Olympus Academy: The Complete Collection

This collection includes three books, The Titan’s Treasure, The Demon Demigod and The Jinxed Journey. The main character is a young girl called Pandora (Dora), who has just turned sixteen and is awaiting the long ago promised return of her mother, who abandoned her at birth. Dora has lived with her dad and her younger adopted sister Mandy, ever since. She knows that her mother is supposedly not human as such, and she is to await by the sea for her mother to appear on her actual birthday. When she doesn’t turn up, her dad tells her to wait the following afternoon as well. She has almost given up, when she sees a large ship shimmering in the distance, then getting closer and looking like a giant octopus!It seems that coming of age, has made her visible to all creatures, human and otherwise and she is now in danger of being hunted by demons and other creatures, for the rest of her life if she stays on land. Her mother appears from the water, just in time, and tells her she must come with her immediately, if she wants to stay alive! If not, she and her father and sister will be in danger every day she stays. There isn’t even time to say goodbye and she resents her mother for turning up a day late and leaving her with no choice. Her mother takes her under the water, telling her she is descended from the God of the oceans, Oceanus, and she needs to study her heritage at the Olympus Academy.Only problem with that, is that she is descended from a Titan, not one of the Olympian Gods and the school hasn’t had a Titan student since one was let in years ago and nearly burnt the Academy down, killing one student! She automatically has a target on her back and one small group of girls make it very plain she isn’t welcome. Doing all they can to get her in trouble of hurt her. Another new student, who she thinks has gorgeous eyes, is also a Titan descendant and is called Icarus. Unfortunately, he is also a loner and seemingly damaged from his past. Dora gets put into a few separate classes with him, to help them catch up with other first year students. If Dora doesn’t graduate, she has been told she will be returned to the mortal world and demons will be drawn to her and her family, wanting to kill her.She needs to not just graduate, but become one of the most powerful students there is, to be allowed out of Olympus and be allowed to visit her remaining family as and when she wants. She needs to unlock her Titan powers, which are deemed very unstable and dangerous, and must trust her teachers to help her. One has a special treasure hunt for her and Icarus, some sort of Titan treasure, the clues for which can only be read and uncovered by an actual Titan. This leads the two of them on many adventures and the release of three demons, which they then have to try and catch and banish back away from the Academy grounds. Visits from the occasional God from Olympus, to assess the student’s progress, leaves Dora and others wondering if they will pass or be immediately kicked out of the Academy!Someone has tricked then into doing something they shouldn’t, which has brought danger to all. Whether they will succeed or not, to train their powers sufficiently and safely in time to overcome all the problems they are facing, is a fascinating read. The books are really well written and just flow as you read them. Each adventure is brilliantly explained and well visually described. Each adventure and problem Dora and Icarus have to overcome is well thought out and you get to see them both finally make some friends and develop their powers. I loved the part when they managed to raise Oceanus’ old ship and travel through different lands, each with their own traditions and dangers to those from elsewhere. Loved the complete collection and can’t wait to see if there will be more from this author. I received an ARC copy of this boxset from BookSprout, but loved it so much, I have also bought it! I would recommend it to all who love a bit of adventure, history and fun. I have freely given my own opinion of the whole collection above.

works great, good quality

Well written, great books by a new author. My teens and 10 year old loved it, read the whole series in 2 days!Demi-God teens learning about their Greek Gods heritage at school- The Olympus Academy.Fantastic use of Greek mythology brought to life in an entirely new world an characters. Enjoyable for anyone who's read the Percy Jackson series, and anyone who likes Greek mythology, but definitely no prior knowledge needed!Suitable for teens and children, with strong ethics underpinning the stories. Good vs Evil. A great series to get your kids interested in Greek mythology.Follows the YA school-adventure format, with battling Gods and forging friendships, but never gets preachy or silly, with no ridiculous love triangles!

I really enjoyed the exploits of the characters in this book and loved how I am came together through the trilogy

Loved the story you could feal it was going somewhere very light to read but with enough information for you to know the worl. Would not have normally read something I would think was a younger reader book but totally loved it.

There was no character development. The love interest's personality consisted of being good looking and moody. The protagonist was a whiny brat from start to end.