Sweet Venom is definitely a new and interesting take on the tale of Medusa, who in this trilogy, is made out to be the maligned enemy of Athena. Medusa, in reality, is actually a guardian of sorts who protected the world from evil creatures but was killed due to jealousy on the goddess' part. 
 But while interesting, I felt that the novel could have been a lot stronger. For example, switching between two POVs is bad enough, but throw in a third one and it's a disaster waiting to happen. Unfortunately, the three girls in this novel don't have enough of a distinct voice to make their respective chapters all that interesting. The only thing that helped me kept them differentiated in my mind was the fact that, for example, Grace would mention her brother in her chapters or Gretchen would mention her mentor in hers. 
 If anything, this novel has raised more questions than answered any really, and not in a necessarily good way. I felt like I was simply given this wonderful mythology with quite a few plot lines going on but no resolution or any advancement ever happens. In that aspect, it was a disappointment. 
 Still, I think Sweet Venom has great potential so I'll still be looking out for the sequel next year.