Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for the e-ARC of The Tale of Kore!

2.5/5 ⭐
I’m normally a huge fan of mythology retellings, and I was very excited to read The Tale of Kore. Most of the book earned around 2 stars for me; the writing was not up to my standards and I feel like more time could have been spent on the editing process. Despite that, Tale of Kore was obviously a well researched passion project. There were a few twists near the end that I did like that brought this up to a reluctant 3 stars for the purpose of rating on sites, but I could not necessarily recommend this book without a thorough writing and editing overhaul, and I’m not sure if I would read the implied upcoming sequel unless the writing improved. I’m still grateful for the opportunity and wish Rautio the best with this novel and future ones.

Unfortunately I couldn’t continue with this book so had to give up at 20% in.

We follow Corey, a classics student in University as she researches Greek legends and gods.

The writing was a bit too simplistic and the plot didn’t seem to have any major direction to go as, in the little I read, we were only following the day to day classes and assignments that Corey attends.

There was a bud of the supernatural growing in the background but it didn’t engage me enough to continue.

I also don’t think I’m the target audience for this as I’m probably too mature a reader for it. Having said that, I think I would have loved it 15 years ago so there will be a younger generation out there for the book.

Thanks to BooksGoSocial and NetGalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review

Thank you Amanda L. Rautio, Netgalley and Books Go Social for this free ARC in exchange for a review.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get too far before I quit. Life is too short for mediocre books, and the clumsy info-dumps and needless, sudden violence at the beginning of this made it obvious that I wouldn't enjoy reading the whole thing. Info-dumps and intense things happening without any characterization to explain them are both common things among authors who don't seem to care much about what they're writing, because they're not putting much into it.

As I always do with novels like this, I recommend the author take a class, seminar or find free info. online about how to write compelling novels.

I was excited for a book about Greek gods but ended up disappointed. I DNF’D this 60 pages in after reading five chapters. The story follows Corey, a college student studying classics and Greek mythology. While I expected a fantasy, it’s mostly focused on Corey’s classes and campus life with a bit of magic thrown in. There are lots of details about what she does in each class, which made it feel more like a story about college than one with gods and magic. If you like books with a lot of academic focus, this might work for you, but it wasn’t what I was looking for. Thank you NetGalley for letting me read this anyways.

I truly loved to read this book. So cool!!! Loved everything about it. The Tale of Kore was fenomenal! 5 stars from me.

This is a unique take on an old tale. I absolutely loved it! A dark academia Greek retelling!! Spice free but loaded with great tension! This read like Percy Jackson for adults (in the best way). This book was clearly carefully researched. I was nervous to dive back into more academic focused books (I’ve been reading a lot of unserious romantasy lately) but this was so approachable. The balance between Greek myths, character development and romantic tension was perfection! I fell in love with Hades in this and I’m not even sorry about it. I cannot wait for book two!!