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A review by dinipandareads
The Goddess of Nothing At All by Cat Rector
5.0
I read this book as part of the blog tour hosted by Storytellers on Tour and I'm so thankful that it got put on my radar because this is one of my favourite reads of 2021. Special thanks to the author for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review. 5 realm-ending stars!
As prepared by the author on their website:
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OKAY SO... Help. This book took my fragile heart and stomped all over it? I literally just finished it and all I want to do is sit on the floor in a puddle of all the tears this book made me cry, but I feel like if I don't try writing some kind of review now I won't be able to later cos I'll be lost! I'm seriously hopped up on all the feels, friends.
If you love Norse mythology, unapologetically queer characters, characters who refuse to give up or back down no matter how many times they're discarded or beaten down, heart-achingly sweet romance and heart-breakingly painful betrayals, complex and morally grey characters that you want to protect forever and rage against, then I would 100% recommend that you read this book because it gives you all that and more. So much more! It's a raw story about people (albeit deities), the wonderful and horrible decisions they make, and the consequences of those actions. It's about trust and betrayal, love and loss, honesty and lies. It's well-written, engaging and so full of heart and emotion. I honestly can't believe this is Cat Rector's debut because it's one helluva forking debut and it deserves all the love and attention!
What Rector says at the beginning is true: don't be fooled by the love and happiness at the beginning because it really doesn't last. If you're at all familiar with Norse mythology or even the concept of Ragnarok then you'll know exactly where the story leads but that doesn't make it any less painful to watch the lives and realm crumble because, of course, these characters are going to grow on you and you're going to care about them and it's really going to suck ... Or was I the only one that went through that?
As prepared by the author on their website:
List of trigger/content warnings
List of representation
OKAY SO... Help. This book took my fragile heart and stomped all over it? I literally just finished it and all I want to do is sit on the floor in a puddle of all the tears this book made me cry, but I feel like if I don't try writing some kind of review now I won't be able to later cos I'll be lost! I'm seriously hopped up on all the feels, friends.
If you love Norse mythology, unapologetically queer characters, characters who refuse to give up or back down no matter how many times they're discarded or beaten down, heart-achingly sweet romance and heart-breakingly painful betrayals, complex and morally grey characters that you want to protect forever and rage against, then I would 100% recommend that you read this book because it gives you all that and more. So much more! It's a raw story about people (albeit deities), the wonderful and horrible decisions they make, and the consequences of those actions. It's about trust and betrayal, love and loss, honesty and lies. It's well-written, engaging and so full of heart and emotion. I honestly can't believe this is Cat Rector's debut because it's one helluva forking debut and it deserves all the love and attention!
What Rector says at the beginning is true: don't be fooled by the love and happiness at the beginning because it really doesn't last. If you're at all familiar with Norse mythology or even the concept of Ragnarok then you'll know exactly where the story leads but that doesn't make it any less painful to watch the lives and realm crumble because, of course, these characters are going to grow on you and you're going to care about them and it's really going to suck ... Or was I the only one that went through that?