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OMG OMG OMG OMG I totally started to cry! Well not really my eye just got watery but it still counts! Guess what? I HATE WALTER I can not believe him! I was confused at certain parts but OMG this was such a good book. I did think that kate cried to much.I could not put it down I love Aimee Carter btw there is not 384 pages it was 283 pages
The Goddess Test series is like candy, you know it won't fill you up but you still, weirdly, want to ravish it. From page one I wanted to kill various characters (including some of the main ones... wait, specially those), and yet I continued to read.
I swear if the author had done something incredibly stupid with the plot line, like introduce faeries midway, I still would have continued on reading!
It's just so easy and quick and readable. Not my favorite series by far but yet one that I couldn't have avoided, ignored, or put down. I think Aimee Carter might have made a deal with the devil to make her series this enticing, or she is just a good story teller. The Goddess Inheritance, overall, was a fitting ending to an addicting, yet average, series of books. Which left the possibility of more books being written in the same world, but focusing on different characters, wide open. Everybody seems to be doing this these days.
SPOILER. Kate is pregnant. GASP, this happened in the last book so it isn't a surprise for those of us that have read The Goddess Interrupted (though it certainly was the cliffhanger of a lifetime). Kate has been kidnapped by Ava, and brought to Cronus, the king of the Titans (this guy always gets the worst rep in all the mythology books). Cronus weirdly, for some reason, likes Kate, and the other evil woman, Calliope, wants to keep Kate's baby in order to somehow control Henry and make him hers forever (weird ass family), so this plan seems to work for both of them. Meanwhile no one knows Kate has been kidnapped, no one even knows she is pregnant really, and thus starts The Goddess Inheritance, because that is just what you need on top of an upcoming epic battle, to change diapers.
Let's start with some of the bad. One of the things that I just couldn't stomach about The Goddess Inheritance was Kate and Henry's martyr complex.
Oh gosh, I wanted to slap those two silly, again! Last book their romance was driving me over the killing edge, and in this book is their devotion to each other... I might just not like these two together? I don't know, they seem to like each other now so I don't have a much of a problem with their romance. I still think it's weird, but we can't all be winners. By the end they manage to resolve this issue, Henry surprisingly coming up as having the more sense of the two. Bravo, go and have a cookie now.
Other than their martyr complex, and the beyond strange family relationships in this series, I found myself compelled to turn page after page, wanting, no, needing to know how things would end, who would die, and who would survive. Yes, this series is extremely readable, kind of like Twilight was, I didn't care about the author's writing issues because the story just kept me going.
At the end it was brilliant for Aimee to bring baby Milo into the picture. Even though we don't get to hear him speak or anything, I liked the effect he had on Kate and Henry, bringing them closer together, showing sides to their characters that we just needed to see (Henry is such a cute father ♥), and giving us, the readers, something to root for. I wanted baby Milo away from the evil grandmother (?) and the evil Titan. I wanted him to survive, even if everyone else died (everyone except James, James could have raised him... James and me, together).
The ending was good. and fitting. Certainly left me satisfied. Not wholly unexpected, but at the same time the way we got there was. I always thought something was going to happen for sure, and then something else would happen. Nothing, ever, seemed to work out. I found myself wondering how the hell Aimee was going to wrap it up after I passed the 75% mark. She wrapped it up though, and in a way that leaves the possibility for more books being written in the Goddess Test series.
And you know what, if more books are written... I have to admit I am going to read them. Scratch that, I am going to be eagerly waiting for them. Because this series is compelling, and has endless possibilities for the future. Dare I say, Aimee Carter's stories get better with every single book.
Final Verdict: The Goddess Inheritance, as the final book in the series, is a must read for those who have stuck around for this long. And for those new people, The Goddess Test series may not be the absolute best in the world, it may not have vampires or be set in a dystopian setting, but trust me if you start reading it it will sink it's claws in you and it won't ever let you go. You have been warned.
I swear if the author had done something incredibly stupid with the plot line, like introduce faeries midway, I still would have continued on reading!
It's just so easy and quick and readable. Not my favorite series by far but yet one that I couldn't have avoided, ignored, or put down. I think Aimee Carter might have made a deal with the devil to make her series this enticing, or she is just a good story teller. The Goddess Inheritance, overall, was a fitting ending to an addicting, yet average, series of books. Which left the possibility of more books being written in the same world, but focusing on different characters, wide open. Everybody seems to be doing this these days.
SPOILER. Kate is pregnant. GASP, this happened in the last book so it isn't a surprise for those of us that have read The Goddess Interrupted (though it certainly was the cliffhanger of a lifetime). Kate has been kidnapped by Ava, and brought to Cronus, the king of the Titans (this guy always gets the worst rep in all the mythology books). Cronus weirdly, for some reason, likes Kate, and the other evil woman, Calliope, wants to keep Kate's baby in order to somehow control Henry and make him hers forever (weird ass family), so this plan seems to work for both of them. Meanwhile no one knows Kate has been kidnapped, no one even knows she is pregnant really, and thus starts The Goddess Inheritance, because that is just what you need on top of an upcoming epic battle, to change diapers.
Let's start with some of the bad. One of the things that I just couldn't stomach about The Goddess Inheritance was Kate and Henry's martyr complex.
Oh gosh, I wanted to slap those two silly, again! Last book their romance was driving me over the killing edge, and in this book is their devotion to each other... I might just not like these two together? I don't know, they seem to like each other now so I don't have a much of a problem with their romance. I still think it's weird, but we can't all be winners. By the end they manage to resolve this issue, Henry surprisingly coming up as having the more sense of the two. Bravo, go and have a cookie now.
