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...
REVIEW:
I picked up the goddess test because I love retellings off the Persephone myth. I love the dark brooding god and the goddess who was forced (even in retellings where it isn't Hades's fault) to stay in the underworld. This book however was a bit of a dissapointment. Kate is a fun character but she worries to much, she thinks about everything in the "the glass is half empty" way, which I don't like. And Hades/Henry also was way to troubled in this version of the myth, I get why though. When you look at his history it's very sad and everyone would be fairly troubled with such a past, but in a book it doesn't make for a very good male character or/and love interest.
Luckily it isn't all bad, the storyline is quite interesting and the characters are well developed even the writing keeps you hooked most of the time.I also liked the fact that almost all the gods and goddesses accured in this book. So if you're interested in mythology it's certainly worth a try (it gets better in the second book by the way).
I give this book 3,5 stars because it has potential to be a great series but the first book was a bit of a let down to me.
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