Sweet Venom

Author: Tera Lynn Childs
Publisher: HarperCollins

Release Date: September 6, 2011

Format: Hardcover

Source: Purchased

Goodreads Description:

"Grace just moved to San Francisco and is excited to start over at a new school. The change is full of fresh possibilities, but it’s also a tiny bit scary. It gets scarier when a minotaur walks in the door. And even more shocking when a girl who looks just like her shows up to fight the monster.

Gretchen is tired of monsters pulling her out into the wee hours, especially on a school night, but what can she do? Sending the minotaur back to his bleak home is just another notch on her combat belt. She never expected to run into this girl who could be her double, though.

Greer has her life pretty well put together, thank you very much. But that all tilts sideways when two girls who look eerily like her appear on her doorstep and claim they're triplets, supernatural descendants of some hideous creature from Greek myth, destined to spend their lives hunting monsters.

These three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful gorgon maligned by myth, must reunite and embrace their fates in this unique paranormal world where monsters lurk in plain sight."

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Fans of Greek Mythology do not want to miss out on Sweet Venom. Three sisters who are descended from Medusa must discover who they are, save the world from mythological creatures, and try to have some sort of a normal life.

There is just so much to love about Sweet Venom. My favorite part was undoubtedly the sisters. Grace, Gretchen, and Greer are nothing alike. Aside from some DNA and the same face, these three couldn’t be more different. Their personalities really make the story more dynamic, and readers should be able to relate to at least one of the three girls.

The epic monster fighting actually reminded me a lot of the first Percy Jackson novel. There are so many questions surrounding the monsters that it is hard to tell if the plot will still be similar to Percy Jackson or if the parallels will end with fighting scary monsters. 

Sweet Venom is an action packed novel perfect for mythology lovers. Those with big families will particularly enjoy the odd family dynamic. Tera Lynn Childs will really suck you in with this novel and have you running out to grab the next novel, Sweet Shadows.

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