Daughter of Chao by A.S. Webb

Danae is a simple fisherman's daughter, living on the island of Naxos her biggest concern currently is her sister's obnoxious fiancé and getting through the Thesmorphia. Fortunately for Danea, that isn't too much of worry, Athena's priestesses never choose loud girls like Danae, and with her sister engaged, she can't be chosen. Besides, hopefully, there won't be a need for a sacrifice this year. Just as everything is getting started, though all hell breaks loose, the Maneads, a group of outcast women attack disrupting the Thesmorphia, and in the process, Danea's sister goes missing Little does Danea know that this attack will mark the beginning of Danea's destiny. She is the Last daughter and the one prophesied to destroy the gods. 

I received this in my Caffeine and Legends book box, and I am so glad I did. I'm not a fan of Greek Mythology at all so this probably never would have come across my radar which would have totally sucked because this is *exactly* the type of book on Greek Mythology I do read. Taking out the gods. Webb has written an awesome hero's journey here full of monsters, legends, and magic with the hero's entire purpose to be to kill the gods. 

The pacing, world building, and all of that was excellent. Webb build up to Danea's discovery of her destiny is methodical and devastating. The first portion of this book may seem slow, but it is necessary to understand how quickly Danea embraces her role in the world as the Last Daughter. The gods have given her zero reason to love them, and they've proven it and continue to prove it throughout the book, which means Danea, rarely, if ever, deviates from her path. I found this to be wonderful because as the book goes on, we discover that the gods are just a bunch of power-hungry, egotistical assholes who need humanity far more than humanity needs them. 

What I liked the most about this though is as we find out that basically the entire world Danea has grown up in is one giant lie the door does open for Danea to actually take the same path that the gods did. And while I don't see that happening, that fact that *it* could be something that Danea may have to struggle with in future books is interesting. Especially since she's kind of a morally gray character herself. With the way this ended, it kicks that door wide open. So, I am extremely interested to see how she deals with whatever she discovers in the Underworld. 

Highly recommend this for anyone who enjoys a good hero's quest, but especially for anyone like me who can't stand Greek myths. Webb truly turns them on their head.