I absolutely adored this preview. After reading it, I was frantically searching online for any excerpts that had just a little more of the final copy. Alas, I have only read as far as this sample provides. I loved the chemistry between Patroclus and Achilles. I also love how Helen is not what she appears to be and the fact that Patroclus and her already know each other. All three of them are in the running for the title of Ares in the city of Olympus which is governed by people who take on the name of the greek god associated with their role in the city. Ares provides security and guidance in war. Achilles and Patroclus bring knowledge of defending because they have worked with Athena who deals with strategy and knowledge. Helen has knowledge of the social sphere and dealing with the politics of being one of the leaders because her father was Zeus, the head of the governing board of people. The stakes are also super high because Helen's hand in marriage is the prize for winning Ares. Therefore, I am super excited to see how the fight for the title of Ares goes when I read the whole book.

This was my absolute favorite in the series so far. I loved it and read it so quickly. I wrote a full review on my Goodreads already, but if you haven't read it- it's a must read and probably my favorite Katee Robert book to date.

This preview gives a lovely taste of the latest installment in the series and I CAN NOT wait to read the full book! The story of Helen of Troy holds a special place in history when it comes to love stories and adding a saucy element can only improve the drama! Sign me up!

Katee Robert is definitely an auto-buy author for me now. This was another fun book in this series. I really enjoyed the main character and I am excited to see what this series has in store in the future.

This book was HOT! Katee Robert somehow leveled up from Neon Gods and Electric Idol for Wicked Beauty and I am here 👏 for 👏 it 👏.

Wicked Beauty is fast-paced, erotic and action packed, I read it in 24 hours. The Trials for the new Ares gave me anxiety with all the action and suspense but I loved it. The characters are done beautifully and Robert does a fantastic job building their backstories to how they fit together as a throuple. Patroclus is this deadly cinnamon roll, Achilles, a lethal bulldog, and Helen, a fierce warrior desperate for belonging and love. Somehow, they fit together perfectly.

While I’ve read polyamorous relationship stories before (love me a good RH), I’ve never read one with this relationship dynamic before. Where there is already an intense love between two people, then meet the third and their relationship grows from there. This new experience for me worked well for the Helen of Troy retelling. None of it felt off, like cheating, and her characters’ jealousy quickly turned to inclusivity for the relationship.

Did I love this as much as Electric Idol? I don’t think so, but Eros and Psyche will always be hard to beat for me. The teaser at the end of Apollo and Cassandra totally had me ready to preorder book 4, but can I ask..

IS ANYONE ELSE DYING FOR A PERSEUS (ZEUS) AND CALLISTO (HERA) BOOK?? Because it’s more than a need at this point!

5/5 stars

i absolutely loved everything about these first few chapters of this book. i am obsessed with this entire series and cannot wait to get my hands on the full book! KR never misses with her books. i loved how feisty and independent Helen is made out to be in these first few chapters and i love the relationship that existed between achilles and patroclus. i'm loving the enemies to lvoers vibes already. cannot WAIT for the full book!

Loved the preview, and love the book! I'm a big fan of this author and this series. I've since been able to read the full story, and I thought it was great. Can't wait to read the next book!

This was actually a fun read, although kinda overwhelming bcs of info dumping at the start . I loved the tension in this book and very excited to read the next chapters (unfortunately i missed the chance to get the entire arc lol).

Consider me wowed. It's no secret that I'm a super fan of Katee Robert. Her writing is intense, captivating, and she always delivers a tricky, twisted, sexy and mysterious story line. The passion between Achilles, Patroclus and Helen is palpable. Thank you for another awesome preview.
#WickedBeauty #NetGalley

Steamy, electrifying and absolute toe-curling with anticipation on what will happen in the next few chapters! This preview will have you pre ordering this book ASAP.
You can never go wrong with Kate Stewart.

This is sooo good!!! As soon as I read this preview I had to read the rest. It was not my favorite in the series, but the plot was so action packed. I love this series, and it is an instant buy for me.

Oh Katee…this was just a blurb, but I am ecstatic to read this book. I’ve read almost all of her previous books and she never disappoints. I can’t wait!

