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Antigoddess
by Kendare Blake
First read: January 10, 2015
Second read: February 11, 2016
Original review:
This basically fulfilled all my expectations for a gritty, poetic story about dying gods, complete with badass Athena and a delightful Hermes. (Hermes is my favorite. Always.)
Blake's writing feels like it's improved since Anna Dressed In Blood and sometimes I would get distracted by it - not in a bad way, just sort of marveling at how well she communicates what she wants to communicate. Mental images were suggested, not drawn, with just enough detail to let your imagination fill in the minutiae.
It seems like she did the same thing with the characters, however. They were wonderful characters - but they did feel less fleshed-out than they could have been. They were unique, intriguing, and original, but they weren't very deep. I hope we get more of that in Mortal Gods, because I really want to dig into personalities and why they act like they do.
One more thing: what do people have against Hera? I've honestly always felt bad for Hera. If I had Zeus for a husband I would be pretty pissed 24/7, too. There was the whole thing with chucking Hephaestus off Olympus, but still. It's not like Hera acted any worse than most of the other Olympians. Anyway, that's purely personal opinion and does not reflect on the actual quality of this book - just how I perceived it. (But I just felt like saying that.)
Anyway, Antigoddess was exactly what I expected, a solidly four-star read with the promise of even greater things (and characters) to come.
(ACHILLES BABY WHOOOOOOOOO SO READY FOR ACHILLES LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED)
Second-read thoughts:
This time around, I'm even more enchanted by the deities, but less amused by the high school antics. I have so little stomach for highschool romance anymore, especially if one half of the pair is an actual god. I understand that there's death floating around and mortality was one of the deaths, in all its forms, but... yeesh. No thanks.
Still adore Athena and Hermes, though, and Odysseus grew on me more this time. Which is saying something, since I can't stand Odysseus in general. His relationship with Athena is dead on.
Second read: February 11, 2016
Original review:
This basically fulfilled all my expectations for a gritty, poetic story about dying gods, complete with badass Athena and a delightful Hermes. (Hermes is my favorite. Always.)
Blake's writing feels like it's improved since Anna Dressed In Blood and sometimes I would get distracted by it - not in a bad way, just sort of marveling at how well she communicates what she wants to communicate. Mental images were suggested, not drawn, with just enough detail to let your imagination fill in the minutiae.
It seems like she did the same thing with the characters, however. They were wonderful characters - but they did feel less fleshed-out than they could have been. They were unique, intriguing, and original, but they weren't very deep. I hope we get more of that in Mortal Gods, because I really want to dig into personalities and why they act like they do.
One more thing: what do people have against Hera? I've honestly always felt bad for Hera. If I had Zeus for a husband I would be pretty pissed 24/7, too. There was the whole thing with chucking Hephaestus off Olympus, but still. It's not like Hera acted any worse than most of the other Olympians. Anyway, that's purely personal opinion and does not reflect on the actual quality of this book - just how I perceived it. (But I just felt like saying that.)
Anyway, Antigoddess was exactly what I expected, a solidly four-star read with the promise of even greater things (and characters) to come.
(ACHILLES BABY WHOOOOOOOOO SO READY FOR ACHILLES LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED)
Second-read thoughts:
This time around, I'm even more enchanted by the deities, but less amused by the high school antics. I have so little stomach for highschool romance anymore, especially if one half of the pair is an actual god. I understand that there's death floating around and mortality was one of the deaths, in all its forms, but... yeesh. No thanks.
Still adore Athena and Hermes, though, and Odysseus grew on me more this time. Which is saying something, since I can't stand Odysseus in general. His relationship with Athena is dead on.