Goddess Interrupted Review

Title: Goddess Interrupted (Goddess Test #2)


Author: Aimee Carter


Publish Date: 3/27/2012


My Rating: ★★★★☆


Synopsis:
Kate Winters has won immortality. But if she wants a life with Henry in the Underworld, she'll have to fight for it.
Becoming immortal wasn't supposed to be the easy part. Though Kate is about to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, she's as isolated as ever. And despite her growing love for Henry, ruler of the Underworld, he's becoming ever more distant and secretive. Then, in the midst of Kate's coronation, Henry is abducted by the only being powerful enough to kill him: the King of the Titans.As the other gods prepare for a war that could end them all, it is up to Kate to save Henry from the depths of Tartarus. But in order to navigate the endless caverns of the Underworld, Kate must enlist the help of the one person who is the greatest threat to her future.Henry's first wife, Persephone.




In the first book Kate became an Immortal and it was all about her journey to becoming one. This book starts where the other left off by coming in after her 6 months of freedom and telling the story of everything that happens as she spends her first 6 months in the actual Underworld.

This was not as good of a story to me as the previous two, but the cliffhanger was something that makes me look forward to reading the next book in the series. It was difficult to read how Kate shifted from this confident, strong willed girl, into a self conscious,codependant one. No matter how hard she tries Henry won't show any affection and it seems that he couldn't care less whether she stays or goes. It just seemed to me like the entire first half of the book was Kate whining and being a brat. I had to stop reading at times and literally said to myself "What in the heck is your problem?! Suck it up!"

Once the story got about half way through it finally started to pick up and show the "never back down" Kate that I loved so much from book one and the novella. I was thankful for that.

The ending? Well that was most definitely an "OMG" cliffhanger. I couldn't believe the outcome. You never saw it coming. As much as I didn't like the beginning of the book, the middle and ending left me wanting more and wishing like heck that I already had the third book! :)

Switched Review

Title: Switched (Trylle Trilogy #1)


Author: Amanda Hocking


Publish Date: 1/3/2012


My Rating: ★★★★★


Synopsis:


When Wendy Everly was six years old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. Eleven years later, Wendy discovers her mother might have been right. She’s not the person she’s always believed herself to be, and her whole life begins to unravel—all because of Finn Holmes.

Finn is a mysterious guy who always seems to be watching her. Every encounter leaves her deeply shaken…though it has more to do with her fierce attraction to him than she’d ever admit. But it isn’t long before he reveals the truth: Wendy is a changeling who was switched at birth—and he’s come to take her home.

Now Wendy’s about to journey to a magical world she never knew existed, one that’s both beautiful and frightening. And where she must leave her old life behind to discover who she’s meant to become…


I can see why Amanda Hocking has made such a name for herself. This book was a wonderful read. I've never read another book quite like this one.

Finding out that you're really a troll and having to seperate from the only family you've ever known, I can only imagine how hard that must be. I love how Amanda made Wendy out to be a strong character most of the time but also gave her humanly qualities by making her seem just as vulnerable as any other teen girl.

It sucks to see that neither mother figure in her life is compassionate or caring, the one she was left with tried to kill her! But the story is very hard to put down. I figured things out on my own bit by bit way before they were actually revealed to the reader but I think most people who tend to overthink the books they read and try to become part of the world would do the same. But nevertheless, it was still an amazing book. The ending was awesome and I can't wait to read the second book to see where it goes from here!

My book had a special story, 71 pages, at the very end talking about the Vittra and the night they had tried to capture her and I'm thinking that it was meant to give the reader a glimpse as to what was in store for the next book! Pretty sure there will be a love triangle very shortly and I can't wait! :)

The Goddess Hunt Review

Title: The Goddess Hunt (Goddess Test #1.5)


Author: Aimee Carter


Publish Date: 3/1/2012


My Rating: ★★★★★


Synopsis:


A vacation in Greece sounds like the perfect way for Kate Winters to spend her first sabbatical away from the Underworld...until she gets caught up in an immortal feud going back millennia. Castor and Pollux have been on the run from Zeus and Hades' wrath for centuries, hiding from the gods who hunt them. The last person they trust is Kate, the new Queen of the Underworld. Nevertheless, she is determined to help their cause. But when it comes to dealing with immortals, Kate still has a lot to learn....




Aimee Carter has done it yet again. I absolutely loved this book. It sucks that it was only a novella and not very long because I loved where the story was going!

Aimee portrayed Kate to be such a strong willed amazing woman in this book. Even though she is fairly new to this world she has been thrust into, she is already starting to change the way things are and how people percieve them. I love that she stands firm on what she believes in no matter who tries to change her mind. I feel like that is one of her best qualities!

