In the modern-day town of Lore, the Greek gods live their day-to-day lives among us. Some are powerful or successful, such as Athena who has become a businesswoman; some are weak and powerless as belief in them wanes. The Medusa Project follows a young detective, Kyrie Alcide, who is tasked with working out who is framing Medusa for murder.

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I loved the concept of the town and the world, and I thought it was really well-executed. I hope this is the first in a series – if I could have series of standalones set in this world, all following different figures of Greek mythology, I would be a very happy woman. It’s a really imaginative idea that also works really well for this story.

The two main characters, Kyrie and Medusa, were both really fun and had a great dynamic. Kyrie is a really fun perspective, and I loved Lou Wilham’s version of Medusa. I was a little bit disappointed that the romance between them didn’t quite come into fruition, especially when it was such a great slow-burn subplot. If it hadn’t been labelled as LGBT Romance I wouldn’t have known that they got together at the end. That being said, the main storyline is definitely the mystery, and both characters are openly queer throughout so it didn’t detract from the overall book very much.

The biggest let-down for me in this book was the length. At 91 pages it’s a good size for a novella, but wasn’t quite long enough to really dig into the depths of the story. It felt like as soon as I’d become invested in the characters the book was over, and I would have loved to have a book double the length with the same plot but plenty more world-building and details.

Thank you to the author for providing me with a free review copy in exchange for an honest review.