First off, I highly doubt anyone who is a Greek Mythology buff will like this book. None of the mythology in here is correct. What's great about Greek Gods is that they aren't morally perfect like most other Gods. The stories taught by the mistakes they made because they made a lot of mistakes. In The Goddess Test, they were shown as, well, basically human, except slightly more "perfect" from what I got. Which isn't accurate at all! They were extreme sinners, did whatever they wanted without having to defer to a "council." They most certainly would not care anything about the seven deadly sins. So this book got all of that way wrong!The Goddess Test
Author: Aimee Carter
Published: April 19, 2011
Rating: 4 STARS
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.
--Goodreads.com description
Also, a big dilemma for Kate throughout this book is one of the Gods is trying to kill her. Well, I don't know any story where the Gods simply kill humans they don't like. They took revenge ten-fold. If you don't believe me, read the stories of Arachne or Echo. Both pissed off a Goddess, neither was lucky enough to simply die. Therefore in Goddess Test, if one of the Gods were didn't like Kate, they would try to do much worse than just kill the girl.
But if I look beyond the terrible depiction of the Gods, it was a pretty good book. In the beginning, Kate really drove me nuts. She was a whinny little brat and yeah it sucks that her mom is dying, but she was just rude to everyone and her personality just didn't make me want to root for her. The romance didn't do it for me either. Henry might be someone else's cup of tea, but not mine. I much proffered James actually.
It did keep me entertained though and it's not one that I regret reading at all. I would recommend this one to people who love Disney's Hercules and aren't trying to read it hoping for some accurate mythology.
Theme Song:
So of course the music I was playing while reading this was from Disney's Hercules. So here are my favorites!
Hercules - I Won't Say (I'm In Love) & I Can Go The Distance
I wanted to read this because someone told me is was a take on Perspehone's myth and she doesn't get enough air time in my opinion. I will wiat til it comes out in the UK and might give it a go bearing in mind what you've said.
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