Hylla Ramírez-Arellano | Dakota | Tyson | Ella | Octavian | Halcyon Green | Dr. Howard Claymore | Alabaster C. Torrington | Lamia When she became a goddess, Psyche gained butterfly-like wings. She wears shimmering gossamer robes. One of my favorite aspects was the constant reference to the Oracle of Delphi and how she would give a vague prophecy, then saying Thank you and have a nice day.

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As Eros was still recovering, he told her mother what had really happened, much to Aphrodite's fury. Upon being brought in Aphrodite's palace by Hera, Aphrodite made Psyche complete several tasks if she wanted to be her son's wife or she would die. First, she had to sort out mountains grains into the correct bags before dinner time. Demeter sent ants to do it as a thank you for cleaning her temple. Next, Psyche had to fetch some wool of sheep for clothes to mend. Some reeds near a river got it for her as Hera's reward for cleaning her altar. Then, Psyche had to travel up a tall mountain to fill a pitcher of water from a sacred spring, one of the headwaters for the River Styx. Having overheard this, Eros convinced Zeus to send an eagle to get the water instead. Divine Form: Psyche's true form was described as an exploding supernova ring of force that vaporized every monster around her instantly. Any mortal who witnesses her in this form will die instantly. Reading this took me a while but now I've done it and it was awesome. I personally loved the Greek Gods more but it's because it had more weird and intriguing stuff going on because, well, it focused on the gods. Percy's narrative was great once again, I got a good laugh of all the mentions of modern stuff thrown into the myths. Orpheus playing "Shake It Off" and the gods getting confused of the time period etc. Hilarious! I really liked Percy's mentions of his friends. Annabeth seems to be around him a lot and I'm not complaining about that! The Lost Hero | The Son of Neptune | The Mark of Athena | The House of Hades | The Blood of Olympus But it was still great! A very chill read and a great pastime. Guys I gave this 5 stars! I think that means that I liked it!Cynocephali | Gorgon | Gryphon | Harpy | Basilisk | Lycanthrope | Gegeines | Cyclops | Katobleps | Unicorn | Giant Eagle | Ichthyocentaur | Satyr/Faun | Storm Spirit | Laistrygonian Giant | Lares Eventually, having regained his strength, Eros flew to Psyche, but found her in a delicate state. He took her to Mount Olympus during one of Apollo's plays, which was when Aphrodite arrived. He pleaded with Zeus to save his wife's life, and to make her a goddess amongst the Olympians. This enraged Aphrodite, who immediately shut down the idea. However, the other Olympians disagreed with her, and so Psyche was made a goddess. Soon afterwards, Psyche gave birth to Hedone, goddess of pleasure. On the way out of the Underworld, a very dirty-looking and tired Psyche decided to take some of the beauty cream for herself because unlike Aphrodite, she really needed it. Instead of beauty cream, Persephone actually put Stygian sleep inside, the essence of the Underworld, intended for Aphrodite for causing problems before. The Stygian sleep filled Psyche's lungs which caused her to pass out. My main criticism is that there were way too many modern references. A few of them would have been fine, but there were several per chapter. The artist / illustration style is the same as in the other companion book about the Greek gods, but maybe a little less comical and more serious (perhaps due to the nature of the stories?). I liked both it and the colour palette as it was very varied, just like the stories.

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because women at that time started to realize that they don't have rights, Otrera decided to create an army to kill all the men in the village and any man in their way! Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea—except that everything seems very wrong. Psyche was born as the youngest of three daughters to the rulers of a Greek city. Since her childhood, she was an object of admiration and envy because of her extraordinary beauty. Crowds would gather in the street below to admire her as if they were celebrating the unmatched beauty of a goddess. Fearing the gods would punish them, she tried to discouraged these actions to not avail. After walking for days, Psyche decided to rest and ask for help in the nearby temples, which she decided to clean after finding them dirty and forgotten. When she cleaned a temple of Demeter, the goddess appeared to her and thanked her, but revealed Psyche had to find Eros on her own. Psyche later cleaned an altar of Hera, who thanked her but said that she couldn't protect her from Aphrodite. Hearing her, Psyche decides to confront the goddess of beauty herself.

Es muy duro superar cuando alguien a quien amas muere. Créeme, he perdido algunos buenos amigos. Y, aún así, la mayoría de nosotros aprendemos a seguir adelante. Muchos de nosotros no tenemos opción". Probably the only bad thing about the book is that it's so damn heavy! My shoulders hurt from holding the book up lol (although admittedly that also could just be because I have zero muscle bulk...) I seriously miss Percy's narration. It's just so genuinely funny (it's kind of hard to believe that the person behind this authentically teenage sounding voice is a 50 year old man haha) Who are the other four mentioned in the prophecy? The answer may lie in another camp miles away, where a new camper has shown up and appears to be the son of Neptune, god of the sea… this text conversation between Zeus and Helios where Zeus uses the word "Totes", but those were the parts that made me laugh the most.