Lore

The Hunger Games with Greek gods. In this world, every few years an outcast group of Greek gods are hunted. If they are killed, the killer takes the gods powers and potential immortality, but they will be hunted again the next cycle. The hunters are divided into a series of houses, based around the Greek heroes of old. These ‘hunts' occur in modern cities - currently New York. This gives an interesting and deep mythology overlaid on a modern urban fantasy. This gave this a very interesting and unique feel even with it playing with classic YA fantasy tropes.

Overall I was very impressed with this - the characters were well developed, their motivations well realized. Some of the more annoying YA character habits are well avoided. This is definitely one of the better YA books I have read recently in the way it twists the concepts in interesting ways and has a satisfying underlying darkness.

If you like Urban Fantasy and Greek Mythology, I can highly recommend this.