Other than their martyr complex, and the beyond strange family relationships in this series, I found myself compelled to turn page after page, wanting, no, needing to know how things would end, who would die, and who would survive. Yes, this series is extremely readable, kind of like Twilight was, I didn't care about the author's writing issues because the story just kept me going.
At the end it was brilliant for Aimee to bring baby Milo into the picture. Even though we don't get to hear him speak or anything, I liked the effect he had on Kate and Henry, bringing them closer together, showing sides to their characters that we just needed to see (Henry is such a cute father ♥), and giving us, the readers, something to root for. I wanted baby Milo away from the evil grandmother (?) and the evil Titan. I wanted him to survive, even if everyone else died (everyone except James, James could have raised him... James and me, together).
The ending was good. and fitting. Certainly left me satisfied. Not wholly unexpected, but at the same time the way we got there was. I always thought something was going to happen for sure, and then something else would happen. Nothing, ever, seemed to work out. I found myself wondering how the hell Aimee was going to wrap it up after I passed the 75% mark. She wrapped it up though, and in a way that leaves the possibility for more books being written in the Goddess Test series.
And you know what, if more books are written... I have to admit I am going to read them. Scratch that, I am going to be eagerly waiting for them. Because this series is compelling, and has endless possibilities for the future. Dare I say, Aimee Carter's stories get better with every single book.
Final Verdict: The Goddess Inheritance, as the final book in the series, is a must read for those who have stuck around for this long. And for those new people, The Goddess Test series may not be the absolute best in the world, it may not have vampires or be set in a dystopian setting, but trust me if you start reading it it will sink it's claws in you and it won't ever let you go. You have been warned.
This was an ending I had neither anticipated nor could have even remotely predicted. It was adventurous and dangerous and truly nail-biting. But I loved the strong role our main character played and the love that prevailed was inspiring. Anything with a Greek mythological theme has me in a chokehold.
Summary:
Kate has survived nine months of captivity by Calliope and Cronus, and her child is due soon. Calliope wanted to punish Kate and it looks like she will use Kate’s newborn baby to do it. Unless Kate is willing to make a deal with Cronus to save herself and her baby; a deal that would ultimately result in her beloved Henry’s death. What’s a new goddess to do when she has to choose between her child and the man she loves?
Review:
The teaser at the end of the second novel was almost more than I could bear. I couldn’t wait to see where this story would go, and how it would end. I had so many expectations for this book, I think I might have set my sights too high. While I did thoroughly enjoy this novel, at the end I felt like I was missing something. I wanted there to be more Kate and Henry—like the other novels these two spend a lot of time apart and working at cross purposes. I wanted to see more of them together working as a couple.
That said, I still really enjoyed this series and this last book. It was good to finally see the series end, and though I had wished to see more cooperation between Henry and Kate, I can’t say that I was disappointed. Carter is good at keeping the tension and the action coming.
I fell in love with these characters during the first book, and really wanted to know how their story would play out. This third book provided us with a conclusion for their story, but still left you wanting more. I really enjoyed the world Carter created for her characters. I’ll admit when I first saw the premise for this series, I had my doubts about how well it would work. Carter pulled it off superbly.
Overall:
Overall, this turned out to be a fantastic series and one that I am very happy I read. I don’t finish many series these days, so it is saying something that I made all the way through this one. I really enjoyed it. The characters are likable, but also fallible. Time well spent.
Cautions for Sensitive Readers:
Violence: Yes
Drugs: No
Sex: Henry and Kate are married, sex is mentioned, but there is nothing explicit.
Language: Mild
Kate has survived nine months of captivity by Calliope and Cronus, and her child is due soon. Calliope wanted to punish Kate and it looks like she will use Kate’s newborn baby to do it. Unless Kate is willing to make a deal with Cronus to save herself and her baby; a deal that would ultimately result in her beloved Henry’s death. What’s a new goddess to do when she has to choose between her child and the man she loves?
Review:
The teaser at the end of the second novel was almost more than I could bear. I couldn’t wait to see where this story would go, and how it would end. I had so many expectations for this book, I think I might have set my sights too high. While I did thoroughly enjoy this novel, at the end I felt like I was missing something. I wanted there to be more Kate and Henry—like the other novels these two spend a lot of time apart and working at cross purposes. I wanted to see more of them together working as a couple.
That said, I still really enjoyed this series and this last book. It was good to finally see the series end, and though I had wished to see more cooperation between Henry and Kate, I can’t say that I was disappointed. Carter is good at keeping the tension and the action coming.
I fell in love with these characters during the first book, and really wanted to know how their story would play out. This third book provided us with a conclusion for their story, but still left you wanting more. I really enjoyed the world Carter created for her characters. I’ll admit when I first saw the premise for this series, I had my doubts about how well it would work. Carter pulled it off superbly.
Overall:
Overall, this turned out to be a fantastic series and one that I am very happy I read. I don’t finish many series these days, so it is saying something that I made all the way through this one. I really enjoyed it. The characters are likable, but also fallible. Time well spent.
Cautions for Sensitive Readers:
Violence: Yes
Drugs: No
Sex: Henry and Kate are married, sex is mentioned, but there is nothing explicit.
