When in the Underworld, they are free to travel yet are unable to access the Underworld without a sanctioned guide like Hades or Hermes. There is no ceremony to be granted immortality nor when it is taken away, it just simply is. An immortal can be murdered by a greater being Titan or a weapon made of the same material as a Titan. An immortal can give up their immortality but they might be killed immediately like Persephone or be allowed to live a mortal life and regain their immortality once their mortal form dies Demeter.
So as you can see, the concept of immortality gave me a massive headache with all its rule bending and vagueness. Instead of immortality being, you know, immortality, it had all these rules and escape clauses and instead of knowing for sure everyone would live into next century because they are IMMORTAL you never knew who was going to die next.
Or if it would be permanent, if they would be in the Underworld or completely obliterated from existence. Not only was she helpless, but the other characters ensured she remained helpless.
The only thing she did in this novel was try to sacrifice herself and cry. Apparently they were all so tire of all the fighting that happened off page and was never explained at all to the point I grew frustrated with the lack of details. It felt like the gods were just sitting around all day on their asses!
I get that Kate is all of 20 years old but even she has hostile feelings towards the three female characters that should be strong Ava, Calliope and Persephone but all she ever thinks is how awful they are. I was actually insulted and offended by the portrayal of women in this book. And another thing that made me mad was a whole bunch of stupid crap over having a baby.
Henry also sucked. Goddess, Interrupted was not a bad book per se — just incredibly boring and into the slut shaming. View all 5 comments. Aug 13, Farrah rated it really liked it Shelves: favorite-series , retellings , myths. I need this book now! That cliffhanger at the end of book two was earth-shattering.
Ugh, I can't wait to get my hands on this book. So much occurred in The Goddess Inheritance that I'm still digesting everything, 2 days after reading the book. I'm still a little speechless, but I can say that this book was a wonderful end to a lovely series.
I had one issue with this book, so I'm going to get it out of the way first. Kate began the series as a strong character. That was the reason that I liked her so much.
But during this book, she was a freaking watering pot. Maybe it was just the post pregnancy hormones, but she just burst into tears about everything. And a couple of characters in the book even mention it. Kate is usually strong; it really irritated me that she was being a baby and sobbing every few pages. By the end, she realizes how ridiculous she is being and toughens up. That helped, but I was still annoyed. Now, let's get to the positive.
After pulling herself together, Kate proved how much she had grown throughout the series. At the end, I was able to see how strong and compassionate she had become. So, in the end, I admired her greatly. Henry was such a sweetheart in this book; I swear, he made my heart melt. He was just SO adorable. And he grew as a character as well. He was able to move past everything that used to hold him back and become a true hero.
I loved him anyway, but,because of that, now I love him even more. Since the major bumps in their relationship were smoothed, Kate and Henry were such a lovely couple. They brought out the strength in each other and weathered through the possible apocalypse together.
It was nice to see a relationship that had been put through so much to finally prosper. Milo, Kate and Henry's son, was SO cute! Oh my goodness, I loved that little baby. I don't want to say too much about him so that I don't spoil anything, but he was so adorable. Even though, obviously, he doesn't directly play a role in the situation, he was a constant presence. His existence is what spurs Kate and Henry to fight with everything they have in them. He so obviously adored his son, it was precious, especially because we know that he hasn't had that ever in his thousands of years long life.
Kate was also a devoted parent. Even though she may not have planned on Milo, she was still a wonderful mother to him. The other character also had their growth. So many dimensions were added to their character, that I began to feel like they were almost real people.
Someone dies in this book, and I won't say who. I'll let that torment you until you find out. But the emotional aspects of it were very well done. If I hadn't been almost asleep because I refused to go to bed until I finished the book, I probably would have cried.
The action in the book was constant-obviously, since they were in a war. The solution to the problem was very clever. I would never have thought about it. But it managed to bring in a certain aspect that seemed minor before into full play. The emotions in this book were palpable. The Goddess Inheritance brought in so much and that new baggage brought in so much more emotion. The ending was perfect for the series.
It was bittersweet. Happy because of the outcome of the war and the main relationship. But sad because of all that transpired during the war and all the emotion that was drawn up.
And I had to say goodbye to all of the characters that I grew to care for throughout the series. Once again, emotional. The Goddess Inheritance was a wonderful ending to the Goddess Test series. To all fans of these series, you will love the final book. And, finally, farewell to all the beloved characters. I love you guys! View all 6 comments. Dec 01, Anne rated it it was ok Shelves: mythology , young-adult , read-in Another trilogy bites the dust in ! The Good It is relatively short. She's at best an idiot.
I didn't like Henry. He's boring. I've wasted enough time on the book as it is, and I just don't have the strength left to go on about all the things that annoyed me. I finished it. I was just not feeling this series after The Goddess Test. I loved the first book but the last two were pretty disappointing. Also, I never really understood Greek gods in this series.
