Wicked Beauty

This was probably my least favorite out of the Dark Olympus series... now that doesn't mean it's bad. It felt like the entire subplot was build up for the next book and we didn't really get closure at the end.. Wicked Beauty follows Helen, Achilles and Patroclus in the trials for becoming the next Ares. The prize is to win Helen as their wife but Helen doesn't want to put her life into someone's hands so she takes matters into her own.

I enjoyed all three of our characters. Helen is badass and let's no man take advantage of her. She will now bow down to be married off to some stranger so she decides to create her own future. I admire her ambition and strength. She is often described by others as a spoiled princess living off the last Zues but there's so much more to her than others see.

Achilles and Patroclus are already in a relationship at the beginning of the book. Achilles is trying to win to become the next Ares and has Patroclus there to help him win. Their dynamic is interesting. Felt like a sub/dom relationship till Patroclus finally started to get a backbone. Helen fits well with them and I liked them all together. The sex scenes were good but I know Katee Robert can do better.

Now for the disappointing part... the ending. That's just it though. It just ended... we got no conclusion for the relationship. The main issue in Olympus was just talked about but we learned absolutely nothing about it. I'm assuming we will learn more in the next book but it just felt incomplete. I hope we do learn more in the next. This book just felt like a the hunger games.

Thank you NetGalley for gifting me this ARC in return for my honest review.