Language: Mild
Book Review
Title: Goddess Inheritance
Author: Aimee Carter
Genre: Fantasy/romance/retelling
Rating: *****
Review: The Goddess Test series is one that I’ve come to really enjoy upon my reading. Despite the fact that some of its themes are less-than-perfect, I really love Aimee Carter’s authorial voice and have found her ability to create complex romantic relationships one to be appreciated. This led to me waiting a good while to finally read the concluding volume of the trilogy, The Goddess Inheritance. Goddess Interrupted ended on a major cliffhanger that had me excited and wary of the direction of the final storyline. It provided a major source of conflict, but it was also something that made me think…huh…this may not be going where I hoped it would. Having finished the series, I can safely say that I still really enjoy Aimee Carter’s writing, but I think the direction of the narrative veered to a place that made me uncomfortable in some spots as a reader.
There’s something about Kate Winters…and it’s not just her position as a goddess, or as the wife of Hades. It’s the pregnancy; it’s her closest friend among the gods that has since become a traitor; it’s the separation from Hades as Cronus holds her captive under threat of harming the people that she loves. Kate’s life is far from charmed when she factors in all of the heartache and, frankly, the utter shit that she has to go through. The life of humanity as a whole has become endangered because of this tiff between the gods an the king of the Titans himself. In some ways, Kate has to accept that her place within the realm of the gods helped the danger along.
Yet Kate is also the only one with a chance at saving humanity. She was the only one that showed Cronus an ounce of kindness, back when she explored the Underworld and first learned of his imprisonment. She treated Cronus like someone with emotions. Screwed up emotions that involved damaging parenting and dictatorship, maybe, but emotions none the less. It left an impression that made her the only thing he cared about taking for himself that wasn’t entirely about revenge. Sure, Cronus wants Kate at his side because it would be a betrayal to all of the gods aligned with Zeus – but it’s also because some part of him just wants her.
This sparks Kate into action. She has no love for Cronus, but she is aware that he holds the life of her child in the balance. He holds the lives of the world in balance. Even if she escapes from his clutches, she still needs to use her slight influence on him to find out necessary information. The final battle between the gods and the recovering Titan is destined to end in loss and destruction. Kate knows it’s dangerous, but the true consequences of saving the world could mean the loss of everything she hopes to live for. The love of her husband, her child, and her family.
I think that my love of this series and the way that the second book grappled with complicated relationships had me hoping that this installment would tie it all together with an epic struggle that really spoke to what the themes were in the series. Aimee Carter was never perfect with each book, yet I enjoyed the hell out of them and found them to be really special in their presentation of a myth that YA has been retelling a lot over the past three or four years. The Goddess Inheritance was a satisfactory way to end Kate’s story and romance, but I think that Carter suffered from some issues in her usage of conflict and character throughout the story.
What I’ve always loved about Kate as a character is her ability to survive and pull through things. Occasionally she feels a little too introspective in her character voice and makes you remember every complicated and sad emotion involved with a situation, but she comes across as a character that feels real and very much what she is: a teenage girl who is thrust into a world of power that she is only beginning to understand as everyone else around her plays a game that’s centuries old. Seriously, Kate has a lot of strength within her despite falling into many traditional guidelines of YA romance. I found the second book to really showcase how Kate was able to explore her power as a character after being regulated to a role in the world that was important but effectively powerless compared to her totally immortal peers. Her voice grew and she learned to stand up for herself in her relationship, as well as explored the world around her while it rumbled of scary events to come. I think The Goddess Inheritance loses some of the character momentum as Kate reverts back to some older thought cycles. She constantly questions herself and her placement in the world – understandable, but hard to handle when people are dying all over the world at the hands of a Titan. She also takes to calling Calliope a bitch – a lot – because of Calliope’s betrayal. Calliope’s need to become a surrogate mother to Kate’s child is mainly behind Kate’s rage.
I think this is where I really lost Kate. While I don’t find Carter’s series to be the most feminist one in YA, there’s certainly an argument to be had for putting a female character in an expected power and seeing how she handles that as she enters a world that is ancient and patriarchal by nature. It’s not intended to be feminist, nor would I say it fits the criteria enough for me to argue for it, but I could see how a reader could find it empowering in that respect if they identify with Kate’s particular situation. The “bitch” thing bugged me for two reasons. 1.) It’s frequency in the text was much higher than I anticipated, and the word in general is extremely negative because of its connotations towards females in general. When a female calls another female a bitch, it feels as though she feeds into the idea that women of power and control are by nature “bitchy”. 2.) The context of the name-calling made sense, but it didn’t feel like it justified the frequency. I could understand how any character, male or female, that tried to take Kate’s child away would be met with hatred and anger. The issue was that Cronus was portrayed as evil but in an accepted context; even though he is just as much of a threat to Kate’s life and family and personhood, Calliope’s threat is the one that incites name-calling throughout the text. I think it also turned me off because I felt like introducing motherhood to Kate as a character felt a little bit too Old Skool romance novel – like how the ending/epilogues would usually contain babies or pregnancy. Not that this is the epilogue of the story, but in the sense that Kate as a character wasn’t free to be able to enjoy her romance without the pressure of traditional womanhood, even if there wasn’t a direct narrative push for her to go that route.
It’s important to note that this all made sense for Kate’s character at the time – I just think that the direction Kate took as a character on the whole bugged me because it felt like she gave up her feelings of empowerment more than I thought she would. Seeing that in her insecurities and her fears towards Calliope just didn’t help my comfort level with her character. That being said, I felt like she got better at the end of the story when she started to realize that she did have power despite not being as measurably strong as the other gods. The end of the story also feels like an attempt at compensating for previous issues by making Kate align herself with several female characters in a way that seemed very positive. I don’t think it quite worked out in the end, but it helped me to feel better about Kate as a character, to the point where I still had a positive opinion of her throughout the series.
Plot-wise, the story felt like it had a lot of interesting things going on. The first half was confusing because of the emotional focus, yet it tied together towards the end as Carter began building up to the climax of the story. A lot of the leading events to said climax had a tendency of repetition because of the nature of the infiltration and Kate’s internal struggles, so it was nice to see that Carter still knew how to end the story with a bang. The Goddess Inheritance ends on an emotional high that is hard to match. Carter knows how to make you feel everything when she wants you to. You know something tragic will happen. Carter just rolls in and proves that it can still be surprising, sad, and traumatic. I think the series really plays well on the drama of the large situations. In some ways, it’s a lot like Josephine Angelini’s Greek myth series Starcrossed because of the dramatic high notes, though it’s much more internal and focused on the dynamics of the protagonist’s self-perception. I think Carter ultimately does a stellar job with the plot as things finish up, but the beginning stutters in a way that will have some readers wondering if the series should have gone the direction that it did. It’s not until the end that the reader realizes that Carter is aware of the consequences of this kind of world-ending conflict, and that realization really shifts how one reads this book and the series as a whole.
The Goddess Inheritance is a solid series finale that summarizes the emotional impact of Aimee Carter’s writing. The Goddess Test series is one that I’ll keep on my shelf and probably return to in a few years when I want something that is readable, emotional, and romantic, but it doesn’t quite live up to the skill in plot and characterization that the first two books of the series put out there. Some of the less-polished parts of the narrative came out as the author began to prepare to wrap up the plot; it showed a little too much before Carter regained footing in the narrative. That being said, readers of the series will be satisfied by the book’s romance and the overall conclusion of the story line as things are completed. Love and loss come together and make it all work, even if some of the story’s parts feel like they strayed from the intended path.
Title: Goddess Inheritance
Author: Aimee Carter
Genre: Fantasy/romance/retelling
Rating: *****
Review: The Goddess Test series is one that I’ve come to really enjoy upon my reading. Despite the fact that some of its themes are less-than-perfect, I really love Aimee Carter’s authorial voice and have found her ability to create complex romantic relationships one to be appreciated. This led to me waiting a good while to finally read the concluding volume of the trilogy, The Goddess Inheritance. Goddess Interrupted ended on a major cliffhanger that had me excited and wary of the direction of the final storyline. It provided a major source of conflict, but it was also something that made me think…huh…this may not be going where I hoped it would. Having finished the series, I can safely say that I still really enjoy Aimee Carter’s writing, but I think the direction of the narrative veered to a place that made me uncomfortable in some spots as a reader.
There’s something about Kate Winters…and it’s not just her position as a goddess, or as the wife of Hades. It’s the pregnancy; it’s her closest friend among the gods that has since become a traitor; it’s the separation from Hades as Cronus holds her captive under threat of harming the people that she loves. Kate’s life is far from charmed when she factors in all of the heartache and, frankly, the utter shit that she has to go through. The life of humanity as a whole has become endangered because of this tiff between the gods an the king of the Titans himself. In some ways, Kate has to accept that her place within the realm of the gods helped the danger along.
Yet Kate is also the only one with a chance at saving humanity. She was the only one that showed Cronus an ounce of kindness, back when she explored the Underworld and first learned of his imprisonment. She treated Cronus like someone with emotions. Screwed up emotions that involved damaging parenting and dictatorship, maybe, but emotions none the less. It left an impression that made her the only thing he cared about taking for himself that wasn’t entirely about revenge. Sure, Cronus wants Kate at his side because it would be a betrayal to all of the gods aligned with Zeus – but it’s also because some part of him just wants her.
This sparks Kate into action. She has no love for Cronus, but she is aware that he holds the life of her child in the balance. He holds the lives of the world in balance. Even if she escapes from his clutches, she still needs to use her slight influence on him to find out necessary information. The final battle between the gods and the recovering Titan is destined to end in loss and destruction. Kate knows it’s dangerous, but the true consequences of saving the world could mean the loss of everything she hopes to live for. The love of her husband, her child, and her family.
I think that my love of this series and the way that the second book grappled with complicated relationships had me hoping that this installment would tie it all together with an epic struggle that really spoke to what the themes were in the series. Aimee Carter was never perfect with each book, yet I enjoyed the hell out of them and found them to be really special in their presentation of a myth that YA has been retelling a lot over the past three or four years. The Goddess Inheritance was a satisfactory way to end Kate’s story and romance, but I think that Carter suffered from some issues in her usage of conflict and character throughout the story.
What I’ve always loved about Kate as a character is her ability to survive and pull through things. Occasionally she feels a little too introspective in her character voice and makes you remember every complicated and sad emotion involved with a situation, but she comes across as a character that feels real and very much what she is: a teenage girl who is thrust into a world of power that she is only beginning to understand as everyone else around her plays a game that’s centuries old. Seriously, Kate has a lot of strength within her despite falling into many traditional guidelines of YA romance. I found the second book to really showcase how Kate was able to explore her power as a character after being regulated to a role in the world that was important but effectively powerless compared to her totally immortal peers. Her voice grew and she learned to stand up for herself in her relationship, as well as explored the world around her while it rumbled of scary events to come. I think The Goddess Inheritance loses some of the character momentum as Kate reverts back to some older thought cycles. She constantly questions herself and her placement in the world – understandable, but hard to handle when people are dying all over the world at the hands of a Titan. She also takes to calling Calliope a bitch – a lot – because of Calliope’s betrayal. Calliope’s need to become a surrogate mother to Kate’s child is mainly behind Kate’s rage.
