort of dynamics that lots of writers (and, indeed, a lot of porn—but then erotic romance isn’t porn and is governed by a more complex series of interactions than simply the quickest way to stir and satisfy genitals) either take as read or actively prefer. And I’m not here to tell anyone they’re doing it wrong because they aren’t writing things in ways that specifically interest me.

However, it does make me a little sad that KR can allow her female characters such generous vistas of sexual self-expression whereas her men don’t seem to be quite as liberated.

My slight, personal discomfort around KR’s m/m dynamics aside, I enjoyed the hell out of Wicked Beauty. In some ways it’s the most plot-driven of the Dark Olympus books, on account of Ultimate Beastmaster is going on in the background. Because I’m a sucker for fictional competitions (I still feel bad by how much I fucking loved The Hunger Games, I mean, I know it was a dystopia where children were murdered for public entertainment, but I was GRIPPED) this is a rare occasion of KR book where I was as interested by the excuse to get the protagonists in proximity as I was the protagonists themselves. Well, almost as interested. There’s also some bigger arc stuff about the barriers around Olympus weakening and Zeus, therefore, seeking political alliances with a nation of literal misogynists which … I wasn’t at all interested in.

But, then, I do not come to KR books for world-building and I don’t mean that as a jab. I come for complicated, self-actualised heroines with plenty of agency, consent-focused, communication-driven sex scenes, nuanced power dynamics, and plenty of swoony romance feels. And on these fronts, Wicked Beauty delivers in SPADES. Perhaps my favourite of the Dark Olympus books so far?

Wicked Beauty
by Katee Robert

I received a digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I love a Greek mythology retelling. I had previously listened to the audiobook for Neon Gods the first book in this series and loved it. (Who doesn’t love a Hades and Persephone retelling?)

This book focuses on characters that are well known but that I generally knew less about - Helen of Troy, Achilles and Patroclus. In Katee Roberts version of Olympus the 13 primary ruling “gods” are more positions that are held by mortal individuals than actual individual immortals. Therefore to select the next Ares applicants must compete in a series of three trials that had a hunger games-esque quality to them.

Very LGBTQA+ positive. We have a fairly prominent non binary side character utilizing they/them pronouns. Patroclus has 2 moms and has a long term male partner and in case you couldn’t tell from the description we’re headed towards a polyamorous throuple in this plot.

Robert presents the relationships and characters in a way that is compelling, relatable and accessible even to someone who is not familiar with them in their daily life. This story is open door and high steam and yet still plot driven with captivating inner monologues from fully fleshed out characters. Trigger warnings - dead parents, dad murdered mom, manipulative siblings, history of emotional abuse as a child and in romantic relationships, bullying, abandonment/orphan.
Awesome book. I definitely want to hear more from Olympus.
Bravo - 5/5

Thank you to Sourcebooks,NetGalley and Edelweiss for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

Third in the series I do think this can be read as a standalone but the reading will be fuller having the backstory and world set up from the prior books

CW: abusive parent (past), blood, attempted murder, violence, abusive ex (past relationship but ex is present in book), miscarriage (off-page, past, side character), parental abandonment (past)

I would recommend if you're looking for (SPOILERS)
-mmf romance
-insta attraction
-rivals to lovers
-forced proximity
-a competition
-hate fucking
-just a hookup

The world of Dark Olympus keeps getting bigger. I really enjoyed this book, full of adventure, a competition to become Ares, all characters fighting to become Ares, and to win Helen's hand, including Helen. I think what stopped me from fulling loving this one was that it was more plot driven then the previous two books and I wanted more from the romance.

I loved how independent Helen was, even as everyone around her underestimated her. And how Paris was a straight up villain. Achilles and Petroculus were both so competent and different, falling almost immediately for Helen.

I loved all of the forced proximity and just want more of the three of them. The ending was exciting and I loved how things ended for the couple but so intrigued what all of this means for Dark Olympus.

Steam: 4

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. Thank you to Netgalley & Sourcebooks Casablanca!

Ares has died and in order to complete the Thirteen a competition will be held for the position. Not only will the winner gain the title of Ares but Zeus is also offering his sister Helen as a wife to the victor. What her brother doesn’t know is that Helen plans to fight her way to becoming Ares herself. Her greatest competition is Achilles who believes himself to be the most worthy. Achilles and his partner are willing to do whatever it takes to get him the title even if it means partnering with Helen.

The synopsis of Wicked Beauty had so much potential it just didn't follow through. Calling this a “retelling” is a great leap. Other than having characters with the same names, no part of this storyline resembles anything found in Greek mythology. The plot is rushed and messy. Even the spicy bits were lacking. The relationships in this book seem much more forced than the other two books in the series.

Electric Idol was such a success after the popularity of Electric Idol but Wicked Beauty seems like it was hurried along where it needed more development. Having read the first two books, I’m interested to see where the author takes the series next. Hopefully book 4 will be an improvement.

Holy smokes… this book is FIRE. I have read the first two in this series, and they keep getting better and better!! The romance between all 3 characters was so sexy, and Helen’s character grew so much throughout the entire book. She came out stronger than ever.

I adored this book and cannot wait for the next!!

Thank you to Netgalley for giving me a digital arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

Whew. This one was spicy! Which didn’t bother me at all… but this one wasn’t my favorite in the series. I felt like the relationships and the plot itself moved really quickly, and the ending seemed very short and wrapped up too quickly. I think if there had been 50 more pages, where some of the conflicts were flushed out a little more, I would’ve given it a 10. BUT, this book was still great, and it held my attention throughout. And I flew through it cause I couldn’t put it down.

