The Goddess Test

The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It's always been just Kate and her mom—and her mother is dying. Her last wish? To move back to her childhood home. So Kate's going to start at a new school with no friends, no other family and the fear her mother won't live past the fall.

Then she meets Henry. Dark. Tortured. And mesmerizing. He claims to be Hades, god of the Underworld—and if she accepts his bargain, he'll keep her mother alive while Kate tries to pass seven tests.

Kate is sure he's crazy—until she sees him bring a girl back from the dead. Now saving her mother seems crazily possible. If she succeeds, she'll become Henry's future bride, and a goddess.

Let me start by giving you the sequence of events that occurred with this book. Picture this:
I walk into the teenage section of the library, sit down, see a book on the shelf, go to pick it up. I don't bother looking at the cover, instead I read the blurb. It sounds like a pretty cool concept. Hades, Greek gods, a retelling of Greek mythology? Hell yeah! Then I looked at the cover. Is it just me, or does the girl on there look like she's ill and is about to throw up? No? Just me then...
I'm not going to do a page by page analysis (because I'm not that weird) but main points here:
Plot: a bit rushed
Characters: Kate was WAYYYYY too goody-goody
Writing: meh
Ending: rushed

The reason why i'm not absolutely hating this book is simply the concept. So, overall meh.


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