Oh. My. Gods. (Oh. My. Gods. #1)

Reader reviewed by The Bookshelf Sophisticate

Right off the bat I just have to say that this was a fun book to read.
I've always been fascinated with Greek and Roman mythology, right from
the start in middle school where it was a large part of my history
class' curriculum. And not much has changed. I'm still interested in
mythology and folklore, but I've expanded my horizons since sixth grade,
and my interests now vary and include exploring cultures other than
Greek and Roman. But when I came across this book and found it a was
another fun spin on Greek mythology I couldn't resist...and I'm glad I
didn't. Oh.My.Gods. is book I'm glad I
added to my collection.

I've read a lot of great books lately but
not many have been light reads. Some were intense and others very
dramatic and emotional. This book was not any of those things in my
opinion. It was light and I found it easy to fly through the pages. It
was extremely fun to read about the main character Phoebe and her
struggles to fit in as a "nothos" or a human without any godly blood
running through her gene pool. Tera Lynn Childs' spin on a modern day
version of a high school that caters to the descendants of the Greek
gods was entertaining.

Phoebe dealt with the typical struggles of
a normal teenage girl; fitting in at a new high school, close-knit
cliques that are very hard to break into, making friends, crushing on
cute but unfortunately not so nice boys, and having her single mother
marry a complete stranger. While these issues may be ones we've all
heard of before or experienced in part for ourselves, the writing and
this particular story were not. The writing was clever and witty and
was not overloaded with teenage slang, it was funny throughout and often
I found myself laughing out loud at parts which is not always the case
for me. A chuckle or two can be expected while reading a comedy but
some parts in this novel were just downright funny and hard to resist.

If
you're looking for a fun read, this might be something for you to pick
up. The sequel, Goddess Boot Camp, is out and
I'll be downloading it to my Kindle momentarily. I want to find out
what happens next with Phoebe and the whole gang. It may not fall into
my category of keeping me up late at night because I had to find out
what happens next but at the same time that wasn't what I was looking
for at the moment. I wanted FUN and I got it in spades with this book.

Reader reviewed by Andrea

This book has something we all want superpowers and love. The one thing I have to say about this book is that it has more drama than it does mythology, you don't get to see any of the Gods you just hear about them only when someone comes from one of  them. Other than that it's a pretty good read.

Reader reviewed by Mariah

I was so excited to read this book, and it did not disappoint. The
plot is very interesting and well thought out. the characters are
beautifully crafted and I wish I knew some of them and am glad I don't
know others.

Phoebe's is a likable main character that has
the right level of winyness, which is good because Tera could have made
her too winy very easily. Also Griffin was a real mystery and I liked
his unpredictability.

The only problem I had was that I felt that
I could tell what was going to happen. But I was unsure how it would
occur so that was good. Overall pretty good.

Reprinted with author's permission