Experience the propulsive love story of two Greek gods—Hades and Persephone—brought to life with lavish artwork and an irresistible contemporary voice.
Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love—witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of mythology’s most well-known stories from creator Rachel Smythe. Featuring a brand-new, exclusive short story, Smythe’s original Eisner-nominated web-comic Lore Olympus brings the Greek Pantheon into the modern age with this sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.
This review is for Volumes 1-4 of Lore Olympus. I’ve read volumes 1 and 2 before, but it was my first time reading volumes 3 and 4. I decided to pick up all of these in one day, and it was such fun to be able to immerse myself fully into this world and story.
I love the artwork in these graphic novels and the colour palette is absolutely beautiful. I also appreciate and enjoy how all of the characters have a different colour theme, and it does change how each volume is presented. Having not a lot of previous knowledge of the Greek Gods, I do find these quite accessible and the idea of this being a story of the Greek Gods ‘after dark’ is such a fun idea.
However, my main criticism of these books, especially volume 4, is that I feel like the focus is sometimes lost. These books are mainly meant to be about Hades and Persephone, and I really wanted more of their relationship and sexual tension in the later volumes, 3 and 4. I hope we get more focus on them as the volumes continue.
These graphic novels do cover some quite difficult and emotional themes, and it is worth checking content warnings before reading.
★★★★
4 out of 5 stars
-Beth
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