The Library called again, another book for me to pick up, yesterday I picked up three, and I renewed another, pretty soon my collection of books from the Library will  topple off my book shelf and kill me in my sleep. Fitting way to go, as I am a librarian :)

BUT before I can dive in, I needed to finish the book I was reading before my two weeks o’doom, an ARC of a fun little retelling of the Trojan War set on the High School Football Field :

Troy High
by Shana Norris

When I was at BEA, I picked up the ARC of Troy High, which looked cute and fluffy, I finished it last night, and I have to say, while it was both cute and fluffy, it was also smart, and well written. The allusions to the Trojan War were done perfectly, it was a pretty straight on retelling, but the connection didn’t overpower the story, I KNOW the story of the Trojan War, but I still wanted to know what happened in this story, I didn’t assume that since I knew a bit of the Iliad that this one could be written off as predictable.

The character of Cassie was well developed and while there were the stereotypical HS characters (pretty cheerleader, jealous football player, outcast…) it’s interesting to think of how these stereotypes can be applied to historical and literacy works like the Iliad, if Helen of Troy was alive now it’s not a big leap to assume she would be a popular cheerleader.

It was a good read for the mood I have been in, dealing with a Death in the family, my brain couldn’t handle anything too intense or drama filled, but I also can’t read something that is completely devoid of intelligence. This was a perfect fit, a smart, fun, quick read that shows that High School isn’t all that different than War at times…