This book had too much high school drama and not enough actual drama about the characters being gods and goddesses. I like that there was a lot of diversity with the characters and the different mythologies that they represent. I was more interested in that part than I was about the high school drama. When some characters died, I found that I didn't really care as much as I should have because the author kind of made that character a jerk. I didn't really understand the nature of the relationships in the story. 
 That being said, I hope the next two books are more interesting. At the very least the book made me interested enough to finish the series.