This was the first YA book I've read in a long time that didn't feel like a 'regular' YA book. There are no elven princeses to wisk you off the underhill. There are, on the other hand, the old gods. This is a really great premise. The gods are hunted every year by ancient bloodlines to gain their power. So good! 

You can see the growth in Lore. From the flashbacks from when she was a short tempered 10 year old to now. The results of that short tempered nature are horrible, and it leaves a traumatizing scar on her. It's that scar, that chip on her shoulder, that allows her to be manipulated by one who claimed to want to help her. 

Also, Zeus makes a 'cameo' appearnce.