Review: Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter

Goddess Interrupted (Goddess Test #2) by Aimee Carter
Young Adult/ Mythology
Paperback, 304 pgs.
Published March 27th, 2012 by HarlequinTeen
Source: Borrowed

Kate Winters has won immortality.

But if she wants a life in the Underworld with Henry, she’ll have to fight for it.

Becoming immortal wasn’t supposed to be the easy part. Though Kate is about to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, she’s as isolated as ever. And despite her growing love for Henry, ruler of the Underworld, he’s becoming ever more distant and secretive. Then, in the midst of Kate’s coronation, Henry is abducted by the only being powerful enough to kill him: the King of the Titans.

As the other gods prepare for a war that could end them all, it is up to Kate to save Henry from the depths of Tartarus. But in order to navigate the endless caverns of the Underworld, Kate must enlist the help of the one person who is the greatest threat to her future.

Henry’s first wife, Persephone.

When it comes to mythology retellings you can find many in the young adult genre, but what I want is something that feels different and so far I've discovered that most every author comes up with a unique and compelling world but Aimee Carter's is definitely one of my favorites.   While there were a few minor issues I had with the first book I think they were mostly resolved for me in this one.  More of that in a minute though.  I love the way she's created this world and the characters in it.


Kate is a strong character and determined to be the best she can be.  While she may seem a bit headstrong and determined, she is only a teenager and has been thrust into some very strange circumstances and she does such an amazing job.  She has a hard time because of Henry's difficulty loving, or rather, letting anyone in.  He's had his heart broke and Kate just wants to know that he does care for her and that she isn't staying with him when he doesn't want her.  Kate is pretty vocal about her feelings and Henry just doesn't seem to get it.  While this was frustrating at times it was kind of frustrating in a good way.  Because we know that Henry has given up his heart in the past and had it completely broken, but in this book we find out even a bit more about why he guards his heart.  And I love that Kate and Henry have to fight for this relationship because they obviously are going to have things to overcome.  They think so drastically differently since Henry has been alive for thousands of years and Kate has only been around for 19 years.  There's no way their relationship would be at all realistic if they didn't have some difficulties to work through.  While in the first book I had a hard time feeling the romance between the two in this one it was kind of a start-over (or maybe it's just me and I just felt it more) and the way that things build and change and finally come to a head made me start to really feel the vibe.  Plus in the first one I kept picturing Henry as old and in this one I guess I let go of that image of him.


Now this book is not at all only about their relationship.  Actually the tension and difficulties between Henry and Kate are put on the back burner time and time again as they have to battle Cronus and Calliope.  Kate gets to meet, and get to know, her sister Persephone and find out more about her new 'family'.  And they all have to figure out how to beat Cronus and Calliope and figure out how to keep the world from ending.   It was pretty non-stop action as it seemed one thing after another kept happening. 

This was very fast paced and it was easy for me to fly through it.  I loved how things have changed so much from the first book and it's not at all the same story.  The setting has even changed as they are now in the Underworld.   One warning though: CLIFFHANGER!  I detest cliffhangers this severe, but I guess it just has me dying for the next one even more!

I recommend this book for those enjoy young adult mythological books.  I recommend it for more mature young adults and adults.  There is some mature content such as sex which is off page but it's clear that it happens.  It was light to no cursing.  


4/5 stars