I also loved how this book had both sides within the story. One chapter you read from Henry, Hades, point of view and the next you read from Kate's. I think it brought a deeper insight into Henry that I know everyone wanted and makes him a much more likeable character. I almost wish all the books were like this because it can get frustrating at times trying to figure out what is going on in that head of his! :)

I cant wait to read the next book in this series because it seems like they just keep getting better and better. I hope Kate continues to be charismatic and strong willed because it makes for a much more interesting ready, you can practically feel the tension radiating from the pages! I would have to say even for a novella, I may actually like this one better than the first book! But i'm not totally for sure, they're both just so great!

The Goddess Test Review

Title: The Goddess Test


Author: Aimee Carter


Publication Date: 5/1/2011


My Rating: ★★★★★


Synopsis:


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.




Wow, this another one of those books that I just could not put down! I love the modern twist on old Greek Mythology. I'm glad that the second book is due out next week but it's going to suck to have to wait another year for the third!
Everything about this book was amazing. The way things were described wasn't too much, or too little. Aimee Carter gave exactly what was needed to make you feel like you were right there alongside Kate going through all the same emotions as her.
I have to admit I figured out rather quickly what, or rather who, was the one wrecking all of Henry's chances and had killed the other girls, but it still made for an interesting story and finding out who the different charcters were at the end was the biggest surprise of all! I can't wait to read the next book in this series!
After this book I think I may try to read more stories with a mythological twist. The Goddess Test sold it for me. :)

Fever Review

Title: Fever (The Chemical Garden Trilogy Book 2)


Author: Lauren DeStefano


Publish Date: 2/21/2012


My Rating: ★★★★★


Synopsis:



Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but they’re still in danger. Outside,
they find a world even more disquieting than the one they left behind. Determined to
get to Manhattan and to find Rhine’s twin brother Rowan, the two press forward,
amidst threats of being captured again . . . or worse.

The road they are on is long and perilous-and in a world where young women only live
to age 20 and men die at age 25, time is precious. In this sequel to Lauren
DeStefano’s harrowing Wither, Rhine must decide if freedom is worth the price-now
that she has more to lose than ever.


WOW! This book was so fast paced I read it in only a few hours! I couldnt put it down! All the twists and turns within this book and the vivid detail in which they're given, make it feel as though you are right there in the action. And the ending is more surprising than ever. I thought I knew how this book would end when I started it, and even half way through it, but boy was I wrong. I will most likely read this series again. I only wish I had the third book already because it leaves you wanting more with such a great cliff hanger.

Wither Review

Title: Wither (The Chemical Garden Trilogy Book 1)


Author: Lauren DeStefano


Publish Date: 3/22/2011


My Rating: ★★★★★


Synopsis:


By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live. She can thank modern science for this genetic time bomb. A botched effort to create a perfect race has left all males with a lifespan of 25 years, and females with a lifespan of 20 years. Geneticists are seeking a miracle antidote to restore the human race, desperate orphans crowd the population, crime and poverty have skyrocketed, and young girls are being kidnapped and sold as polygamous brides to bear more children.

When Rhine is kidnapped and sold as a bride, she vows to do all she can to escape. Her husband, Linden, is hopelessly in love with her, and Rhine can’t bring herself to hate him as much as she’d like to. He opens her to a magical world of wealth and illusion she never thought existed, and it almost makes it possible to ignore the clock ticking away her short life. But Rhine quickly learns that not everything in her new husband’s strange world is what it seems. Her father-in-law, an eccentric doctor bent on finding the antidote, is hoarding corpses in the basement. Her fellow sister wives are to be trusted one day and feared the next, and Rhine is desperate to communicate to her twin brother that she is safe and alive. Will Rhine be able to escape–before her time runs out?



Imagine knowing without a doubt that you were going to die at age 20 if you were a girl, and 25 if you were a boy. What would you do with your life? Rhine and her twin Rowan have lost their parents and are now fending for themselves at just 16 years old. They both have to pay close attention to everything they do because Gatherers are not far. Gatherers snatch girls up from the streets and try to sell them off for profit. Those they can't sell get shot or they take them to brothels.

Rhine gets snatched up in her very own house and the journey begins. She meets two other girls, one older, one younger, and they become sister wives.
There's so much to say about this book. I could go on and on about it, but basically the jist of it is a story about getting caught, being manipulative, and eventually getting free. There are so many twists in this book I felt out of breath myself just trying to keep up with them! This was such a great book and I was so glad the second book was already out when I began to read it because I did not want to put it down!!