I initially requested this book because when I saw "Kate O'Hearn," I was instantly transported back to my childhood, reading one of my favourite series: O'Hearn's PEGASUS series, which captivated my Greek-Mythology-obsessed pre-teen self from the moment Emily first stepped onto the page.

Though I don't think TITANS had the same magic, the same spark, as the PEGASUS series did, it was still a fun and action packed (and incredibly nostalgic) read!

I loved the callbacks and mentions to the first series (see: my aforementioned "nostalgic" comment!); I loved the Greek Mythology aspects (Percy Jackson instilled that love in me loooong ago!), and I found it so intriguing how O'Hearn combined said ancient Greek elements with more futuristic elements (like space travel? Which was unexpected but so cool?!).

Whether you're a fan of Greek Mythology, you loved O'Hearn's PEGASUS series and want a wave of nostalgia, or you simply want to read an action-packed, innovative middle-grade novel, TITANS is definitely a great place to start.

This book is an exciting start to a new series. It takes place after Kate O’Hearn’s series Pegasus. Some of the same characters are mentioned but it has a different storyline.

Titus is a planet filled with Titans and Olympians. They are the same familiar figures from Ancient Greece. I love stories about Ancient Greece, so I was excited to read this book.

The mix of ancient characters with space travel was interesting. It was a combination of ancient figures with futuristic abilities such as traveling to different planets.

I loved this adventure story. I’ll have to check out Kate O’Hearn’s other series next!

Thank you Simon and Schuster Canada for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Arc Copy...I admit it was kind of difficult coming "late to the party" but I know enough about Greek mythology to know Titans and Olympians DO NOT get along well so this dynamic was going to be interesting to watch among the students + centaurs are really that...potentially painful to get along with.

Thank you to #NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read a early copy of this book. I have not read any of Kate O'Hearn's other series but this book seems to be a sequel series. There almost no world-building at all. We are just dropped into a world without any basic information about it. Other characters are treated like they are already known.

Beyond that I didn't care for the writing style, as it felt like an adult was trying to sound like a child for most of this middle-grade book. Any child reading this book will recognize this as an adult speaking. Overused words include: dude, seriously, and man. It was totally radical! Not! This 14 year old spoke like someone from the 70's.

The ending was the final nail in the coffin for me. I was enjoying the build up to the climax of the book. I have to say that the plot of the book was solid all the way through. I enjoyed that aspect of the story as well as the mythology aspect. My only comment would be that I think that she may have ran out of ideas about new characters from mythology due to the mix of alien character into the mythological characters, probably made worse due to the lack of world-building. Back to the ending. It was building and building and it got more and more interesting, until it just ended. The book ended with what felt like the rising action, no final battle, no final stand, only a small conflict that lasted for a chapter than it ended with no satisfaction. ]

I was enjoying it, so I am going a little easy on my rating of it. I might be tempted in the future to pick up the sequel or the original series, because it was a fun little book to read, but I totally feel like it deserves the rating it gets.

3 stars

I chose this book because the cover looks excellent, and I recognized the name of the author from my daughter's copies of Kate O'Hearn's Valkyrie books. I enjoyed the book but wished I had known more about O'Hearn's Pegasus series. I think this book is a spin-off of that series from what I found out later. Not having read any of the Pegasus books, I found this a littlle hard to follow with the high number of characters and species. A little backstory, like a prologue or a hint that this is a spin-off would have helped.

As for the book itself the plot is detailed and interesting but I really wanted more world building or backstory on this world to be more engaged. For fans of Kate O'Hearn's previous works, I think this would be great. For me, it was kind of average. This is clearly the first of a series, and I expected a non-ending but this one did not really have the cliffhanger I would expect in the first of a series. The characters are not in a great position, but they are relatively safe.