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3.5 rating for me. *slight spoiler*

I love anything with Hades, so I found this with a nice twist on the romance. My initial impression wasn't very good with Kate because I'd always have something to say with nearly everything she did. I questioned her reasoning for going with Ava, questioned her level of density with- well, majority of things going on (wasn't she raised on these myth stories? she couldn't connect one dot?) -and I questioned the way things ended.

This was a great read for me because I love the idea of an MC going through tests to prove themselves worthy like in the myths. I also love Greek mythology, and I liked the way this author explained the gods' relations. TAKE NOTE: they aren't actual siblings, people, they're all just very close and call each other that. So get over the squirmishing.

Kate's eighteen, and given the fact that she'd been taking care of her mother for the past four years, it stands to reason that she could've gone two ways: 1) become a bitter daughter feeling sorry for herself or 2) be a very mature and selfless young woman. She became the latter, and it's because of this that she gets chosen to be Hades' last chance. Now I understand that this is a young adult novel, and she was pretty mature for such an ordeal, but I really found it annoying whenever she blamed everything on Hades. I just assumed she knew about the myths since they were stories her mother told her, but maybe she forgot them or something, because every time Henry gave her a huge hint as to what was going on, she looked at him with a blank expression. Every. Time. I couldn't make myself believe that she was this dense with the situation, but it wasn't so bad that it put a dent in my reading experience. It just made me irritated lol

Aside from Kate's attitude towards the whole thing, the only other problem I had was Calliope/Hera. Hera's the goddess of marriage and is so head over heels for her husband, she takes it out on the 'other women' rather than the source itself. While I'm all for imagination (I mean that'd be a cool twist right?) there just wasn't enough reason for me to believe that Hera would go for Hades. If there was a deeper explanation, I would've felt more comfortable.

Oh, there's a third thing I disliked: the tests. I was looking forward to these subtle tests she'd pass, and the ending reveal was GREAT but- the tests? Not so much. They seemed shallow to me, and considering that everything was emphasized on how DIRE this position was, I expected something more profound. One of the tests she passed? It was greed, because she let her friends have a share in her new wardrobe. Uh... her new closet had either jeans or dresses. She gave the things she didn't want away, so I don't really see how that proved she wasn't greedy? You can't test someone with things they wouldn't sinfully care about. It's the whole point of sins.

Overall, this thing had a few problems with me but I still enjoyed it. Henry was pretty uptight but still mysterious and I enjoyed it, though it would've been nice to see them do the falling-in-love and stuff. But alas....


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The Goddess Test Aimée Carter Books Reviews

So.Bored. It wasn't my style. Even being YA, this was written for a REALLY young adult, like it would be good for the tween community. The characters have absolutely NO development, and everything happens in a very typical predictable way. And i have to say, I know in the Hades/Persephone story he is supposed to be eons-old & she is super young, but their connection in this book comes across just straight creepy. His dialogue is so archaic, every time they had an exchange I seriously pictured this naive teenager being held by a 40year old man. It seemed very Elizabeth Smart-like. There was no romantic courtship between them, she was basically just held against her will & decided her captor was the best she was going to get. And then to be given an aphrodisiac (ahem, drugged) and sleep together was the last straw for me. I returned the 2nd & 3rd books in hopes to find something with a little more complexity.
I loved Kate in the beginning of this book. She was a tough young woman dealing with the responsibility of caring for her dying mother. She was so strong, but as the story went on I felt her character weakened some. I liked seeing her devotion to Henry (Hades) and they had a really interesting dynamic. He was very distant and protective and she was always trying to get him to open up. But, I don’t think Aimee Carter did a good enough job of explaining why Kate was so into him. I admired Kate’s dedication to the goddess test, but I didn’t see enough of why she fell for Henry.

I wanted to know a little more about who Henry was. For a good chunk of the book the only thing the reader, or Kate, knew about him was that he was old, honest and attractive. And, while those were all great traits, I wanted more. As the story goes on Henry and Kate started spending more time together, but I wish we’d gotten to see more of it. I never really felt a strong spark between them.

Also, this book it set up with a twist. And, it was a good twist. I didn’t see it coming, but the way the story is set up makes parts of the plot drag because you don’t understand how important certain small moments are until the end. <spoiler>You don’t find out who the gods are or what the tests were until the very end. It was a nice twist, but it made the plot drag. I spent a lot of time waiting for Kate to take a test just to find out she’d been taking them all along. </spoiler> I also felt like the tension in the story could have been upped a bit. It’s mentioned a number of times that it may be dangerous for Kate to stay with Henry as someone has been killing all the girls Henry bring to take the test. I would have liked to have seen a few more attempts on her life.

Overall it was an enjoyable read, and I’ll give the sequel a shot.
3.5 rating for me. *slight spoiler*

I love anything with Hades, so I found this with a nice twist on the romance. My initial impression wasn't very good with Kate because I'd always have something to say with nearly everything she did. I questioned her reasoning for going with Ava, questioned her level of density with- well, majority of things going on (wasn't she raised on these myth stories? she couldn't connect one dot?) -and I questioned the way things ended.

This was a great read for me because I love the idea of an MC going through tests to prove themselves worthy like in the myths. I also love Greek mythology, and I liked the way this author explained the gods' relations. TAKE NOTE they aren't actual siblings, people, they're all just very close and call each other that. So get over the squirmishing.

Kate's eighteen, and given the fact that she'd been taking care of her mother for the past four years, it stands to reason that she could've gone two ways 1) become a bitter daughter feeling sorry for herself or 2) be a very mature and selfless young woman. She became the latter, and it's because of this that she gets chosen to be Hades' last chance. Now I understand that this is a young adult novel, and she was pretty mature for such an ordeal, but I really found it annoying whenever she blamed everything on Hades. I just assumed she knew about the myths since they were stories her mother told her, but maybe she forgot them or something, because every time Henry gave her a huge hint as to what was going on, she looked at him with a blank expression. Every. Time. I couldn't make myself believe that she was this dense with the situation, but it wasn't so bad that it put a dent in my reading experience. It just made me irritated lol

Aside from Kate's attitude towards the whole thing, the only other problem I had was Calliope/Hera. Hera's the goddess of marriage and is so head over heels for her husband, she takes it out on the 'other women' rather than the source itself. While I'm all for imagination (I mean that'd be a cool twist right?) there just wasn't enough reason for me to believe that Hera would go for Hades. If there was a deeper explanation, I would've felt more comfortable.

Oh, there's a third thing I disliked the tests. I was looking forward to these subtle tests she'd pass, and the ending reveal was GREAT but- the tests? Not so much. They seemed shallow to me, and considering that everything was emphasized on how DIRE this position was, I expected something more profound. One of the tests she passed? It was greed, because she let her friends have a share in her new wardrobe. Uh... her new closet had either jeans or dresses. She gave the things she didn't want away, so I don't really see how that proved she wasn't greedy? You can't test someone with things they wouldn't sinfully care about. It's the whole point of sins.

Overall, this thing had a few problems with me but I still enjoyed it. Henry was pretty uptight but still mysterious and I enjoyed it, though it would've been nice to see them do the falling-in-love and stuff. But alas....