I think this is where I really lost Kate. While I don’t find Carter’s series to be the most feminist one in YA, there’s certainly an argument to be had for putting a female character in an expected power and seeing how she handles that as she enters a world that is ancient and patriarchal by nature. It’s not intended to be feminist, nor would I say it fits the criteria enough for me to argue for it, but I could see how a reader could find it empowering in that respect if they identify with Kate’s particular situation. The “bitch” thing bugged me for two reasons. 1.) It’s frequency in the text was much higher than I anticipated, and the word in general is extremely negative because of its connotations towards females in general. When a female calls another female a bitch, it feels as though she feeds into the idea that women of power and control are by nature “bitchy”. 2.) The context of the name-calling made sense, but it didn’t feel like it justified the frequency. I could understand how any character, male or female, that tried to take Kate’s child away would be met with hatred and anger. The issue was that Cronus was portrayed as evil but in an accepted context; even though he is just as much of a threat to Kate’s life and family and personhood, Calliope’s threat is the one that incites name-calling throughout the text. I think it also turned me off because I felt like introducing motherhood to Kate as a character felt a little bit too Old Skool romance novel – like how the ending/epilogues would usually contain babies or pregnancy. Not that this is the epilogue of the story, but in the sense that Kate as a character wasn’t free to be able to enjoy her romance without the pressure of traditional womanhood, even if there wasn’t a direct narrative push for her to go that route.
It’s important to note that this all made sense for Kate’s character at the time – I just think that the direction Kate took as a character on the whole bugged me because it felt like she gave up her feelings of empowerment more than I thought she would. Seeing that in her insecurities and her fears towards Calliope just didn’t help my comfort level with her character. That being said, I felt like she got better at the end of the story when she started to realize that she did have power despite not being as measurably strong as the other gods. The end of the story also feels like an attempt at compensating for previous issues by making Kate align herself with several female characters in a way that seemed very positive. I don’t think it quite worked out in the end, but it helped me to feel better about Kate as a character, to the point where I still had a positive opinion of her throughout the series.
Plot-wise, the story felt like it had a lot of interesting things going on. The first half was confusing because of the emotional focus, yet it tied together towards the end as Carter began building up to the climax of the story. A lot of the leading events to said climax had a tendency of repetition because of the nature of the infiltration and Kate’s internal struggles, so it was nice to see that Carter still knew how to end the story with a bang. The Goddess Inheritance ends on an emotional high that is hard to match. Carter knows how to make you feel everything when she wants you to. You know something tragic will happen. Carter just rolls in and proves that it can still be surprising, sad, and traumatic. I think the series really plays well on the drama of the large situations. In some ways, it’s a lot like Josephine Angelini’s Greek myth series Starcrossed because of the dramatic high notes, though it’s much more internal and focused on the dynamics of the protagonist’s self-perception. I think Carter ultimately does a stellar job with the plot as things finish up, but the beginning stutters in a way that will have some readers wondering if the series should have gone the direction that it did. It’s not until the end that the reader realizes that Carter is aware of the consequences of this kind of world-ending conflict, and that realization really shifts how one reads this book and the series as a whole.
The Goddess Inheritance is a solid series finale that summarizes the emotional impact of Aimee Carter’s writing. The Goddess Test series is one that I’ll keep on my shelf and probably return to in a few years when I want something that is readable, emotional, and romantic, but it doesn’t quite live up to the skill in plot and characterization that the first two books of the series put out there. Some of the less-polished parts of the narrative came out as the author began to prepare to wrap up the plot; it showed a little too much before Carter regained footing in the narrative. That being said, readers of the series will be satisfied by the book’s romance and the overall conclusion of the story line as things are completed. Love and loss come together and make it all work, even if some of the story’s parts feel like they strayed from the intended path.
Stars: 3
Rating:83%
When I first read the Goddess Test in high school I loved it so much. Now reading this last book over 8 years later, I don’t feel the same passion for it. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m older now or if the third book wasn’t as good as the first. I don’t love the characters as much and kinda find Kate annoying now. I will always have a special place in my heart for the first book and reminisce the memories and feeling I felt while reading the first book. But I can definitely say I will probably not reread the series again maybe in fear that I won’t like it as much.
Rating:83%
When I first read the Goddess Test in high school I loved it so much. Now reading this last book over 8 years later, I don’t feel the same passion for it. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m older now or if the third book wasn’t as good as the first. I don’t love the characters as much and kinda find Kate annoying now. I will always have a special place in my heart for the first book and reminisce the memories and feeling I felt while reading the first book. But I can definitely say I will probably not reread the series again maybe in fear that I won’t like it as much.
This book was exactly what I wanted it to be! In my review of Goddess Interrupted, I asked for more action. I got it. I asked for a more mature Kate. She became a mother and is suddenly an adult. I asked for Carter to really use the problems introduced in Goddess Interrupted and make it good. She did. My God, did she. This book was everything I loved from the previous books and everything I missed in the previous books in one. Review to come!
