A Veil of Gods and Kings (Apollo Ascending Book 1) by Nicole Bailey – Review by Alexandria Richard

A Veil of Gods and Kings by Nicole Bailey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A fun retelling on Apollo from Greek Mythology. A bit of enemies to lovers, beat the bad guys, coming of age, New Adult story.

Overall, I loved this book, with its jaded MMC, the guy with the weight of the world on his shoulders, a M/M relationship, and of course the strong feminists who wouldn’t be cast into the societal roles.

This novel is told from three different perspectives, Apollo, Hyacinth, and Epiphany (This makes me thing Epiphany will have a larger role going forward). Luckily, even with the narrator switches I didn’t feel like I lost out on information between chapters, which is hard to do.

I enjoyed the enemies to lovers aspect which occurred between Apollo and Prince Hyacinth. Apollo doesn’t like being told what to do and wants to protect anyone who might incur the wrath of his father, Zeus. Hyacinth has been put in charge of the kingdom while his father is away and suddenly is also told to “mentor” Apollo in what makes a good follower and leader (re: future god). I thought the tension between the two in the beginning was very well done and realistic, and I enjoyed seeing each of them start to understand the other about more and opening themself up.

I absolutely adored Temi and her strength. Love me a strong female who can kick a guy’s butt and take names. Also, her knife throwing is so good. She’s a big influence on Epiphany coming into herself as well.

Can’t wait to read more of this series!

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