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*Mnemosyne, my mom, our mom, was one of the most beautiful goddesses there ever was. You know how most of us gods are immortal? Well, Mom didn’t have it so lucky. I miss her more than anything.
* Clio’s my bossy sister. Even bossier than Polly.
* Icky old Cepheus actually sacrificed his own daughter, Andromeda, to save his kingdom from Poseidon. Yikes.
* Calliope is my eldest, most accomplished sister.
* Dion just wandered the world, screaming and yelling at anyone who listened. He sort of became a drunk after that.
* A serious babe and heir to the throne of Greece. He’s sort of the Prince William of ancient times.
**I have eight sisters total, so there are nine of us. We’re goddesses of inspiration, goddesses of the arts, and a real kick at parties.
*See, in the Olympus hierarchy, the Furies are in a class all by themselves. Even my father, while not exactly afraid of them, steers clear of them. They have this all-knowing sense about them, but nobody really knows how much they actually do know.
*Hermes is basically the “delivery” god. He’s okay when he’s not delivering wretched, horrible news.
*She is, in essence, the cheerleader of the goddess world.
*This from a god who wears tacky gold wings on his shoes?
*Apollo is the seriously cool, seriously fun god of music.
*Olympus is filled with them, each one more horrible than the next, killing their mothers and sacrificing their daughters. The heavens are rough.
*Rember him? The one who sacrificed his daughter? Ew.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Prologue
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher