BR: The Goddess Series - Aimee Carter

1. The Goddess Test
1.5 The Goddess Hunt
2. Goddess Interrupted

First off, stay away from this series. :)
ill start with its highlights since there are so few.
The concept is very enticing. i was like woaah why has no one done this before? its basically a mesh of our real world and greek mythlogy. just the thought of it is great. Greek gods and goddesses made readable! It;s basically about this young girl, our age i guess (the reason why i dont know shit about her ill get to later) who moves with her mum into this small town. Her mum is on her last stretch of life after battling cancer for years and the girl thought she'd move with her mum to the place she wants to pass away in peace. There, without any preamble or buildup, she meets this young, mysterious, Edward-like guy who randomly goes "yo, come live with me, if you survive for 6 months through a series of tests, ill make you my goddess and give you immortality". The guy is Hades, God of the Underworld. but for some reason, the author decides to rename him Henry. Because every Greek God should totally have an English name instead. and from there, you have your story. i was meant to blurb it up enticingly to show you the novel's upside, but no, it just sucks too much.


which brings me to the downsides...oh boy the downsides. *rage
IM SO LET DOWN BY THIS BOOK. I was expecting like, some amazing mythic story, with great battles. like come on! Zeus hallllo? where are thy lightning bolts and whatnot? But no, its quite literally a girl being too righteous and worthy.
Lets start with the girl. i cant even recall her name. its something mediocre. Kate! i just spent a while looking that up. Kate Winters. Anyway, yes this girl. NOT ONCE do we get a proper description of what hse looks like. i think at one stage they mention something about short hair. but THATS about it. with any novel, descriptions are necessary, even if you drabble on for ten pages about a tree, ill yawn but at least ill know what the goddamn tree looks like. So with no description, this 2D girl expects me to follow her 2D journey? I did anyway, feeling hopeful about a riveting read.
which brings me to the hero of the story. Henry Something. He getrs a description. a horrible one. brace yourselves for this once guys. its epic, and its used continually throughout the series. Henry every single time gets described as having "eyes of moonlight". okay, 1. what? 2. what does moonlight look like? 3. im imaginign his eyes just being massive balls of white with no pupil. which is really creepy. but she keeps bring these moonlight eyes up as if itll give me nosebleeds. HOW DOES AN EYEBALL LOOK LIKE MOONLIGHT? WHAAT? IS HE A TORCH?

Next we have personality. Kate is very bland and 2D. this character, has no character. From start to finihs, shes all "OH I MUST SAVE THE LIFE OF EVERYONE I LOVE. OH THIS GUY WHO IVE KNOWN FOR ONLY 1 HOUR? ILL KILL MYSELF FOR HIM TOO!" she literally kills herself for everyone like wtf? be a bit real. and shes too righteous. shes very, this girl, will jump in front of a car for an ant crossingthe road. and she does it in a very unjustifiable kind of way. and shes a shit story teller. like, theres no transition or character growth or anything. she'll wake up one morning and start mourning over the fact that henry doesnt love her FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. LIKE WHAT?theyre meant to be in love? thanks for the lead up. and throughout the whole series, shes just so pathetic. "WHY WONT YOU LOVE ME HENRY. HOLD MY HAND. HOLD MY HAND. HOLD. MY. HAND. OMG YOU HELD MY HAND. LOVE ME. STOP LOVING THE GIRL YOU'VE BEEN LOVING FOR THE PAST ETERNITY. LOVE ME GRR. *STOMP* LOVE ME. like stfu and go save that ant crossing the road.

and then we have Henry. oh henrry, you so hot. jks. picture a God. now picture a god of the underworld. where the dead transit into their after life when they die. That is what Henry/Hades is in charge of. He rules that underworld. Interesting enough of a character right? WRONG. MY GOSH SO WRONG. Henry spends the entire series walking around. HE JUST WALKS AROUND HIS HOUSE. occasionally he goes "oh Kate, dont leave me!" and then when he feelsl ike it "oh Kate! im trying so hard to love you! give me time!" to which kate replies with "OH BUT HENRY, IVE TRIED SO HARD, I LOVE YOU! PLEASE, LOVE ME! HOLD MY HAND" or some shit like that. == massive face palm. Do your job and be a Greek God. He acts a lot like your average angsty teenager, except the writing is so atrocious that Henry just comes off as childlike.

Which is my next point. The writing. oh gosh, the writing. eyes of moonlight. enough said?

Greek mythology. does the average reader know about every Greek god and goddess ? i sure dont. it wouldve been nice if the author elaborated on why everyones so stunned when someone like Demeter (renamed Diana) walks into the room. That thing iffs me too. the author renmaed all the greek immortals with very common names that just deducts from their 'powerful aura'. theyve got no powers or anything either....all they do is be a slave to Kate. im not even exagerrating. one of them eats Kate's food before just to make sure its not poisoned. LOL == WHO CARES JUST KILL THE BITCH. oh and they spend the entire series going "oh kate, dont worry! Henry loves you so much holy cow he loves you like SOO MUCH, he even looked at you OMGOSH!"

