The Goddess Test (Goddess Test, #1)

Posted on 19 September 2017 by Aimee Carter

Every girl who had taken the test has died. Now it s Kate s turn. 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 that 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. If she fails Free Read eBook The Goddess Test (Goddess Test, #1) author Aimee Carter – kino-fada.fr Dear Ms Carter,Since you appear to unable or unwilling to stretch your research skills so far as to google the Greek gods, I have prepared for you a small primer, in the hopes that your future endeavours will not gratuitously and flagrantly denude one of the oldest mythologies in the world Following is a very short account of some of the major Olympian gods who apparently play a role in your book Zeus The ruler of the gods That means what he says goes This is a pantheon of the gods, no Dear Ms Carter,Since you appear to unable or unwilling to stretch your research skills so far as to google the Greek gods, I have prepared for you a small primer, in the hopes that your future endeavours will not gratuitously and flagrantly denude one of the oldest mythologies in the world Following is a very short account of some of the major Olympian gods who apparently play a role in your book Zeus The ruler of the gods That means what he says goes This is a pantheon of the gods, not a bloody democracy Now let s see Zeus, the man ...This ARC was provided for me by Harlequin and no money was exchanged I requested this galley because, after reading the blurb, I immediately decided that the concept was awesome and that this book would be made of win I tried to rationalize with myself that it might not be the fantastic story I was imagining, but it still had to be good, right RIGHT Of course the concept of Vampire has already been taken, murdered, chopped into little pieces, jellified and poured into a modern, PC mould of sThis ARC was provided for me by Harlequin and no money was exchanged I requested this galley because, after reading the blurb, I immediately decided that the concept was awesome and that this book would be made of win I tried to rationalize with myself that it might not be the fantastic story I was imagining, but it still had to be good, right RIGHT Of course the concept of Vampire has already been taken, murdered, chopped into little pieces, jellified and poured into a modern, PC mould of super coolness image error I just didn t realize you could do that to the entire Greek Mythology as well.And this is where to entire book falls apart Which is extremely sad because the concept was so awesome There was potential for REAL characters, great dialogue, witty mythology based banter, awkward circumstances and believable chemistry.Mytho...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Warning There are some vulgarities in here because I m a very vulgar person Look away if your sensitive eyes can t handle it.Man, getting through this book was like having my wisdom teeth pulled out with no lidocaine Terrible, I tell ya.But anyway, let s get on to the review, shall we The Goddess Test has an awesome, awesome premise Girl going through tests to become the bride of Hades HECK YEAH, GIVE ME SOME OF THAT And it started that way but shortly after immediately crashed and smolde Warning There are some vulgarities in here because I m a very vulgar person Look away if your sensitive eyes can t handle it.Man, getting through this book was like having my wisdom teeth pulled out with no lidocaine Terrible, I tell ya.But anyway, let s get on to the review, shall we The Goddess Test has an awesome, awesome premise Girl going through tests to become the bride of Hades HECK YEAH, GIVE ME SOME OF THAT And it st...I didn t think it was possible for someone to know so little about Greek Mythology Boy have I been proven wrong First of all, there were twelve major gods and goddesses TWELVE OLYMPIANS Everyone knows this You know it I know it Even my cat knows it I am not a mythology purist I ve read so many smutty mythology books fanfics I should be ashamed of myself I m a huge fan of the Goddess Summoning series by P.C Cast I ll be the first to admit, she s no expert on mythology I have a high I didn t think it was possible for someone to know so little about Greek Mythology Boy have I been proven wrong First of all, there were twelve major gods and goddesses TWELVE OLYMPIANS Everyone knows this You know it I know it Even my cat knows it I am not a mythology purist I ve read so many smutty mythology books fanfics I should be ashamed of myself I m a huge fan of the Goddess Summoning series by P.C Cast I ll be the first to admit, she s no expert on mythology I have a high tolerance for bullshit However, even I have my limits The Goddess Test is a slap in the face for every mythology lover, especially for a Greek mythology lo...Warning Profanity What is this Seriously What did I just read Because it s supposed to be a retelling of the myth of Hades Persephone Instead I got some emo god with no incest, no monsters or three headed Cerberus.I can forgive errors if the material is good over all So I can deal with the mythical flaws in Xena Hercules and Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Disney s Hercules However, this piece completely bastardizes the source material by turning into a cheap romance, that lacks any Warning Profanity What is this Seriously What did I just read Because it s supposed to be a retelling of the myth of Hades Persephone Instead I got some emo god with no incest, no monsters or three headed Cerberus.I can forgive errors if the material is good over all So I can deal with the mythical flaws in Xena Hercules and Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Disney s Hercules However, this piece completely bastardizes the source material by turning into a cheap romance, that lacks any emotional complexity or sense o...image error Wrath Zeus or should I say Walter shooting a lightning bolt at some poor soulGreed, and a little wrath Prometheus, the guy Zeus chained to a rock for all eternity because he gave fire to manPride The Parthenon in Athens, of which Athena and Poseidon fought tooth and nail to be the patron of the cityLustdo I need to show a montage of all the women, other goddesses, and the nymphs that some of the gods impregnated Not that the other goddesses, such as Aphrodite, the g image error Wrath Zeus or should I say Walter shooting a lightning bolt at some poor soulGreed, and a little wrath Prometheus, the guy Zeus chained to a rock for all eternity because he gave fire to manPride The Parthenon in Athens, of which Athena and Poseidon fought tooth and nail to be the patron of the cityLustdo I need to show a montage of all the women, other goddesses, and the nymphs that some of the gods impregnated Not that the other goddesses, such as Aphro...This explains a lot.2.5 starsHere s the thing about this book it was decent enough Not nearly as good as what I was hoping for, but decent Now, I have been in the midst of a passionate love affair with Greek mythology since the 2nd grade I am perpetually in the throes of a burning passion, you may say I love it all it s like a soap opera times 100 Greek mythology contains some of the most entertaining and delightfully sinful stories I have ever had the pleasure of reading, telling, reenacting.Anyway, did 2.5 starsHere s the thing about this book it was decent enough Not nearly as good as what I was hoping for, but decent Now, I have been in the midst of a passionate love affair with Greek mythology since the 2nd gra...This was a truly terrible book, but I feel so bad giving it such a low rating It s like I just kicked a puppy A really stupid puppy that s wet my bed for the 47th time, but stillkicking a puppy.I ve read a lot of unrealistic heroines in my day, but Kate tops the list She s not all that terrible I ll give her some points She is kind, caring, with a soft spot bigger andtender than a newborn s head The first sentence of the story gives us a preview of her character I spent my eighte This was a truly terrible book, but I feel so bad giving it such a low rating It s like I just kicked a puppy A really stupid puppy that s wet my bed for the 47th time, but stillkicking a puppy.I ve read a lot of unrealistic heroines in my day, but Kate tops the list She s not all that terrible I ll give her some points She is kind, caring, with a soft spot bigger andtender than a newborn...DNF at 9%a wise woman once said fuck this shit and she lived happily ever after.

English
19 September 2017

Aimee Carter