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Oh Hades! Aimee Carter has renewed my love for Greek Mythology. It wasn't hard for me to sit and devour this book in one setting. Not only did I find the world captivating, but I am a sucker for Hades and Persephone's story. It's not that I don't enjoy Greek mythology, because I do. For some reason I easily confuse myself with who's who and what's going on, so I tend to stay away from a lot of the Greek mythology books, but that wasn't the case with The Goddess Test. I'm completely in love with Aimee's spin on Greek mythology.

Kate is a wonderful character and heroine. She's a genuinely caring person, even to those who completely wrong her, which normally would have annoyed me, but it says a lot about her character and it helps her pass one of her tests. I liked how her personality is key to her ability to either pass or fail one or more of the Goddess tests. She's also someone who seeks answers and doesn't just sit by and accept things at face value. She was someone I could sympathize with as well. Oh Henry! What's not to like about his handsome, broken, God of the underworld. I was completely fascinated with Aimee's spin on Hades and how she was able to make him someone I could sympathize with. I loved the romance between Kate and Hades and the way their relationship develops. There's a few sizzling scenes between the two of them.

Aimee did a fantastic job with introducing the rest of the Gods and Goddesses and giving them all great character twists. So you don't get spoiled, do not look at the back of the book and read her Guide of Gods. The Goddess Test has a surprising easy mythology to follow and one I couldn't get enough of. It's unique, engaging and enjoyable. It was easy for me to get a clear picture of the world the book is set in. It's both in the real world and that of the in between. There's so much I would love to gush about that I enjoyed, but it's a little hard to do so and not giveaway anything away. Let me just say that Aimee did a wonderful job at bringing her Greek Mythology to life.

The Goddess Test is an alluring story, with a fascinating lore, and romance. I enjoyed every moment of this story and I'm really looking forward to the sequel, Goddess Interrupted. Go pick this book up!


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The Goddess Test Aimée Carter Books Reviews

I loved Kate in the beginning of this book. She was a tough young woman dealing with the responsibility of caring for her dying mother. She was so strong, but as the story went on I felt her character weakened some. I liked seeing her devotion to Henry (Hades) and they had a really interesting dynamic. He was very distant and protective and she was always trying to get him to open up. But, I don’t think Aimee Carter did a good enough job of explaining why Kate was so into him. I admired Kate’s dedication to the goddess test, but I didn’t see enough of why she fell for Henry.

I wanted to know a little more about who Henry was. For a good chunk of the book the only thing the reader, or Kate, knew about him was that he was old, honest and attractive. And, while those were all great traits, I wanted more. As the story goes on Henry and Kate started spending more time together, but I wish we’d gotten to see more of it. I never really felt a strong spark between them.

Also, this book it set up with a twist. And, it was a good twist. I didn’t see it coming, but the way the story is set up makes parts of the plot drag because you don’t understand how important certain small moments are until the end. <spoiler>You don’t find out who the gods are or what the tests were until the very end. It was a nice twist, but it made the plot drag. I spent a lot of time waiting for Kate to take a test just to find out she’d been taking them all along. </spoiler> I also felt like the tension in the story could have been upped a bit. It’s mentioned a number of times that it may be dangerous for Kate to stay with Henry as someone has been killing all the girls Henry bring to take the test. I would have liked to have seen a few more attempts on her life.

Overall it was an enjoyable read, and I’ll give the sequel a shot.
3.5 rating for me. *slight spoiler*

I love anything with Hades, so I found this with a nice twist on the romance. My initial impression wasn't very good with Kate because I'd always have something to say with nearly everything she did. I questioned her reasoning for going with Ava, questioned her level of density with- well, majority of things going on (wasn't she raised on these myth stories? she couldn't connect one dot?) -and I questioned the way things ended.

This was a great read for me because I love the idea of an MC going through tests to prove themselves worthy like in the myths. I also love Greek mythology, and I liked the way this author explained the gods' relations. TAKE NOTE they aren't actual siblings, people, they're all just very close and call each other that. So get over the squirmishing.

Kate's eighteen, and given the fact that she'd been taking care of her mother for the past four years, it stands to reason that she could've gone two ways 1) become a bitter daughter feeling sorry for herself or 2) be a very mature and selfless young woman. She became the latter, and it's because of this that she gets chosen to be Hades' last chance. Now I understand that this is a young adult novel, and she was pretty mature for such an ordeal, but I really found it annoying whenever she blamed everything on Hades. I just assumed she knew about the myths since they were stories her mother told her, but maybe she forgot them or something, because every time Henry gave her a huge hint as to what was going on, she looked at him with a blank expression. Every. Time. I couldn't make myself believe that she was this dense with the situation, but it wasn't so bad that it put a dent in my reading experience. It just made me irritated lol

Aside from Kate's attitude towards the whole thing, the only other problem I had was Calliope/Hera. Hera's the goddess of marriage and is so head over heels for her husband, she takes it out on the 'other women' rather than the source itself. While I'm all for imagination (I mean that'd be a cool twist right?) there just wasn't enough reason for me to believe that Hera would go for Hades. If there was a deeper explanation, I would've felt more comfortable.

Oh, there's a third thing I disliked the tests. I was looking forward to these subtle tests she'd pass, and the ending reveal was GREAT but- the tests? Not so much. They seemed shallow to me, and considering that everything was emphasized on how DIRE this position was, I expected something more profound. One of the tests she passed? It was greed, because she let her friends have a share in her new wardrobe. Uh... her new closet had either jeans or dresses. She gave the things she didn't want away, so I don't really see how that proved she wasn't greedy? You can't test someone with things they wouldn't sinfully care about. It's the whole point of sins.

Overall, this thing had a few problems with me but I still enjoyed it. Henry was pretty uptight but still mysterious and I enjoyed it, though it would've been nice to see them do the falling-in-love and stuff. But alas....
Oh Hades! Aimee Carter has renewed my love for Greek Mythology. It wasn't hard for me to sit and devour this book in one setting. Not only did I find the world captivating, but I am a sucker for Hades and Persephone's story. It's not that I don't enjoy Greek mythology, because I do. For some reason I easily confuse myself with who's who and what's going on, so I tend to stay away from a lot of the Greek mythology books, but that wasn't the case with The Goddess Test. I'm completely in love with Aimee's spin on Greek mythology.

Kate is a wonderful character and heroine. She's a genuinely caring person, even to those who completely wrong her, which normally would have annoyed me, but it says a lot about her character and it helps her pass one of her tests. I liked how her personality is key to her ability to either pass or fail one or more of the Goddess tests. She's also someone who seeks answers and doesn't just sit by and accept things at face value. She was someone I could sympathize with as well. Oh Henry! What's not to like about his handsome, broken, God of the underworld. I was completely fascinated with Aimee's spin on Hades and how she was able to make him someone I could sympathize with. I loved the romance between Kate and Hades and the way their relationship develops. There's a few sizzling scenes between the two of them.

Aimee did a fantastic job with introducing the rest of the Gods and Goddesses and giving them all great character twists. So you don't get spoiled, do not look at the back of the book and read her Guide of Gods. The Goddess Test has a surprising easy mythology to follow and one I couldn't get enough of. It's unique, engaging and enjoyable. It was easy for me to get a clear picture of the world the book is set in. It's both in the real world and that of the in between. There's so much I would love to gush about that I enjoyed, but it's a little hard to do so and not giveaway anything away. Let me just say that Aimee did a wonderful job at bringing her Greek Mythology to life.

The Goddess Test is an alluring story, with a fascinating lore, and romance. I enjoyed every moment of this story and I'm really looking forward to the sequel, Goddess Interrupted. Go pick this book up!