The plot. the plot, had a lot of potential. like i said, greek mythology and the real world! a series of tests a girl must pass in order to become a goddess of the underworld and live FOREVER. you would have an amazing story with amazing subplots and amazing characters and amazing Gods. but omg. throughout the entire novel, you just hate everyone so much for all being so monotonous and identical that every moment they're still alive is painful to watch. i mean read. the plot is very reliant on good characters. there were no good characters. the plot itself was very undeveloped. it was very point A to point B, no in betweens. the tests were so stupid too. GREEK GODS TESTING A MORTAL GIRL HERE, the tests were to quite literally: study for an exam, not sleepwith anyone, share your wardrobe with 1+ person, and not eat a lot of food. there you have it folks, i officially spoiled the entirety of the novel for you. and as stupid as it sounds, that literally was the goddess test. can you see why im so enraged? and btw, that examthat she studied for as part of her goddess test..she failed it LOL, and then she full started crying and throwing herself into a river. until Henry comes along and randomly starts going "no kate, please stay, ill try to love you" like what? and then kate goes "okay Henry, hold me" or osme shit. to which im also like whaat?
And theres this massive battle against THE TITANS, who are much stronger than the Gods. like they're epically strong, (author's description of them: thick fog -yeh wtf right?) and the gods spendtwo months planning this epic battle. you know what Kate, whos POV we have to follow, does the entire two months? she plans to initiate a kiss with henry for the first time. and she complains about the epic battle that might kill him for getting in the way. LOL like hwat? im interested int he batle here, not your barren love life. whats even funnier is that she was motivated to kiss him becuase she busted him kissing the girl he'd loved for the past eternity of his immortality. can you be any more pathetic?
LOL and then once hte battle begins, she randomly gets all "I MUST SAVE THE DAY, NOBODY CAN STOP ME, I SHALL ENTER THIS BATTLE AND SAVE THE LIFE OF EVEYRONE I HARDLY KNOW". whats even funnier is that the battle is in place because she randomly walked into another battle earlier. like, earlier she had reached this palce where she saw the drama and she was like OMG MUST SAVE EVEYRONE I LOVE AND EVERYONE I HARDLY KNOW! and her Godly friends were all NO KATE YOU MUST SAVE YOURSELF, STAY HERE AND WE'LL GO IN AS SACRIFICIAL LAMB to which she goes ok, ill wait outside here for ytou guys. and then she does, she waits two hours and then a girl holding a bunny rabbit goes by and says 'why arent you saving your friends? you can do it!" and she goes NO I CANT DO THAT, I MUST WAIT FOR THEM TO RETURN DONT YOU KNOW ANYTHING? I HAVE NO POWER IN ME, I AM WEAK I CANT DO SHIT I SHALL SAVE EVERYONE I LOVE AND EVERYONE I HARDLY KNOW BY STANDING HERE AND CONVERSING WITH A GIRL HOLDING A BUNNY. as stupid as it sounds, this is a very accurate summary of what she says. and then the girl witht he bunny says 'Kate wow youre so strong! you deserve hte underworld!! and Henry!!" to which kate goes OMG I MUST GO IN THERE AND SAVE THE LIVES OF EVERYONE I LOVE AND EVERYONE I HARDLY KNOW so she goes in there and almost kills everyone which is why theres the second epic battle. and when the battle finally happens, it sounds pretty interesting but no, the entire time, we're stuck with kate going OMG IS EVERYONE DYING? HOW CAN I SURVIVE? I SHALL CRY MY HEART OUT. give that thing two minutes then she gets all OMG HENRY I LOVE YOU LET ME SAVE YOU. OUR LOVE WITH NEVER DIE, I WILL INITIATE A KISS WITH YOU EVEN THOUGH YOURE BLEEDING OUT OF YOUR ARSE. MUST SAVE THE LIFE OF EVERYONE I LOVE AND EVERYBODY I HARDLY KNOW.
and then yeah.
thats literally it. the plot is ridiculously cut down to the bone and overly simple. This happens, then This happens, the end.
oh and the ending, its a real cliffhanger. im ont he edge of my seat, just dying to read the next book. im like omgoshomgosh WILL SHE FINALLY DIE?
but seriously, i would not read this series if i were you.
and if you read my entire post to get to here, thank you so much :D

i also forgot to add, the side characters..are hardly side characters. theyre all chaperones for Kate and her HENRY HOLD MY HAND I LOVE YEWWWWWW HUNNY BUNNY BOO moments. like omg, they might as well just be shit under her shoe.

and yeah. im not one to rate a book unless its so amazing that i want to give it 11/10!! But ill rate this one. i give it a -500/10. and im being nice.

seriously, urgh.