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A review by redsrecs
Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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? Yes
4.5
Thank you to Penguin Random House for gifting me a PR package that included this book in exchange for an honest review.
Rating: 4.5 stars
Rating Breakdown:
Plot: 5
Pacing: 4.83
Writing: 5
Language: 5
World Building: 5
Characters: 4
Romance: 3
Hades & Persephone retelling. Young Adult. Slow Burn. Fake dating/Marriage of convenience. Chosen one. Powerful FMC.
This is the most fun I've had, reading a Hades & Persephone retelling. This version of the story is not only grounded in so much of the reality of how people lived in these times, but it was also the most real and human that I've experienced with these characters.
The biggest thing for me was how real the issues Persephone experienced with her parents were, especially with her mother. It really resonated with some of my personal trauma. Kudos to the author for being able to capture those emotions.
Overall I loved that Persophone finding her place in the Underworld, had nothing to do with Hades, but that they had the opportunity to find and love each other anyway.
Everything in this book was just about flawless, the only thing that got to me in some sense was the romance. It felt like it took so long for them to not only communicate their feelings and stop denying each other and themselves, but even after doing so, it still took such a long time for them to move on to the next step in their relationship. Considering that this book is YA, I don't begrudge it. So maybe it just felt worse for me as someone who isn't a young adult who also tends to read New Adult just as much as I read Young Adult.
The author did an amazing job in creating these characters, this story and bringing the real history into every facet of this book.
Rating: 4.5 stars
Rating Breakdown:
Plot: 5
Pacing: 4.83
Writing: 5
Language: 5
World Building: 5
Characters: 4
Romance: 3
Hades & Persephone retelling. Young Adult. Slow Burn. Fake dating/Marriage of convenience. Chosen one. Powerful FMC.
This is the most fun I've had, reading a Hades & Persephone retelling. This version of the story is not only grounded in so much of the reality of how people lived in these times, but it was also the most real and human that I've experienced with these characters.
The biggest thing for me was how real the issues Persephone experienced with her parents were, especially with her mother. It really resonated with some of my personal trauma. Kudos to the author for being able to capture those emotions.
Overall I loved that Persophone finding her place in the Underworld, had nothing to do with Hades, but that they had the opportunity to find and love each other anyway.
Everything in this book was just about flawless, the only thing that got to me in some sense was the romance. It felt like it took so long for them to not only communicate their feelings and stop denying each other and themselves, but even after doing so, it still took such a long time for them to move on to the next step in their relationship. Considering that this book is YA, I don't begrudge it. So maybe it just felt worse for me as someone who isn't a young adult who also tends to read New Adult just as much as I read Young Adult.
The author did an amazing job in creating these characters, this story and bringing the real history into every facet of this book.