Sweet VenomAuthor: Terra Lynn ChildsPublisher: Katherine Tegen Books, 2011
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.
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.
My Review:
Grace Whitfield: quiet, sweet and shy.
Gretchen Sharpe: tough, hardcore, and monster huntress.
Greer Morgenthal: preppy, ice queen, and a fashionista.
What do these girls have in common? They’re triplets! Oh well, that and they’re the descendants of Medusa! And believe me, hypnotic vision is just one of the many powers that come with their heritage. Oh! But only Gretchen knows the truth. Destiny will bring them together and they’ll have to work through their many differences to follow the Medusa legacy becoming monster huntresses and defending the world from underworld beasties.
I just fell in love with the Medusa sisters! The three have such unique personalities and yet each is extremely likeable. The changing POVs didn’t bother me at all. Well ok, maybe I didn’t like Greer that much at first, but I did in the end. I absolutely want to ride the streets of San Francisco in Gretchen’s mustang Moira! Um, preferably not with her behind the wheel. And let’s not forget the boys! Thane (Grace’s brother), Milo (Thane’s friend) and Nick (Gretchen’s stalker?). There is something fishy going on with them, some secret. I just know it! Nothing is revealed, but there are subtle hints. I won’t spoil anything here but for those of you who decide to read it, be very observant of these guys.
And OMG the ending! As Grace would say, Holy goalie! That was one action packed ending and I absolutely loved it! This is another fan-freaking-tastic mythology themed YA novel. A must read for everyone! It’s too long a wait for the sequel but I’ll be counting every day until its release. The Medusa girls have just started their adventure in this first installment, and they’re sure to bring in more action (and hopefully more romance) in Sweet Shadows (Medusa Girls 2)! During that wait I'll be hunting down other Terra Lynn Childs novels because she has literally hypnotized my mind with her lively prose and exciting story telling.
Favorite Quotes:
Even twenty minutes in a scalding shower can’t completely wash the stink of minotaur off my body. I lather-rinse-repeat five times, hoping to purge the lingering residue from my hair. Getting up close and persona with a monster is never pretty, but sometimes it’s worse than others.
By the time this one popped back to wherever he came from, my pores were plugged with his toxic odor. Dis. Gust. Ing. I might have nightmares.
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On the count of three I opened my eyes.
Just in time to see the serpent lady climb out onto the deck below and slink into the crowd of tourists.
“Sugar,” I whispered.
This is not my problem, I reason. I’m Greer Morgenthal, junior class president, alumnae tea chair, and future junior leaguer. I’m wearing Stella McCartney and Jimmy Choo. I can’t take on something like, like…that.
