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Lore Olympus: Volume One

Rachel Smythe

2021 · 384 pages · Fantasy

romantic moodmoderate pacelight and escapist tonecliffhanger ending

How it reads

Lore Olympus: Volume One is fantasy (mythological romance graphic novel, specifically), and its dominant mood is romantic. The relationship is the engine of the story. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in an invented world, in no single period, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are love, power and politics and identity. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.

It opens a series. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 384 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's a mega-bestseller — the book everyone seems to have read.

Pick it up if…

  • you're in the mood for something romantic
  • you want an escape
  • you like disappearing into an invented world

Maybe not if…

  • you need something eerie or tense
  • you hate waiting for a sequel

All 15 dimensions

Genre
fantasy
Author gender
female
Author experience
early career
Setting: place
fictional world
Setting: time
timeless or multiple
Mood / feeling
romantic
Pace
moderate
Tone / weight
light and escapist
Length
medium
Narrative style
third person, several viewpoints
Publication era
recent
Popularity
mega-bestseller
Series vs standalone
first in a series
Ending style
cliffhanger

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