Lore Olympus: Volume 1

"Rachel Smythe’s stylish creation is a retelling of Greek myths – particularly the myth of Persephone’s abduction by Hades, king of the underworld – but Lore Olympus’ characters act less like their millennia-old versions than like young people of today. These gods play the same interpersonal games that dominate today’s sexually frank, cellphone-mediated social world. Smythe’s take is full of lavish visuals, wit and seductive ambiguity."