I love how so many things happened in the book. I could not keep myself from the book because it was so good this is the best book in the series

This preview has me so excited to read this latest story by Katee Robert! I loved the previous two in the series, and based on what I read here, I know I'm going to love this one, too. Each character has such a distinct voice, and I can't wait to see how their stories intertwine and play out.

I loved this preview of Wicked Beauty. I love Katee's imagination and creativity. I have always had a fascination with Achilles, so I knew this book was going to be just what I needed to read. I will need to read the rest very soon.

OMG I cannot wait for the full version to come out. This story will be amazing and I just read the first few chapters and it feels like a cliffhanger to me.

I admit I didn't really enjoy the first book all that much but this preview definitely makes me want to give this book a go.

As soon as I finished my library loan of Electric Idol, I logged into my NetGalley account and downloaded the first five chapters of Wicked Beauty onto my e-reader. The world of Dark Olympus was just so engaging that I wanted to tarry in it a little longer. And we left it in such a precarious position - of the Thirteen, Aphrodite was exiled, Ares was ailing, Zeus was a neophyte, and Hera was rising.

Wicked Beauty took an unexpected turn for me. Since the first two books followed two of the four Dimitriou sisters, I expected Wicked Beauty to follow a third sister, Callisto, as she transforms the title of Hera. Instead, it is a retelling of the Achilles myth, drawing in both Helen and Patroclus, as a competition for the Ares title.

The first few chapters nicely established the primary conflict of the novel: Helen wants to win the competition for herself rather than be a prize for the winner. It is told in three first-person voices, although it was difficult for me to separate the Patroclus voice from the Achilles voice at times. Initially, Achilles is cast as the brawn and Patroclus is cast as the brain. I suspect, as the novel develops, that it will become either increasingly difficult or increasingly easy to tell the two male voices apart, depending what turn the narrative takes.

Although the first five chapters set up the primary conflict of the novel, they don’t make it easy to see how that conflict will be resolved to give each of the three voices a happily ever after. There are multiple possibilities and, knowing how the last two books worked out, the ending will probably be something completely unexpected. However it works out, I do hope that Callisto figures heavily in it because this really should be her book.

I will definitely pick up this book to read to the end when it is released in early June, more because I’m invested in the universe than because I’m invested in any of the characters. I do think that this novel will be harder to read as a stand-alone because there was minimal background on the characters and the world-building in the chapters that I read.

This review is only of the first five chapters of the book, which was provided as a digital advance reader copy by NetGalley in exchange for an honest opinion.

****** Updated Review of Entire Book (July 2022) ******

I listened to almost half a dozen Katee Robert books from the Wicked Villains series between finishing the five chapter excerpt of Wicked Beauty from NetGalley and finishing the entire book from hoopla. That series is rife with throuples of the “Why chose?” variety; therefore, knowing the author had a polyamorous predilection, the resolution of the romantic arc was easy to predict once I finally restarted the finished book. The resolution of the dramatic arc - who will be named the next Ares? - was less predictable, but still quite satisfying. I had to read the chapter about the third competition two or three times over just to slow things down enough to absorb the ending.

Overall, I didn’t think this book was as novel as first two because I felt like the romantic arc followed too closely some of the Wicked Willains stories. But I’m still stalking NetGalley almost daily to see when Radiant Sin is available. Hopefully, that will be much more engaging.

As someone who is obsessed with Troy (movie and all) I was soooo excited to see the next storyline of the Dark Olympus series!!! Katee Robert never ceases to amaze me with her ability to turn these Greek stories so modern.

I did read this small preview, but now have purchased the book, so I can't wait to see where the story goes from here!

This book is my current favorite of Kate Robert’s Dark Olympus series! After Helen’s cameos in the first two books, especially in Electric Idol, I was thrilled when her story was announced as the next book.

Helen, Patroclus, and Achilles each are beautifully written characters on their own, but their relationship is one for the ages. I loved the dynamic and conversations between the self-proclaimed triad and loved how they were willing to put each other before their own political goals. Finally a Greek mythology retelling that ends happily for Helen of Troy! This story is one you don’t want to miss!

I can’t wait to see what Katee Robert does next! Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for originally providing me with the first five chapters in exchange for an honest review. Those chapters made me eager to get my hands on the finished version!