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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
I cannot believe this book series is over...it saddens me. Loved the book; such a great way to end the story!! and to be honest, I wish it had never ended!! I could read book after book of Kate, Henry, and Milo going on about their lives. I seriously need MORE!! Definitely reading this book series over adn over and over again! :)
I just love it and have nothing other to say about it!!
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Less frustrating than book 2, and rounds the series out effectively.
Time skips from end cliffhanger to next novel opening continues to frustrate.
The plot was fine, the closing themes powerful, but I still don’t love the execution.
Suddenly all the relationship tension has vanished into a strong mutual partnership. While I guess technically 9 months has passed, given there was no communication during that time it’s hard to believe it effectively mended their relationship. And that’s just one instance.
I wish this was the book it could have been. Instead, it wasn’t much more than “fine”.
Time skips from end cliffhanger to next novel opening continues to frustrate.
The plot was fine, the closing themes powerful, but I still don’t love the execution.
Suddenly all the relationship tension has vanished into a strong mutual partnership. While I guess technically 9 months has passed, given there was no communication during that time it’s hard to believe it effectively mended their relationship. And that’s just one instance.
I wish this was the book it could have been. Instead, it wasn’t much more than “fine”.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief
Minor: Confinement, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Overall it was pretty good, just not as exciting as I was hoping I guess. Full review to follow.
The Goddess Inheritance is the concluding book in "The Goddess Test" trilogy. In this book we find Kate nine months pregnant and being held captive by Calliope (Hera - Queen of the Gods) and Cronus, King of the Titans, after the betrayal of Kate's best friend Ava (Aphrodite, Greek Goddess of Love).
When Kate's husband Henry (Hades - Greek God of the Underworld) finds out his beloved Kate has been kidnapped and is expecting their first child he and the other members of the council declare war on Cronus. It will take the cooperation of everyone and even then it won't be easy. Kate is rescued by Henry and brought back to Olympus, but she wants to help her family in the war against Calliope and Cronus, who are still holding her newborn son Milo hostage. She's even willing to offer herself up to Cronus in exchange for her family's safety.
The trilogy wraps up in a way that will satisfy the reader while leaving the door open for the series to continue someday or a spin-off series to develop.
I like that both Aimee Carter (the author of this series) and Meg Cabot (author of the Abandon series) are giving fresh new takes on the Persephone Myth because Greek Mythology was one of my favorite subjects in school. If you share this same love, then this series is definitely for you. But please, start with the first book! :)
When Kate's husband Henry (Hades - Greek God of the Underworld) finds out his beloved Kate has been kidnapped and is expecting their first child he and the other members of the council declare war on Cronus. It will take the cooperation of everyone and even then it won't be easy. Kate is rescued by Henry and brought back to Olympus, but she wants to help her family in the war against Calliope and Cronus, who are still holding her newborn son Milo hostage. She's even willing to offer herself up to Cronus in exchange for her family's safety.
The trilogy wraps up in a way that will satisfy the reader while leaving the door open for the series to continue someday or a spin-off series to develop.
I like that both Aimee Carter (the author of this series) and Meg Cabot (author of the Abandon series) are giving fresh new takes on the Persephone Myth because Greek Mythology was one of my favorite subjects in school. If you share this same love, then this series is definitely for you. But please, start with the first book! :)
This was a solid ending to the series. I must say the journey was bittersweet. I grew to adore the other gods through accounts in the Goddess Legacy, however no matter how many iterations of Kate throughout the series could win me over. I simply did not like her as the lead character. She was not strong enough emotionally and seeing things from her perspective tainted the whole experience for me.
http://nyx-shadow.blogspot.fr/2013/03/goddess-test-t3-goddess-inheritance.html
Some minor spoilers, but no specifics.
Wow. I managed to get an ARC of this book, and let me just say that it is a great ending to the series! The tone of the story is very different from the other two (or four, if you include the novellas). It is a bit more desperate, a bit more bleak, but still the same characters we have grown to care about. The story picks up right where we clung to the cliff at the end of book 2 after the prologue.
I did think that certain aspects of this book were pretty obvious from the beginning. The prologue helps set something up that I knew right from the get-go, so it seems like Carter was shooting more for dramatic irony than discovery alongside Kate with certain aspects. This again deviates from her usual style. I'm not sure which I prefer, but I like them both. I find the dramatic irony more frustrating as a reading, but pleasantly so.
Overall, this was a compelling and exciting read. I think the ending was perfect, but also sad. While many old faces make an appearance (including some of the characters from the novellas), not everyone manages to escape the conflict alive or whole, physically and emotionally. As a reader who has grown to love these characters and this world, I felt a major roller coaster of emotions while reading, and while sad, I was never disappointed.
I was thrilled to get an ARC of this, and I can't wait to see what my fellow readers think when it comes out everywhere!
SECOND READ:
This was even better than I remember it being! The characters and trickery between each other was fun and the sad ending was just as gut wrenching.
Wow. I managed to get an ARC of this book, and let me just say that it is a great ending to the series! The tone of the story is very different from the other two (or four, if you include the novellas). It is a bit more desperate, a bit more bleak, but still the same characters we have grown to care about. The story picks up right where we clung to the cliff at the end of book 2 after the prologue.
I did think that certain aspects of this book were pretty obvious from the beginning. The prologue helps set something up that I knew right from the get-go, so it seems like Carter was shooting more for dramatic irony than discovery alongside Kate with certain aspects. This again deviates from her usual style. I'm not sure which I prefer, but I like them both. I find the dramatic irony more frustrating as a reading, but pleasantly so.
Overall, this was a compelling and exciting read. I think the ending was perfect, but also sad. While many old faces make an appearance (including some of the characters from the novellas), not everyone manages to escape the conflict alive or whole, physically and emotionally. As a reader who has grown to love these characters and this world, I felt a major roller coaster of emotions while reading, and while sad, I was never disappointed.
I was thrilled to get an ARC of this, and I can't wait to see what my fellow readers think when it comes out everywhere!
SECOND READ:
This was even better than I remember it being! The characters and trickery between each other was fun and the sad ending was just as gut wrenching.