(Goddess Test #2.5)
by Aimee Carter
Published July 31st 2012
by Harlequin Teen
Published July 31st 2012
by Harlequin Teen
ARC from Netgalley
Thoughts:
If you have read my previous review on the Goddess Test series, you know that I'm not such a big fan of it. Although the writing is beautiful, the pacing is too slow to my liking and I just don't get why Henry/Hades had this obsession of finding himself a new wife.
There's 5 different novellas in this book with stories told from the very distinct view point of Hera, Aphrodite, Persephone, Hermes and Hades. Let me just say that the writer indeed have a flair to make the readers feel for the characters. Hera's story is tragic and we get valuable insights to her vengeful feelings towards the other gods. Aphrodite's romance is predictable and sometimes sweet but she's such a hateful and selfish character that I found loathsome. Persephone is a very, very confused young bride who discovered that happiness indeed comes with a price. Reckless Hermes actually fell in love with a mortal and dear brooding Hades who always puts others first until the day his heart got broken.
After reading this and nearly bawled my eyes out, I'm so rooting for him. He really deserves a break, poor guy..ehem..god. He's a tortured soul caught in an eternity of loneliness. Now I know why he's so obsessed with Kate. He needs to be with someone who loves him back!
I just love all the background story on the different gods and goddesses and it certainly help me a lot in understanding the series more. Now I can't wait for the next book and would definitely give this series a second chance.
Recommended for: fans of Greek mythology
Verdict: 5 stars.
Available on: Amazon
Summary from Goodreads:
For millennia we've caught only glimpses of the lives and loves of the gods and goddesses on Olympus. Now Aimee Carter pulls back the curtain on how they became the powerful, petty, loving and dangerous immortals that Kate Winters knows.
Calliope/Hera represented constancy and yet had a husband who never matched her faithfulness....
Ava/Aphrodite was the goddess of love and yet commitment was a totally different deal....
Persephone was urged to marry one man, yet longed for another....
James/Hermes loved to make trouble for others-but never knew true loss before....
Henry/Hades's solitary existence had grown too wearisome to continue. But meeting Kate Winters gave him a new hope....
Five original novellas of love, loss and longing and the will to survive throughout the ages.
Thoughts:
If you have read my previous review on the Goddess Test series, you know that I'm not such a big fan of it. Although the writing is beautiful, the pacing is too slow to my liking and I just don't get why Henry/Hades had this obsession of finding himself a new wife.
There's 5 different novellas in this book with stories told from the very distinct view point of Hera, Aphrodite, Persephone, Hermes and Hades. Let me just say that the writer indeed have a flair to make the readers feel for the characters. Hera's story is tragic and we get valuable insights to her vengeful feelings towards the other gods. Aphrodite's romance is predictable and sometimes sweet but she's such a hateful and selfish character that I found loathsome. Persephone is a very, very confused young bride who discovered that happiness indeed comes with a price. Reckless Hermes actually fell in love with a mortal and dear brooding Hades who always puts others first until the day his heart got broken.
After reading this and nearly bawled my eyes out, I'm so rooting for him. He really deserves a break, poor guy..ehem..god. He's a tortured soul caught in an eternity of loneliness. Now I know why he's so obsessed with Kate. He needs to be with someone who loves him back!
I just love all the background story on the different gods and goddesses and it certainly help me a lot in understanding the series more. Now I can't wait for the next book and would definitely give this series a second chance.
Recommended for: fans of Greek mythology
Verdict: 5 stars.
Available on: Amazon
I love it when a story gets you all emotional. Thank you!!
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