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Blood of Hercules

Villains of Lore (Book 1)

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THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

'This was damn fun…You won’t be able to stop yourself from binge-reading this' Raven Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author

Step into the Coliseum at the Spartan War Academy where monsters are made, immortality is won, and even a god can die…

Alexis Hert isn’t a hero, and she certainly isn’t a god. All she’s ever been is a survivor.

But the Fates disagree.

When a blood test leads to her admittance at the Spartan War Academy, she’ll have to do more than merely survive.

Alexis will have to claim her birthright: immortality.

But immortality is a privilege, one earned in the crucible of the academy, where the heroes are villains and classrooms battlegrounds. While gladiators Achilles and Patro, her demanding mentors, hone her into a warrior, Augustus and Kharon, her professors and the brooding heirs to the underworld, haunt her steps and her thoughts.

Because where there are gods, there are bound to be monsters, and there is more than one hunting Alexis…

You might just come across these favourites:

  • War academy
  • Villainous love interests
  • Gods, gladiators, and warriors, oh my!
  • Adorable animal companions
  • Animal companions with a lot of ~opinions~
  • Prophecies
  • Dark romance
  • Why choose?
  • Touch her and die
  • Marriage law
  • Post-apocalyptic world

The romantasy OBSESSSION of 2024:

‘This was addictive as hell’

‘THAT WAS SO GOOD!!! Wow. I’ll be thinking about this book for awhile. Greek mythology + a spartan war academy + a STRONG FMC?! It was perfection. I love all the twists and turns and the guessing along the way. It was such a unique Hercules story and I’m OBSESSED! I need book 2 asap.

‘Actually iconic’

'LOOOOOOOOOVED IT OMG I literally tried to read it as slow as possible so I would have the book, the characters, their world… EVERYTHING for a little longer… but IT WAS HARD OK bc I really wanted to binge it in one night'

‘Literally gonna live rent free in my brain’

‘Perfection, favorite read this year so far’

Critics Review

'This was damn fun. Alexis was original, full of personality, and I loved being with her on this fun (unhinged) ride. You won’t be able to stop yourself from binge-reading this' RAVEN KENNEDY, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GILD
n Readers are raving:n
‘This was addictive as hell’
‘THAT WAS SO GOOD!!! Wow. I’ll be thinking about this book for awhile. Greek mythology + a spartan war academy + a STRONG FMC?! It was perfection. I love all the twists and turns and the guessing along the way. It was such a unique Hercules story and I’m OBSESSED! I need book 2 asap.
‘Actually iconic’
'LOOOOOOOOOVED IT OMG I literally tried to read it as slow as possible so I would have the book, the characters, their world… EVERYTHING for a little longer… but IT WAS HARD OK bc I really wanted to binge it in one night 👀'
‘Literally gonna live rent free in my brain’
‘Perfection, favorite read this year so far’
Listen, this is the most unhinged shit I've read this year. And all I could think is this is the female energy I'm looking for, please give me 10 more books. Jasmine Mas, you have my utmost eternal loyalty.
Author Jasmine Mas
Narrator Teddy Hamilton, Tristan Morris, Aiden Snow, Meg Sylvan
Series Villains of Lore
Duration 15 hours and 53 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9780008744458
Format Audiobook
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Genre Comic (humorous) fantasy, Contemporary fantasy, Dark romance, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Fantasy romance, Myths and Legends, Romance: fantasy and paranormal
Collections Romantasy
Availability AU, GB, IE

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