I really enjoyed this book overall. Persephone redeemed herself somewhat and Ava left me feeling confused. I definitely hated Hera by the end and wanted to smack Rhea. I really enjoyed Kate and Henry, although I do wish a few things had played out differently. Overall it was a great book, even though I really was hoping for more Kate and Henry time. I'm sad to see this series end.
Nota general a toda la serie: 1.5
Nota: Spoilers, muchísimos spoirlers de la trilogía entera. Están avisados.
Ahora sí.
Resumen general de la trilogía, así se ahorran el tiempo de leer la sinopsis: protagonista sosa y dócil, de corazón de oro y mente ingenua, que ha vivido la vida que su madre y el Consejo más les gustaba. Tras pasar unas patéticas pruebas se convierte en Reina del Inframundo, en reemplazo de su hermana, y más tarde, en una diosa menor. Se enamora perdidamente de su esposo, que aunque más de una vez parece despreciarla, en realidad, simplemente no sabe demostrar su gratitud. Tienen un romance apresurado y fogoso, lleno de inseguridades y desconfianza. Él sufre porque sigue enamorado de su primera esposa, la que lo abandonó por un hombre mortal y a la que obligó a vivir una vida miserable. Ella sufre por la indiferencia y la falta de manoseo. A pesar de la amenaza de muerte, se las arreglan para tener escenitas de celos, enojos, declaraciones de amor verdadero y sacrificios de amor puro, que repiten a lo largo de los tres libros. Como condimento tenemos a los otros personajes, seres unidimensionales de los que no vamos a gastar ni saliva para hablar de ellos. Nuestra querida protagonista termina embarazada en el tercer libro, y da luz en su prisión. Comienza la guerra. Le quitan el nene, le dan el nene, se lo vuelven a quitar, se lo vuelven a sacar. Hace dos mil tratos para salvar a su familia, aunque todas terminan fracasando. Finalmente, después vueltas y giros inesperados-no-tan-inesperados, la batalla es ganada gracias al poder del amor. Final feliZ para todos. Fin de la historia.
La idea ni siquiera es buena, parece el argumento de una película de acción muy mala. La forma en que se desarrolló es pésima, de hecho, no creo que la autora conozca la palabra desarrollo. El malo tiene un móvil débil que pierde el sentido muy rápido. Termina siendo una lectura lenta y aburrida, a ratos muy irritante.
Nada de lo que pasa en este libro se siente real, y las reacciones de los personajes es muy inverosímil. Los lazos de amistad son apresurados y forzados; en el primer día de escuela (allá por el primer libro) Kate ya tiene amigos, que en un par de semanas se convierten en sus mejores amigos. ¿De verdad? Es una amistad de lazos tan fuertes e incondicionales que pierde sentido, no pueden estar tan unidos si apenas se conocen, no me jodan.
Con la relación amorosa pasa lo mismo, Kate cae perdidamente enamorada de Henry apenas se conoceny a los pocos capítulos se declara fan número uno de sus abdominales. No sólo es una relación apresurada, sino que no es linda. Aunque en el primer libro Henry se muestra cariñoso e incondicional, todo cambia en el segundo por una estúpido malentendido que lleva a una más estúpida escenita de celos. Henry se muestra frío y distante, porque el pobrecito está lidiando con sentimientos contradictorios y complejos. Pero esa no es excusa, chicos. Porque ignora a Kate y la hace sentir mal, y más allá de lo irritante que es esta mina, no se merece este sufrimiento. La verdad que tenés razón Henry, no te la mereces, por más patética que sea, no te la te mereces.
De mitología griega lo único que hay son los nombres de los dioses.Ah no, paren, ni eso. Están totalmente deformados, parece un pésimo chiste. No sé, quizás la autora intentó humanizarlos; hacerlos amar y odiar, de que sientan dolor y pena, pero terminaron siendo unos personajes unidimensionales, sin la grandeza y sabiduría que representan los dioses. Se convierten en jovencitos con ganas de armar drama al pedo.
Kate es insoportable, es un personaje tan patético. Se la pasa lloriqueando y echándose la culpa de todo, haciendo escenitas de celo y discursos sobre la familia y el amor. No crece en lo absoluto a lo largo de los libros, empieza siendo sosa, termina siendo sosa. Uff. El resto de los personajes, como comenté más arriba, son tan ridículos que no vamos ni a gastarnos en hablar de ellos.
Uno podría esperar, o por lo menos mi parte ingenua esperaba, una crítica al machismo de la sociedad griega. Pero de hecho no, alimenta ese sexismo opresor. Arg. Y también con esa protagonista, ¿cómo podía esperar un grito de fuerza?
No sé si reír por el final de la trilogía, por lo ridículo que es, o llorar por lo terrible que es como conclusión. No tiene ningún sentido. Todo termina bien porque el poder del amor siempre prevalece. ¿En serio? La autora intentó hacerlo agridulce pero le salió muy mal. Muy mal.
Finalemente quiero expresar mi amor hacia a Calliope, porque nadie parece entenderla y porque su muerte me hizo mal. Era el mejor personaje de la historia de lejos, mucho más compleja y real de lo que los otros pueden ser juntos. Lo único que me molestó mucho fue la necesidad de armar un triángulo amoroso. Cuando convirtieron la venganza de Calliope en un sufrimiento por su amor no correspondido la cagaron, la cagaron feo. Su venganza perdió fuerza y el argumento pareció más ridículo de lo que ya era.
