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The Flame Of Olympus (2013)

by Kate O'Hearn(Favorite Author)

4.14 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Hodder Children's Books

series

Pegasus

review 1: So I basically picked this book up because of the cover (who doesn't like Pegasus's?) I actually didn't know much about the story line and was very surprised to find it involved Roman mythology. I've never read much Roman mythology before, I'm mainly a Norse mythology person, but this book was a very neat insight into the Roman gods and goddesses and the tales of ancient Rome. It starts out in Olympia, the home of the Roman gods and goddesses, and covers a great battle that has been raging between the Olympian's and the Nirad's, a horrible disgusting race of creatures who want to destroy the gods and goddesses. To do this they must extinguish the flame of Olympus the life source of the gods and goddesses. But wait. When the Nirad's put out this precious flame the gods and ... moregoddess that are still alive from the battle don't die, what's up with that? It seems that their is a Flame of Vesta that has been passed down from generation to generation in young girls hearts, this flame is what is keeping the gods and goddesses alive and is their only hope of relighting the flame of Olympus and bringing back their slain brothers and sisters. The story is split between Paelen a thief of Olympia and Emily a human girl who unbeknownst to her and others (Except for Pegasus, oh and Jupiter, and Diana and...) is the girl with the flame of Vesta in her heart. And this is where Pegasus comes into the story. It seems that this great horse (Although he doesn't like to be called a horse) can feel the power of the flame of Vesta and is the only one who can find the girl with it in her. As the Olympian's lose the battle to the Nirads and the beastly creatures overrun their kingdom Jupiter sends the stallion off to find the girl and bring her back to Olympia to light the flame. Paelen the thief sees the stallion leave and goes after him thinking to steal his golden bridle. He succeeds in stealing the bridle but the two are separated, Pegasus falling on Emily's apartment rooftop (New York city) and Paelen falling on the street (Also New York city) where he is picked up by the CRU a deadly and secretive government agency that deals with such things as aliens and strange beings. Emily with the help of a enemy turned friend gets the stallion back to health but has to flee her apartment when the Nirads who have come to earth after the stallion come up the side of the building after him. The trio goes to Central park and hide for a while eventually hooking up with Emily's dad and Diana another Olympian who has come to earth to help Pegasus. They try to escape the city but are captured by the CRU and taken to their secret hideout on Governor's Island off Manhattan Island where they are locked up in cells and held for questioning. But oh the Nirad's are still out there and their coming for Pegasus! When the beastly creatures attack the secret underground facility our heroes and heroins find their chance to escape and flee our world for Olympia where Emily relights the flame and everyone lives happily ever after. Ok. So this book was pretty good, it was written really well and very vivid, but I did have some problems with it. First off whenever any one new was introduced to Pegasus their reaction seemed really cheesy and to accepting that mythological beings where true. Second part of the draw back to Emily relighting the Flame of Olympia was supposed to be that she died. Of course this didn't happen due to some magical miracle that mysteriously keeps her alive. WE are never told what this miracle is or how it happened and everyone just accepts to easily the fact that she is alive after lighting the flame when she was supposed to die. Third Emily's school just 'happened' to have a bully that just 'happens' to be a Roman mythological nut that just 'happens' to live down the street from Emily and is able to come and help her take care of Pegasus eventually turning good and becoming her friend. Fourth we are never told how old Emily is, this always annoys the heck out of me in a book because when you don't know how old the character is you're always wondering if she is just a child or a teenager who is old enough to fall in love with the stream of characters coming through.Other than that this book was a quick and entertaining read and I enjoyed it a lot and I'll probably be reading the next few just to see what happens.
review 2: (※This book review contains a minor amount of spoils of the story)Pegasus -The Flame Of Olympus- by Kate O’HearnBy Rina Yuminaga2014/10/24 | Tianjin, ChinaRated: ★★★★☆This novel was written by the Canadian author Kate O’Hearn and released in the year of 2012, with a mixture of the fantastic mythical world and our modern lives. The author has cleverly set out the story and described the happenings in which are occurring in both the mythical world and modern world at the same time, creating a magical illusion out of her piece of writing.Emily, being the heroine of this story finds on a stormy night a large, injured winged horse collapsing onto the roof of her apartment building. As she strides to rescue and return Pegasus to its home – Olympus, she encounters with her father who is a police officer, a boy named Joel, Government Agencies who are intending to dissect Pegasus, and two other inhabitants of Olympus who have come to the human world in search of Pegasus. Although Emily and her crew are once caught and tortured fiercely by the Government, still does not give up in their quest and struggles in order to save Olympus. Their mission is to escape the evil monsters – Nirads, find the Daughter of Vesta and bring her to Olympus in order to reignite the Flames of Olympus.This novel describes many of the aspects of life, friendship, and relation with others. The bravery she shows when resisting to answer questions from the Government Agency with the cost of her own agony, the care she gives to all her friends and family, the courage she has to be able to sacrifice herself in order to rescue all the other gods of Olympus. All these characteristics show the importance of living a sincere life, tight bonds between friends, and the ability to consider for others and create positive relationships.I had personally enjoyed reading this story very much. Nor the vocabulary or storyline is too advanced, and the events are lined in very delicate orders, which enable tension to rise and drop in a clever way thoroughly throughout the book. The ways in which the author changes scenery and jumps from the modern world to Olympus back and forth creates a strong desire for readers to know what is happening next, making it a true page-turner.I truly recommend this novel to people who love reading magical, suspenseful and emotional stories, those who would like to read stories going beyond modern technology, and also to people who simply have an interest towards Roman mythology.Book length: 385 pagesReading level: from ages 8-12 less

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