Bonds of Hercules
4.5 | 2,619 ratings
Price: 22.04
Last update: 11-29-2025
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- Loniloved it!I listened to the audiobook while reading along and found myself laughing quite a few times! Jasmine Mas did such a good job blending mythology, banter, and heart. I loved getting more depth to Alexis’s story and seeing how everything came together for her. Even though the series isn’t over, this book felt really satisfying. I can’t wait to see what happens next with the rest of the crew!
- BookreaderGood StoryI really enjoyed Blood of Hercules due to the banter, the hysterical inner monologue and the slow burn/stalking by Team Professors. I enjoyed Bonds of Hercules but not as much. What I enjoyed:
1. Slow burn--enjoyed that the book was about the characters/plot and did not devolve into multiple and overly long s3x scenes as some romantasys tend to do. Instead there seemed to be the right amount of spice and in places that moved the story along.
2. Loved the growth of Alexis and how her powers slowly evolved.
3. The relationship between Alexis and Nyx
4. The surprise introduction of a new character
5. The love interests that Alexis had in the end
What didn't work so well for me:
1. There seemed to be inconsistencies in the story, such as other people understanding the Sirens' language and there was one scene which seemed to suggest that Charlie was still not talking and was signing with Alexis (which didn't make sense when their signing ability was supposedly a surprise to Archilles).
2. The 4 MMC seemed to be lost at times, not as scary/strong and, well, maybe even a bit pathetic at times.
3. The different POVs were not unique enough and seemed like they were all the same voice, especially the two female POVs.
All in all, I enjoy Jasmine Mas' books and will keep reading them. Hoping the next book in this series goes back to the magical qualities of the first book. - KayTheBookLoverLoving this seriesI am obsessed with this female Hercules and her sidekick Nyx in the Villians of Lore series by Jasmine Mas
So I read blood of Hercules multiple times and I just finished Bonds of Hercules for the first time last night.
I love that this story has Greek mythology and Greek gods in it but in a modern time. It was such a fun spin on the Hercules retelling.
Not to mention we have this ongoing Professors vs Mentors and I am here for it!!
I can't wait for the next book to come out!
Read this if you like
♡Hilarious sidekick
♡Banter and funny internal monolog
♡Fighting to the death
♡Marriage trickery
♡Lots of snark!
♡Bada$$ female who doesn't give up.
I loved this book so much and I can't wait for the next one to be out!
Overall ☆☆☆☆/5
Spice ★★.5/5
Audio ☆☆☆☆☆/5 - read2meEnjoyable. Late night read.I throughly have enjoyed this series. This is the second book, and I found myself syaying up late every night this week to see what happens next. The villian was a little predictable, but it dis not take away from the story. We learn more about characters back stories, and enter the arena.
Absolutely love the commentary from Nyx and was proud of her in the arena. She was my favorite character on this book.
Definitely will be adding this book to my trophy shelf! - Jasmine HaywoodFun but plot points dropped **spoilers**There were a lot of fun elements but it feels like a lot of plot points were dropped. It was fast paced and there were some cool fight scenes. I also liked the development of the protectors and how the fmc interacted with them. The banter between the fmc and some of the other characters was also really fun. However it seemed at the end of the last book, we were going to a meek mannered turned vengeful fmc, but it didn't seem like she changed much. It seemed like she would get more powers and super strength as she had the ability to harm her powerful professors turned husbands with just her thoughts, but it seemed like she just avoided them for a bit and that was the end of her revenge. The emergence of some of her darker and more magnetic personality traits as her character and motivations started to get more complex at the end of book 1 didn't develop as much as I thought it would either. There also seemed to be major character changes with the professors. They seemed like they were becoming more unhinged about the fmc and they were also originally very attracted to the darker parts of the fmc and her power, but they seemed to become much calmer suddenly and their motivations changed. Some of it is understandable as their relationship with the fmc changes, but those darker and more integral parts of their characters disappears. Also things about her like her ability to speak to certain animals (not all?) doesn't seem like a big deal now and not delved into further. The fmc also never really exhibits or further develops the Herculean strength from her namesake she started showing in the first book. Her brother's story and reason for being there never came up and he started to feel unnecessary. Also the most disappointing to me were the mentors. They were built up so it became apparent that they were starting to get obsessed with the fmc and we started getting their pov as mmc's. They seemed like they would get closer to fmc, especially with fmc's ability to use sign language, but then they tried to forcer her hand and then just gave up on the fmc. They seem wishy washy now at the end of book two and abandoned the fmc in more ways then one and are less interesting because of it. The next book seems like it will be focused on a different fmc with the mentors who suddenly become obsessed with her so we won't get the payoff now for all those plot points from before as the plot focus changed. So overall some good things and you can tell I did enjoy it overall as I am already finished with it and am writing a review the day after release ???? but there were a few things that were disappointing to me especially since I really enjoyed first book.