Me enfermó que nadie lamentara su perdida. Fue una hija de puta cierto, pero por milenios FUE SU FAMILIA. Y eligió ese camino porque USTEDES LA DESPRECIABAN. Walter no es el único culpable, más allá de la engañó y la hizo sufrir, ninguno de sus otros hermanos hizo algo para ayudarla. Le dieron la espalda, la dejaron sufrir sola. Y después se lavaron las manos cuando decidió matarlos a todos. ¿Cómo puede ser que nadie entienda su dolor? ¿Cómo puede ser que todos cierren los ojos al sufrimiento que le dieron? ¿Ni siquiera un poco de comprensión, de entender porque lo hizo? Arg. Como me dan asco. Mejor paro porque empiezo a llorar de nuevo.
Y para deleite, les dejo algunas fragmentos de este impresionante libro:
¿Aún así qué, Kate? ¿Que es lo que querés? Decís que lo odiás, que no lo necesitás tu vida. Pero tus acciones dicen otra cosa, querida. Lo querés, querés que te cuide, que te atienda. Estás totalmente necesita de amor. Y ni el amor de Henry ni Milo van a ocupar el lugar en el que debían ir tus propios padres. En serio me das pena, te tocó una familia de mierda.
¿Necesitás otro ejemplo, Kate? Tu madre nunca fue realmente una buena madre, dejá de idealizarla. Te mintió toda tu vida con excusas patéticas, te tuvo en reemplazo de la hija que la decepción para salvar a su hermano querido, te moldeó y trazó tu vida como más le gustó. Al final siempre terminaste haciendo lo que ella quería.
Y a su otra hija la obligó a permanecer en un matrimonio monótono y horrible, a tener una vida miserable, ignorando sus suplicas porque tarde o temprano todo mejoraría. Y cuando al fin Perséfone consigue ser feliz y tener el amor que se merece, la ignoró y repudió. ¡LA IGNORÓ Y REPUDIÓ! ¿Qué clase de madre hace eso? ESTE NO ES UN BUEN MODELO DE MADRE, para nada.
¿De verdad? ¿Esta es la forma de describir a una diosa poderosa y peligrosa? No me hagan reír.
" -No, no lo sientes. Sientes haber perdido aquello que pensaste podías mantener oculto. Lamentas no ser la única que estaba dispuesta a sacrificarse por los que ama. Lamentas ser forzada a permanecer viva después de que yo destroce a todos los que te importan. Lamentas haber perdido a tu hijo. Pero no lamentas haber metido."
Las últimas palabras se las dejo a Calliope;
"Diría algunas palabras ingeniosas, pero no las mereces."
(Lectura conjunta con Majo, Mass e Izzy, a pesar de todo, gracias chicas! Las adoro <3)
Nota: Spoilers, muchísimos spoirlers de la trilogía entera. Están avisados.
Ahora sí.
Resumen general de la trilogía, así se ahorran el tiempo de leer la sinopsis: protagonista sosa y dócil, de corazón de oro y mente ingenua, que ha vivido la vida que su madre y el Consejo más les gustaba. Tras pasar unas patéticas pruebas se convierte en Reina del Inframundo, en reemplazo de su hermana, y más tarde, en una diosa menor. Se enamora perdidamente de su esposo, que aunque más de una vez parece despreciarla, en realidad, simplemente no sabe demostrar su gratitud. Tienen un romance apresurado y fogoso, lleno de inseguridades y desconfianza. Él sufre porque sigue enamorado de su primera esposa, la que lo abandonó por un hombre mortal y a la que obligó a vivir una vida miserable. Ella sufre por la indiferencia y la falta de manoseo. A pesar de la amenaza de muerte, se las arreglan para tener escenitas de celos, enojos, declaraciones de amor verdadero y sacrificios de amor puro, que repiten a lo largo de los tres libros. Como condimento tenemos a los otros personajes, seres unidimensionales de los que no vamos a gastar ni saliva para hablar de ellos. Nuestra querida protagonista termina embarazada en el tercer libro, y da luz en su prisión. Comienza la guerra. Le quitan el nene, le dan el nene, se lo vuelven a quitar, se lo vuelven a sacar. Hace dos mil tratos para salvar a su familia, aunque todas terminan fracasando. Finalmente, después vueltas y giros inesperados-no-tan-inesperados, la batalla es ganada gracias al poder del amor. Final feliZ para todos. Fin de la historia.
La idea ni siquiera es buena, parece el argumento de una película de acción muy mala. La forma en que se desarrolló es pésima, de hecho, no creo que la autora conozca la palabra desarrollo. El malo tiene un móvil débil que pierde el sentido muy rápido. Termina siendo una lectura lenta y aburrida, a ratos muy irritante.
Nada de lo que pasa en este libro se siente real, y las reacciones de los personajes es muy inverosímil. Los lazos de amistad son apresurados y forzados; en el primer día de escuela (allá por el primer libro) Kate ya tiene amigos, que en un par de semanas se convierten en sus mejores amigos. ¿De verdad? Es una amistad de lazos tan fuertes e incondicionales que pierde sentido, no pueden estar tan unidos si apenas se conocen, no me jodan.
Con la relación amorosa pasa lo mismo, Kate cae perdidamente enamorada de Henry apenas se conocen
De mitología griega lo único que hay son los nombres de los dioses.