After just finishing the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series where every aspect of the Greek god's role in humanity was described and fleshed out, I felt like The Goddess Test's interpretati 2.
After just finishing the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series where every aspect of the Greek god's role in humanity was described and fleshed out, I felt like The Goddess Test's interpretation was never explained and fell short. I lost all connection to the characters after the first book because all we really saw was Kate's thoughts and the other gods momentarily as they went from place to place.
I didn't give this book a lower rating, however, because there were times where the writing engaged me and I was entertained. For the most part, however, I would not recommend this series past the first book, unfortunately. I really had high hopes for this series because of my love for both romance and Greek mythology and it makes me sad to rate the last two books so low. Shelves: annoying-heroines , man-cessory , anti-feminist , crap-flick , bad-body-image , beware-whiplash , i-ve-stuck-it-out-this-long , sexist-piece-of-shit , cliche-series , dumb-ass-heroines.
Really 1. To see full review click here. So, you want to see how Kim Kardashian is going to be as a mother? Well, read The Goddess Inheritance. Actually, Kim will probably be a better mother than Kate she'll at least hire a nanny and won't, you know, abandon her baby to stay with her evil kidnappers throughout most of I was not enthralled this piece of shit at all. Y Really 1. Yeah, I'm calling it what it is. A piece of shit. Okay, piece of shit might be a little too harsh.
To be honest this book reminded me a lot like one of those direct to video Disney sequels. Specifically Aladdin and the King of Thieves.
You know the third Aladdin movie oh yeah, there's three Aladdin movies and a sequel-how's that for a whole new world. For all of those of you who are Disney inept, I'll explain. You've probably seen advertisements for Disney sequels. Most of them our downright horrible and our only made for television babysitting purposes. Aladdin was the first Disney movie to get its direct to video sequel in, The Return of Jafar and boy was it a piece of shit. A piece of shit that got it's own sequel which was awful it's own right, but was just a tad bit better than well The Return of Jafar.
That's sort of what The Goddess Inheritance was like. Awful its own regard, but when compared to that second book in the series it wasn't well that bad. So what was so bad about this one? All I have to say is Kim Kardashian is going to be a better mother than Kate.
That should give you some insight right there. Let's talk about my stanch on pregnancy in YA. I don't hate it Which means I more often than not hate it. I feel like the pregnancies you see in these books are glamorized to the point where some of the more gullible readers and I hate to say after watching 16 and Pregnant and reading some family law cases they do will think that getting knocked up at sixteen is going to be some sort of fairytale.
It's not. Your not instantly going to be able to fit into your pre-pregnancy jeans or bras like Kate does. You're not going to instantly want to have sex again like Kate does. You're not going to have a perfect little baby like Kate does that acts like a doll that only needs love.
Only needs love. Look having a kid is expensive. And as much as the movies want to tell you, you need more than love to raise a kid. You not only have to feed and clothe your child, you have to pay for its schooling, its medical care, its entertainment.
It's not cheap. But oh little Milo-whose name Kate randomly decides on without even consulting her husband to see if he likes it great coparenting there Kate only needs love not his mother's milk which is why I guess he's okay after being kidnapped for so long. Not that it would matter much to Kate since she'd rather have her kid die than risk the rest of the world's death. Altruistic yes. But do you think most mother's would react that way? What I'm saying is the motherhood bits are completely unrealistic.
And I'm sad to say that's how all other characterization was handled in this installment. Henry is a man-cessory per usual whose only role is to be handsome enough for all the girls to lust after-including the villain who according to the source material would want nothing to do with Kate's Henry bag. Though I guess, it's okay since most of the guys save for a few are lusting over Kate and her instantly hot postpartum body too hello, Mary Sue.
Honestly, I think a lot of the characterization problems were from a lack of research. I think Carter only did minimum research for these books because lots of things about the gods that you could find reading Wikipedia weren't even addressed. It just didn't make sense. Much like the plot which seemed to be illy paced.
Remember how nothing, nothing happened in the last one? Well, tons of shit happened in this one but it past so awful that you' d have just long periods of moping.
And the resolution And you know what the sad thing is, there's potential according to what it says at the end of this book for even more sequels. Are we turning into Cassandra Clare here? Best Feature: It's over hopefully. At least Carter knew when to pull her series, I think. Because at the end it says the Goddess test has ended for now which has me wondering and shuddering. Please, Carter don't do it. Worst Feature: Ugh, I don't know. I really don't know.
Lots of things bothered me about this one. I think I'll go with the obvious though. Anti-feminist culture. Throughout the book the slut slamming and Kate's actions just ring of slut slamming. I really, really hated it. I also hated how Kate needed a man to be complete and instead of being an active partner Henry was little more than a Ken doll.
