Inside the Illusion (Everworld #9)

Senna is an interesting experience in character writing. On one hand she's super fascinating, playing Xanatos Speed-Chessmaster, and it's neat to see a protagonist with some fucking agency in this series. On the other hand, her motivations are weak. "I WANT TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD AND KILL EVERYONE IN MY PATH BECAUSE MY MOM NEVER LOVED ME." This is hard to identify with, but maybe that's just 'cause my mom loved me.

I was close to giving the book 4 stars because the end is fun, but realized I was bored as fuck for most of it so nah.

A truly brilliant take on mythology. For anyone who has ever been a fan of the religions of yore you'll be enthralled with Applegate's world of aliens and gods. My favorite series when it first came out and still one of my favorite series. The beginning of the first book is a bit difficult to get into, but once you get past that it is simply phenomenal. Applegate creates an entire world within Everworld while drawing enough from our own world so as not to entirely alienate or confuse the audience.