The Games Gods Play

 Hunger Games and Greek Gods, it works......kinda.

First I would like to say that Unban Fantasy belongs to a sub-genre of Fantasy which has its own system of rules that are solidly set in the world of the real and the probable within our understanding, while on the other side we find its other half, which can break rules that the other cannot, since fantasy inhabits a world of probabilities so infinite that the sky is the limit. Now in this specific case Abigail Owens is in the middle, and I don't think this would have looked any better even if I rewrote it.

The Games Gods Play, it falls in the middle and unfortunately it drops and ramps up the pace so irregularly, that sometimes it's a bit tedious to keep reading, and the sad thing is that it's unnecessarily long, it's a difficult genre but 600 pages is too many for what the story is. 

Lyra is interesting, that's for sure but throughout the story I feel that she becomes a bit unbearable because of the way she is. Her personal motives and the reason why she agrees to help Hades are honestly the most interesting parts of her, to tell you the truth everything around her is more interesting than she is. The more you read about her, the more interesting the enigma of her particular situation becomes.

Hades on the other hand is the one who steals all the spotlight, it's been a long time since I read an interesting and enigmatic version of this Greek god, and honestly I wouldn't change a thing. His energy in every situation as well as the description of his powers is something I haven't come across in a long time and his relationship with Lyra is one of the best this book has given that it takes more than the trials to sustain a story that is longer than it should be.

The trials each Greek God throws in the way of the participants is to say the least very interesting, the trials not only lethal but requiring a bit of insight and intelligence to overcome, the rewards of each of these challenges are worth it all, but my problem is, after a while it feels tedious. 

The Games Gods Play is complicated to define, it is a good start to what seems to be a new book saga, but it depends a lot on what Abigail Owen wants to do, it is not good to overload a book with details but it is not that nothing happens. The genre of her new book saga is a tricky one to sell, especially when you're new to it.