- Comedy
- Chapter Books
- Ages 9–12
The shape of it
The shape of this universe.
Maz Evans's riotously funny modern-mythology quartet, in which lonely, put-upon Elliot Hooper accidentally frees an ancient death daemon and has to save the world with the help of a squabbling gaggle of past-their-prime Greek gods — a wine-loving Zeus, a fashion-obsessed Hermes, brainy Athena and a matchmaking Aphrodite. Across four books the jokes, puns and chariot chases fly thick and fast, but beneath the chaos runs a genuinely moving story about a boy quietly caring for his seriously ill mum. A brilliant, big-hearted gateway into Greek myth for readers who love their adventures fast, very funny and unafraid of real emotion.
A laugh-out-loud modern-myth quartet — a boy, a freed death daemon and a gang of washed-up Greek gods — with a genuinely moving heart about caring for an ill mum.
Primary themes
Tone palette
- Funny
- Irreverent
- Exciting
- Heartwarming
The series
One way in.
Cultural footprint
A shelf of evidence.
What Who Let the Gods Out has done
- Bestseller
Cultural ubiquity
3/ 5Well-known to people who know the room.
Sensitivity
Moderate, and collection-wide.
Content notes
- Death of parent
- Grief
- Illness or disability
Across the collection
All 4 books.
About the creator