Disney Villains: Hades The Horn of Plenty

One of my all time favourite movies is Hercules and one of my all time favourite villains is Hades. This captured him so well, his whit, his humour, his darkness, loved it.

I enjoyed this! Hades infinitely makes me laugh and I love a bit of mythology… so this is a total winner in my books! Gorgeous illustrations too!

I absolutely adore Disney and I absolutely adore. Hayley. Is this book portrayed Hades from the movie to an absolutely T. He was funny you could understand his point of view you could understand the situation and how he was trying, but you could also feel his emotions and how he felt with the repercussions of his actions. I absolutely adore this. The art style was bang on, and the way each of them spoke, was cater to the characteristics and I won hundred percent recommend if you are thinking about reading this or even glimpse that’s interesting. I would 100% recommend you reading it I’ll be recommending this to all my friends and if any more of these come out, I will definitely be reading them in the future.

This short graphic novel follows Hades, King of the Underworld, as he hatches another plot to get himself more power - this time, by stealing the goat Amalthea and using her magical horn to make a wish. It might sound far-fetched, but Amalthea does actually appear in Greek mythology: she was the goat-nurse of baby Zeus, helping him grow and strengthen - and eventually providing the cornucopia (horn of plenty) like in the story here. Hades doesn’t plot to steal the goat in the Greek tales, *but* there is an interesting play on the Hades/Persephone myth going on here instead, as Amalthea in this story turns out to be the pet goat of the goddess Demeter. Once Hades’ plan is underway, there’s lots of similarities with what happens in the Persephone myth - especially for the poor mortals on earth. There’s also a great panel where Demeter exclaims ‘that’s not my kid!’ during the search - a solid joke for the myth nerds!

The illustrations are fab - atmospheric with bright and bold colours for the different landscapes. The dialogue is snappy (as you would expect from Hades especially) and easy to follow even for the younger end of the audience age. There’s also a useful little ‘Wordbox’ glossary at the front explaining some of the more unusual terms, like gigantomachy, as well as symbols like the horn of plenty - it would have been great to perhaps have some simple pronunciation guidance alongside this, and some of the Greek names, for readers who aren’t as familiar with them. Overall though, a really fun little read, with lots of familiar figures from the Disney movie reappearing in their roles - and there’s even a nice little cameo from Phil!

Hercules is one of my all time favourite Disney movies so as soon as I saw this on NetGalley I knew I had to read it.

This graphic novel focuses on the gods and Hades being his usual self with wanting to steal Amalthea, a magical pet goat of the gods (Demeter really loves this goat) in order to make all his wishes come true.

A super fun and super quick read that I enjoyed!

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.