The art is pretty great, but the storytelling is pretty ordinary. I appreciate how comprehensive this collection is - there were some myths and tangents/epilogues I've never come across - but it reeks of patriarchy. Even though some blame goes to the original myths, wherein women are portrayed almost exclusively as blushing war prizes (ie, Helen) and sometimes make it possible for the hero to complete his quest because she's madly in love with him (Medea, Hippolyta, Ariadne, etc, etc) or as hideously demonic (Medusa, Echidna) or simply the hero's objective (Persephone, Eurydice); even the major goddesses, including Artemis and Aphrodite, are diminished in these retellings.

Since the Persephone myth is one of my favorites, I was particularly irked by this version - she's referred to constantly as "cold" and sulky (not just in her own myth but in others that involve Hades, of which there are many), and they chose the most illogical way to deal with the pomegranate seeds: she knew better than to eat them, but "unknowingly" did anyway. (What?)

I get that this is supposed to be a children's book, but overall I was just not impressed by how the myths are simplified and selectively sanitized. On a lighter note, it cracked me up every time they say that Zeus "married" another girl [and had a child], since as we all know Zeus is probably the least faithful of the pantheon, which is really saying something; I don't remember if the Greeks were down with polygamy (I want to say no, since Jason had to get rid of Medusa to marry the princess) but either way ... wow.