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The Goddess Test
by Aimée Carter
I had high expectations for this book, but it was rather disappointed. I wanted it to be more oriented around the Greek culture and Greek myths. While I did recognize some sprinkling of the old fables, it wasn't enough. For example, the house the gods are all staying in is a mansion in Michigan and doesn't come across as especially Helenistic at all. Then there's the cover. I don't think Kate ever wears a toga. A white dress, yes, but not a toga. Instead, we have her in jeans and t-shirts in the beginning, corsets and hoop-skirts in the middle, and jeans and t-shirts again at the end.
It seemed to take a long time for the romance element of this story to get going. Once it did, I took minor issue with the fact that Kate sleeps with Henry, though I do appreciate that the author didn't show it. There also is the fact that Kate seems to have some interesting views about commitment and relationships and...oh, never mind.
Then there was the issue of the afterlife thing...everyone has a different afterlife depending on his/her expectations after death? Come on! Here the writer again chose to deviate from the Greek legends.
On the plus side, this book had a lot of suspense. It kept me guessing and I did enjoy it in spite of my earlier scathing commentary. I plan to read the next book in the series eventually and I do think that this storyline was a good idea, it just didn't go all the way through. But who knows? You might like it, so don't let the fact that I didn't discourage you from reading it.
Oh, and I have to mention that according to the Greeks, Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus, not Ares. (Yes, I am a Greek mythology geek.)
It seemed to take a long time for the romance element of this story to get going. Once it did, I took minor issue with the fact that Kate sleeps with Henry, though I do appreciate that the author didn't show it. There also is the fact that Kate seems to have some interesting views about commitment and relationships and...oh, never mind.
Then there was the issue of the afterlife thing...everyone has a different afterlife depending on his/her expectations after death? Come on! Here the writer again chose to deviate from the Greek legends.
On the plus side, this book had a lot of suspense. It kept me guessing and I did enjoy it in spite of my earlier scathing commentary. I plan to read the next book in the series eventually and I do think that this storyline was a good idea, it just didn't go all the way through. But who knows? You might like it, so don't let the fact that I didn't discourage you from reading it.
Oh, and I have to mention that according to the Greeks, Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus, not Ares. (Yes, I am a Greek mythology geek.)