Each is imbued with special powers thanks to their direct ancestral link to Medusa, who is not quite what you might expect and the author’s altered mythology is adeptly handled, providing a rich backbone to the story.

The narrative revolves around three girls: Grace, Gretchen and Greer. Yes, they both have urban settings and involve much slaying but by having monsters from Greek mythology rather than vampires Childs makes the two unquestionably different. Although comparisons are being made to Buffy the two are not as similar as you might at first expect. and Goddess Boot Camp having both drawn inspiration from the same rich source and her fans will certainly enjoy Sweet Venom. Tera Lynn Childs is no stranger to mythology-based fantasy with previous works Oh. When two girls, looking eerily like her, appear on her doorstep claiming they’re triplets, supernatural descendants of some hideous creature from Greek myth, these three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful Gorgon maligned in myth, must reunite and embrace their fates in a world where monsters lurk in plain sight. Using a cool, fresh concept it brings Greek mythology and monster-slaying to life in present day San Francisco.Īs the book begins we meet Grace, who has just moved to San Francisco. If you like mythology, romance, and spunky girls who let nothing stand in their way, you'll love the descendants of the gods who live, laugh, and love on the supposedly-uninhabited Greek island of Serfopoula.Sweet Venom, first published in September 2012, is a tale of urban/paranormal fantasy from award-winning author Tera Lynn Childs. Goddess in Time is a standalone novella in Tera Lynn Childs's popular Oh. Past and present collide in unpredictable ways-especially when the gods are involved!

Will she be able to fix her mistakes without bringing all of Olympus crashing down around her? Olympus to the chilly depths of Poseidon's sea palace to the dark heart of Hades. With a little help-okay a lot of help-from her friends, Nic sets out on a quest that will take her from the lofty peak of Mt. She finally has a chance to right her wrong and get back the life she was supposed to have.

When Nic discovers a book that unlocks the forbidden power of time travel, though, all bets are off. One that also got her parents banished from the entire mythological world.

But she's basically trapped there until graduation, thanks to a foolish childhood prank. Nicole Matios would rather be almost anywhere other than the tiny Greek island home to the Academy, an ultra-exclusive private school for the descendants of the gods. Some mistakes are worth defying the gods to fix.

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