Appropriateness: Um, no. I don't think so. It glorifies teen marriage and pregnancy with very little consequences. Heck, the man-cessory and Kate hardly have an argument. It's like Barbie and Ken living together, scratch that since Barbie and Ken actually got a divorce at one point. The language is fairly mild, but there is sex here and some battle scenes as well. View all 7 comments. Jun 09, Suzanne rated it it was amazing Shelves: favourites Spoilers for previous books I read the first two books in this series last year, and I really enjoyed them.
Unlike some readers, who couldn't take to Henry, I did, and I was really rooting for him and Kate as a couple. The ending of Goddess Interrupted, which ends on a cliffhanger when we find out that Kate is pregnant and being betrayed to Cronus and Calliope by Ava, who she thought was her best friend, left me reeling and I was really looking forward to picking up The Goddess Inheritance.
Kate i Spoilers for previous books I read the first two books in this series last year, and I really enjoyed them. Kate is being held prisoner on the island where the original six have Cronus trapped. Henry or her mother don't know anything has happened to her, or about her pregnancy, as Ava's been telling them that they're still in Africa where Kate and Ava where supposed to be heading to locate Rhea, also a Titan and mother of Henry, and maybe their only hope to stop Cronus.
Kate is in her ninth month of pregnancy when Ava finally goes and confesses to Henry about what happened to Kate, and he immediately goes to her rescue. But Calliope, goddess of marriage and fertility, who made Kate get pregnant, now makes her go into labour early, and takes the baby.
Cronus tells Kate he'll make sure the baby is safe if she'll stay with him and become his queen for eternity when he takes over the world, as he plans to escape the island at the winter solstice, if not, he'll kill the humans and the gods and destroy the world. Register Don't have an account?
The Goddess Inheritance. Edit source History Talk 0. Categories Books Real world Add category. Cancel Save. I struggled to take a breath. Why does he deserve to be raised by Cronus? What could he have possibly done to deserve that? Help Henry. At least vie my son a chance to know his father. I glanced at James. Was that our cue to go? He shrugged, and together we waited. The pain in my arm from the dagger vanished. Stronger than you know.
You do not need me to have what yo most desire. As long as you resist my husband, you will have it. Writing Style. Aimee Carter really sealed the deal for this series for me with The Goddess Inheritance. I've liked the trilogy all along, but it had its wish-washy moments for me.
With The Goddess Inheritance, Aimee Carter really pulled out all the stops and came up with a worthy ending to this fantastic story. Kate as a character has been one of the most unsteady elements of this series for me, but in The Goddess Inheritance she really proved herself as a character. A lot of the flaws in her that bugged me in the prior two books become her strengths in The Goddess Inheritance.
I continued to love the other characters in the book - they are the strongest element of the book. Henry, James, Ava - they all are such wonderful characters and I love sharing their story. The plot in this one is one twisty, turny ride! I could never predict what was going to come next. I love how innovative Aimee Carter has been with the mythology in the series - its a new take on the classic Greek myths that is absolutely refreshing.
The Goddess Inheritance was one of those books that really plays with your emotions. I was pretty certain Aimee Carter was going to break my heart at least once after about five pages and break it she did. My emotions were in a wreck up until the final pages. My one complaint about this one was the actual ending. Everything from this storyline was tied up nicely, but there were too many elements left open for my liking.
I was hoping for a little more closure. All in all, The Goddess Inheritance is a fabulous end to the trilogy. The Goddess Inheritance is by far the most risky of the trilogy and is completely action packed. Twined with the romance of the book, I was completely on board! I love Aimee Carter's story telling abilities and cannot wait to read more from her in the future.
Erica Top 50 Reviewer reviews. Report this review Comments 0 Was this review helpful? User reviews 4 reviews. Already have an account? Log in now or Create an account. July 01, The Goddess Inheritance was a complete and utter disappointment. After the cliffhanger ending in Goddess Interrupted, I was ready for an action-packed and suspenseful series conclusion.
What I got was almost pages of poor decision making and professions of eternal love. In a moment of desperation, Kate promises Cronus that she will become his Queen if he saves her son.
After Cronus levels the city of Athens, Kate promises him that she will be his Queen if he promises not to hurt anyone else. When Henry is gravely injured, Kate rushes to Cronus and promises to be his Queen as long as he saves Henry.
How many times does a Titan fall for the same lie? And what, exactly, is so special about Kate that Cronus is willing to set aside a millennia long war as long as she agrees to stand by his side for eternity?
It truly felt like the bulk of the dialogue between Kate and Henry was designed convince the reader that their love was deep and true, instead of unsure and fleeting, since Kate had been so insecure about their relationship in Goddess Interrupted. Instead of focusing on the task at hand, namely how to overpower Cronus in the war without Calliope or how to convince him that war was unnecessary, Kate and Henry spent all of their time in Olympus reassuring each other that their love was unconditional, regardless of the choices the other person might make.
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