Another wonderful Dark Olympus novel. Helen is not a prize to be won, and she'll do what it takes to have her own power in the city, even competing to win the title of Ares against warriors like Achilles and Patroclus. Achilles is also hungry for the power that comes from being one of Olympus's elite, and with the help of his partner Patroclus, he is certain he will be the next Ares.

I loved both the competition and the chemistry between the characters as they had to navigate their desire for both power and one another.

I am obsessed with Katee Robert. I love how fun her books are and I love how she is so bold. I think Wicked Beauty is my favorite book in the Dark Olympus series so far. I love the casual queerness and representation and how often do you get a polycule in modern mainstream romance?? Like an actual polycule and not just brief hook-up scenes. At times, the plot lacks a little bit but I kind of expect that with a romance book like this. The chemistry was off the charts though!! I think I will read just about anything Katee Robert publishes.

*thank you netgalley and Casablanca books for providing me with the e-arc in exchange for an honest review!!!*

I was really hoping to have another one of the sister's stories, but I enjoyed Helen and her story. I loved that she found someone to take care of her the way she needed.
The relationship works with the three characters in a unique way perfectly.

Thank you for approving me for this, I was so insanely excited, you have no idea!!

I loved the first two books in this series and I was so excited to read about Helen and Achilles! That being said, I was worried about Patroclus, really worried. I can't say much without giving away anything, but Katee did not disappoint. I loved they way she handled the relationship with Patroclus and Achilles, it was honestly more than I had hoped for. So thank you!

Excellent! Katee Robert always delivers, especially with her retellings. Each installment of the Dark Olympus series just gets better. Each couple, or throuple in this case, is more and more interesting as the series continues. Achilles/Patroclus/Helen shouldn't work but they do!

My favorite part is the world-building of Olympus and in 'Wicked Beauty' we are clearly on the precipice of some big changes for the city and our characters. I can't wait to read the next one!

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I don't think there is anything more beautiful than the reality of messy flawed love.

Katee wrote her heart into this. The honest fear, jealousy and rage in these characters is so raw and real. It moving and palpable.

Each one of these three is so tragically destroyed in one way or another and they find a stepping stone to uncomfortable necessary change in the trouple and individual relationships.
Helen is free from her father, the man wore the title of Zeus. But that doesn't mean she's free from the games of the Thirteen. Instead of being their pawns she's determined to be one of them. To be the writer of her own destiny.


I love how Katee introduced and held fast to each person maintaining their strengths and not losing them withing the triad.

Achilles understanding what Helen needs while Patroclus finds his footing was so necessary. Patroclus grounds Achilles much of the book and him getting that shining moment was the solidification of his relationship with Helen outside of the trouple.



I could honestly gush about this book for hours!


The smut is top Tier as always.



I did not move the entire time I read

A story of Helen of Troy taking control over her life and in the process finding companionship with Patroclus and Achilles, a menage romance with some spice.
I went into this story with no expectations because honestly Neon Gods let me down and Electric Idol gave me hope in this series. I’m still confused as to how the Greek Gods play a role in this series since there has hardly been any story building and the pairing of Helen here seems rather random (Briseis would have been amazing). Surprisingly though this story became my second favorite in the series so far. The heroine is someone to root for and the heroes balance each other out nicely. I enjoyed The Hunger Games vibe that took shape during the Ares competition. I felt the ending ended rather quickly and the story would have benefitted from another chapter or two showing the three of them settling into their new lives as a throuple. There were so many emotions to work through, but things were just accepted as they were.
I’m interested to see where this series goes but I don’t know if I’ll even get over how these adults are basically just role playing as Greek Gods, world building is so deeply needed!

I really loved this one. Political intrigue, a gladiator-style tournament, and a forced proximity trope that was just too good.

I loved the subtle nods to the Trojan War while also flipping it completely on its head by matching Helen with Achilles and Patroclus. The three of them fit so well together and their chemistry was fantastic.

Katee Robert has done it again! Can't wait for the next Dark Olympus book!

4- 4.25 stars

I enjoyed Helen and Patroclus's relationship, I enjoyed Patroclu and Achille's relationship, but Helen and Achilles was not my favourite; while I grew to sort of like things about it, it was the one thing I didn't love about the romance. Plus, I wanted more of Helen; I am in love with her, and I need more of her inner turmoil, and I cannot wait to see glimpses of her in the following books as she becomes the new feared Ares!

The hint for the impending danger for the city and the Thirteen roles been expanded and looked more into is DEFINITELY A WIN FOR THIS BOOK! I am so ready to see more of the politic and the relationships, and not going to lie, I REALLY want to see Hera and Zeus's story, so this better make it to at least book 9 (from the last time Katee Roberts mentioned the book plan order).

Wicked Beauty is the 3rd book in Katee Robert's Dark Olympus series (following Neon Gods and Electric Idol) and the first to significantly depart from the myth it's based on. And it shows. Neon Gods was a 5 star book for me. Electric Idol was 4 stars. This one was barely a 3. The only reason it got that high was that I genuinely like the way Katee Robert's writes. I can stress enough how much I appreciate how her dialogue is written in a way that is sounds like something a person would actually say rather than sounding like it was written by a 12 year-old. That's really the best thing I can say about this book. I didn't really care for the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus, it felt a little unhealthy and like they REALLY needed to have a serious conversation with each other about what they expected from their relationship together and they needed to do that way before Helen came into the mix. And I HATED the relationship between Helen and Achilles. Normally I like enemies to lovers stories but they were just toxic. There was also little resolution at the end of the book. I hope the Minotaur and Theseus show up in future books because they were actually interesting. So while I didn't really enjoy this installment, I still plan on reading the next titles in the series.