Kate es insoportable, es un personaje tan patético. Se la pasa lloriqueando y echándose la culpa de todo, haciendo escenitas de celo y discursos sobre la familia y el amor. No crece en lo absoluto a lo largo de los libros, empieza siendo sosa, termina siendo sosa. Uff. El resto de los personajes, como comenté más arriba, son tan ridículos que no vamos ni a gastarnos en hablar de ellos.
Uno podría esperar, o por lo menos mi parte ingenua esperaba, una crítica al machismo de la sociedad griega. Pero de hecho no, alimenta ese sexismo opresor. Arg. Y también con esa protagonista, ¿cómo podía esperar un grito de fuerza?
No sé si reír por el final de la trilogía, por lo ridículo que es, o llorar por lo terrible que es como conclusión. No tiene ningún sentido. Todo termina bien porque el poder del amor siempre prevalece. ¿En serio? La autora intentó hacerlo agridulce pero le salió muy mal. Muy mal.
Finalemente quiero expresar mi amor hacia a Calliope, porque nadie parece entenderla y porque su muerte me hizo mal. Era el mejor personaje de la historia de lejos, mucho más compleja y real de lo que los otros pueden ser juntos. Lo único que me molestó mucho fue la necesidad de armar un triángulo amoroso. Cuando convirtieron la venganza de Calliope en un sufrimiento por su amor no correspondido la cagaron, la cagaron feo. Su venganza perdió fuerza y el argumento pareció más ridículo de lo que ya era.
Me enfermó que nadie lamentara su perdida. Fue una hija de puta cierto, pero por milenios FUE SU FAMILIA. Y eligió ese camino porque USTEDES LA DESPRECIABAN. Walter no es el único culpable, más allá de la engañó y la hizo sufrir, ninguno de sus otros hermanos hizo algo para ayudarla. Le dieron la espalda, la dejaron sufrir sola. Y después se lavaron las manos cuando decidió matarlos a todos. ¿Cómo puede ser que nadie entienda su dolor? ¿Cómo puede ser que todos cierren los ojos al sufrimiento que le dieron? ¿Ni siquiera un poco de comprensión, de entender porque lo hizo? Arg. Como me dan asco. Mejor paro porque empiezo a llorar de nuevo.
Y para deleite, les dejo algunas fragmentos de este impresionante libro:
"Todo el aire escapó de mis pulmones. Esto era todo. Él iba a morir. Iba a perder a mi esposo, a mi bebé, a mi familia entera a manos de una diosa loca que no le importaba a quien lastimaba, siempre y cuando se saliera con la suya. Por tanto tiempo como llegara a torturarme."
"¿Eso fue todo? Después de todo lo que había pasado, ¿eso era todo lo que él estaba dispuesto a darme? No se ofreció a enseñarme él mismo, no es que lo esperara, y lo habría rechazado de cualquier modo, pero aun así. No hay intención de insistir que me quede a salvo. Sólo permiso para salir fuera y morir si eso era lo que yo buscaba."
¿Aún así qué, Kate? ¿Que es lo que querés? Decís que lo odiás, que no lo necesitás tu vida. Pero tus acciones dicen otra cosa, querida. Lo querés, querés que te cuide, que te atienda. Estás totalmente necesita de amor. Y ni el amor de Henry ni Milo van a ocupar el lugar en el que debían ir tus propios padres. En serio me das pena, te tocó una familia de mierda.
"Inhalé bruscamente, y un dolor peor que cualquier cosa que Cronos pudiera lanzarme se enterró en mi pecho. Ella me hubiera dejado. Mi propia madre me hubiera abandonado si no hubiera pasado."
¿Necesitás otro ejemplo, Kate? Tu madre nunca fue realmente una buena madre, dejá de idealizarla. Te mintió toda tu vida con excusas patéticas, te tuvo en reemplazo de la hija que la decepción para salvar a su hermano querido, te moldeó y trazó tu vida como más le gustó. Al final siempre terminaste haciendo lo que ella quería.
Y a su otra hija la obligó a permanecer en un matrimonio monótono y horrible, a tener una vida miserable, ignorando sus suplicas porque tarde o temprano todo mejoraría. Y cuando al fin Perséfone consigue ser feliz y tener el amor que se merece, la ignoró y repudió. ¡LA IGNORÓ Y REPUDIÓ! ¿Qué clase de madre hace eso? ESTE NO ES UN BUEN MODELO DE MADRE, para nada.
"La multitud se separó, y una chica que no podía tener más de trece caminó con pies descalzos por el camino. Sus ojos resaltaban contra su piel oscura, y ella llevaba una colorida bufanda
alrededor de su cabeza."
¿De verdad? ¿Esta es la forma de describir a una diosa poderosa y peligrosa? No me hagan reír.
" -Ahora veo la salida del sol-dijo-Debido a ti, los días tiene color. La eternidad tiene sentido una vez más. Encontraste cada pieza rota de mí y la justaste de nuevo, a pesar de que te lastimé tanta veces como para no merecerte. Eres el pegamento que me mantiene unido. Si te pierdo, será mi final."
" -No, no lo sientes. Sientes haber perdido aquello que pensaste podías mantener oculto. Lamentas no ser la única que estaba dispuesta a sacrificarse por los que ama. Lamentas ser forzada a permanecer viva después de que yo destroce a todos los que te importan. Lamentas haber perdido a tu hijo. Pero no lamentas haber metido."
Las últimas palabras se las dejo a Calliope;
"Diría algunas palabras ingeniosas, pero no las mereces."
(Lectura conjunta con Majo, Mass e Izzy, a pesar de todo, gracias chicas! Las adoro <3)