The Dig (Zoe and Zeus Trilogy #1) by Audrey Hart

           The Dig (Zoe and Zeus Trilogy #1) by Audrey Hart

 

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 Zoe Calder has always been an outsider. Stashed away in boarding schools since her parents died, Zoe buries herself in the study of ancient worlds. Her greatest thrill is spending her summers with her archeologist aunt and uncle on digs around the world. And one day, while investigating a newly unearthed temple in Crete, Zoe discovers a luminous artifact that transports her to ancient Greece.

As Zoe quickly learns, the Olympian Gods are real, living people—humans with mysterious powers… Powers that Zoe quickly realizes she has come to possess, as well. However, when the people of ancient Greece mistake Zoe for an Olympian, the Gods must restore the balance of the ancient world… No matter what.

Zoe is forced to play a confusing and dangerous game as Hera rallies the gods against her—all except for Zeus, the beautiful, winged young god who risks everything to save her.

Out of time and out of her element, teenager Zoe Calder finds herself in ancient Greece, battling against the power of the Olympians and the vengeance of a scorned goddess—all for the strange and mysterious boy she has come to love.

(My review)

I’m a big Greek Mythology fan and this book was great. I loved the plot and the charters, very well written.  Audrey Hart paints a great picture about the gods and everything that goes on in this book.

“Zoe Calder has always been an outsider. Stashed away in boarding schools since her parents died, Zoe buries herself in the study of ancient worlds. Her greatest thrill is spending her summers with her archeologist aunt and uncle on digs around the world. And one day, while investigating a newly unearthed temple in Crete, Zoe discovers a luminous artifact that transports her to ancient Greece.

The year is 1000 BC, and the place is Crete, an island in Greece. Zoe has no idea where she is, she only knows that temple her aunt and uncle found looks like it’s just been built. When Zoe goes to the little town that’s nearby everyone is dressed strange and talking in Greek. Just then she sees a girl who is in big trouble and she cannot understand why no one is helping her. So Zoe decides she is going to try and help the girl who she now realizes is a woman. When she does she finds out she has these strange powers and is told she must go visit the oracle to find out what her destiny is, but that is only just the beginning. Zoe must pass tests along the way and when she meets Zeus she cannot believe her eyes he’s about the same age as her. Only Zeus and the other gods have been teens for over 500 years!  When she finds out she’s a goddess and not just a normal girl she can’t believe it all she wants is to go back home to her aunt and uncle. But what happens when Zoe forced to play a confusing and dangerous game as Hera rallies the gods against her—all except for Zeus, the beautiful, winged young god who risks everything to save her…

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