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A review by bahareads
The Goddess Twins by Yodassa Williams
2.0
*NetGalley ARC
*1.5 star
Oh, this book drew me in! The premise and set up before reading "The Goddess Twins" was phenomenal. I loved the fact that "The Goddess Twins" was written by a Caribbean author who had strong Caribbean women in her book. The concept of the magic and mythology of the book were *chef kiss.* It had a very Percy Jackson type feel about it.
However, the Aurora and Arden were pretty one dimensional; all of the characters were one dimensional. When the twins assume their powers, they somehow have this hold and understanding of magic when they've supposedly never heard of magic before; it was pretty unrealistic. Aurora annoyed me, and I could NOT sympathize with her at all.; and on occasion, Arden was not much better in my book. I wished the message of women power was more subtle; it was being shoved down the readers' throats with the evil villain and the magic plot. It could have been portrayed A LOT better. The romance in the book was WEIRD and cringe, I'm all for a good "we-are-mates" type romance, but this rubbed me the wrong way. The plot was predictable, but sometimes predictable can be useful; in this case, it wasn't bad; it was 'meh.' The climax of the plot had me screaming at the characters for their dumbness, and I feel like we did not need a second book. "The Goddess Twins" could have just been a longer book.
*1.5 star
Oh, this book drew me in! The premise and set up before reading "The Goddess Twins" was phenomenal. I loved the fact that "The Goddess Twins" was written by a Caribbean author who had strong Caribbean women in her book. The concept of the magic and mythology of the book were *chef kiss.* It had a very Percy Jackson type feel about it.
However, the Aurora and Arden were pretty one dimensional; all of the characters were one dimensional. When the twins assume their powers, they somehow have this hold and understanding of magic when they've supposedly never heard of magic before; it was pretty unrealistic. Aurora annoyed me, and I could NOT sympathize with her at all.; and on occasion, Arden was not much better in my book. I wished the message of women power was more subtle; it was being shoved down the readers' throats with the evil villain and the magic plot. It could have been portrayed A LOT better. The romance in the book was WEIRD and cringe, I'm all for a good "we-are-mates" type romance, but this rubbed me the wrong way. The plot was predictable, but sometimes predictable can be useful; in this case, it wasn't bad; it was 'meh.' The climax of the plot had me screaming at the characters for their dumbness, and I feel like we did not need a second book. "The Goddess Twins" could have just been a longer book.