Review

The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I’ve actually been meaning to review this for a while. But I guess I just didn’t know hoe. So, after much care and consideration I have put together this review.


I picked this book up because…. I have no idea why I picked this book up. I mean it has gotten some really, really bad reviews. But I guess my subconscious mind wanted me to read it. So I bought it along with Glow and The Girl in the Steel Corset. Out of the three this was the first that I read, I picked it up first and I read it first. I started reading it on the bus ride home and I could not put it down. Surprisingly it was really good. Thank you subconscious mind.


I’m not going to bore you with the details of the book. So the book in a sentence: Boy (Henry, but actually Hades) saves girl’s (Kate) frenemy (Ava, one of the main characters becomes Kate’s BFF, even though she WAS a bitch) in return for Kate coming back to his lair and becoming his queen, she grudgingly agrees and he says to become a goddess she must pass a bunch of tests (unknown to her), her and Henry fall in love (as would be expected), Kate also has a bunch of threats on her life (by a jealous goddess, she’s in love with Henry). That’s basically the book in a nutshell.


The plot was good, if you forget everything you have ever heard or read about Greek Mythology you’ll probably enjoy this more, but even if you cant forget it’s still a good idea and it’s a good plot. I love how it all comes together at the end. I love the moment all the gods and goddesses reveal themselves. I also love when Kate finds out Henry is a virgin and she deflowered him (yep you heard me the almighty god of the underworld was a virgin).


I liked the writing, it was likeable. I have never been a good judge at writing, it’s either it kept me interested or it didn’t and this one kept me interested. So if I would have to rate it, I would give the writing 7/10. It kept me interested and I haven’t liked many paranormal romances lately.


The characters, I have no clue what to say here. I liked the characters they were all likeably enough; I liked the fact that the God’s were hidden amongst the normal characters. I liked how some of the characters had back-stories. I liked the main character although at times I found her a little unbelievable; she just seemed really two-dimensional at times.


Overall, it was an enjoyable read and I finished it in a day and a half. I liked it. I recommend this book to YA paranormal romance likers, you may not love it, but I recommend giving it a go and I don’t recommend it to people that are really invested and love Greek Mythology, you’ll probably just pick the book apart. When on the whole it’s a good book.



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