Solstice

by P J Hoover

Overview

Mythology meets Dystopia in this super-hot novel!

Piper's world is dying . . .

Each day brings hotter temperatures and heat bubbles that threaten to destroy the Earth. Amid this Global Heating Crisis, Piper lives under the oppressive rule of her mother, who suffocates her even more than the weather does. Everything changes on her eighteenth birthday, when her mother is called away on a mysterious errand and Piper seizes her first opportunity for freedom.

Piper discovers a world she never knew existed . . . a sphere of gods and monsters . . . and realizes that her world is not the only one in crisis. While gods battle for control of the Underworld, Piper's life spirals out of control as she struggles to find the answer to the secret that has been kept from her since birth.

Don't miss this first installment in The Dying Earth series perfect for fans of mythology and dystopia!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781949717044
Publisher:	Roots in Myth
Publication date:	11/20/2018
Series:	Dying Earth , #1
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.77(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

P. J. (Tricia) Hoover wanted to be a Jedi, but when that didn't work out, she became an electrical engineer instead. After a fifteen year bout designing computer chips for a living, P. J. started creating worlds of her own. She's the award-winning author of Tut: The Story of My Immortal Life, featuring a fourteen-year-old King Tut who's stuck in middle school, and Solstice, a super-hot twist on the Hades/Persephone myth. When not writing, P. J. spends time with her husband and two kids and enjoys practicing kung fu, solving Rubik's cubes, and watching Star Trek. For more information about P. J. (Tricia) Hoover, please visit her website www.pjhoover.com.

Editorial Reviews

"[Hoover's] confident deployment of myth is impressive . . ." --Publishers Weekly

"Solstice is one red-hot read--it intrigues, sizzles, and satisfies." --Cynthia Leitich Smith, New York Times bestselling author

". . . a beautiful world of disaster and chaos" --School Library Journal Teen Review

". . . a debut novel that consistently delivers . . ." --Booklist

"Sure to be a fan favorite, Solstice is not a book readers will be able to easily put down." --VOYA

". . . a real page-turner that is hard to put down." --School Library Journal

"Fans of mythology and romance will find something to love in this new dystopian" --Madeline Smoot, BookPeople, Austin, TX

"The best modern retelling of a mythological story that I have ever read." --Danny Woodfill, The Book Spot, Round Rock, TX

"This enticing combination of an all too scary near future and classical mythology is impossible to put down." --Diana Tixier Herald, Librarian, Genrefluent.com

"Hoover deftly weaves age-old mythology into an all-too-familiar future world. Exciting, intriguing and oh-so-romantic--global warming has never been this hot!" --Mari Mancusi, Award-winning author

"Filled with mystery, romance, and betrayal, Solstice provides a seductive mythological twist on the global warming crisis." --Joy Preble, Brazos Books, Houston, TX

From the Publisher

This steamy apocalyptic-fantasy-romance novel reads like the product of a committee formed specifically to design a YA best-seller. First-person narrator Piper Snow has spent her 18 years in a dying world, parched by the Global Heating Crisis. Piper, however, is more preoccupied with her overprotective mother and the two hot guys who suddenly exhibit passionate interest: the suavely seductive, golden hunk Reese and the gorgeous, brooding, bad boy Shayne. While the former tempts her into rebellion, it's the latter whom she feels she has known and loved forever and who reveals that the gods of Greek mythology still walk the Earth--and its depths. Most of the story is spent with Piper touring the Underworld, fretting that no one answers her questions (for no reason other than that the plot requires it), and watching her parents and admirers squabble over her, lie to her, manipulate her and occasionally assault her. It's hard to fathom her appeal; Piper's most apparent personality traits are peevish passivity and spectacular self-absorption, and her interactions with her suitors consist of brief, banal conversations, scorching kisses and screaming for rescue. The slightest familiarity with classical legends will render the meant-to-be-shocking revelations obvious, and the moderately interesting science-fiction setting falls apart when forced into a literal mythological framework. Although Piper exerts some agency in the final chapter, enough major conflicts are left unresolved to guarantee a sequel. Generic, unthreatening, popcorn summer reading; ideal for those readers looking for more of exactly the same. (Fantasy. 14 & up)

Kirkus Reviews