The Goddess Test (Goddess Test, #1)

by Aimée Carter

[Angie]

For a book titled The Goddess Test, there isn't very much testing going on. Kate is moving to her mother's hometown, where she wishes the spend her last months. All Kate has done for the past four years was take care of her mother as she went through rounds and rounds of chemo. Now, she's starting over in a new town, finally making friends. Or so she thinks. Her new friend Ava invites her to a party, but really tries to leave her out in the woods, but when Ava accidentally drowns, Kate meets Henry. He's able to bring Ava back, but only if Kate promises to stay with him for six months. She thinks he's crazy, but he's not.

The Goddess Test actually surprised me. I had seen mixed ratings for it, but I was still interested. I do have to admit that I found a lot of it quite silly, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I thought it was a fun, quick read. Nothing remarkable, just a nice afternoon of reading. I can't pinpoint what exactly I liked about it. I just liked it for some reason. However, its faults are many.

My first problem with the The Goddess Test was how easily Kate accepted the weirdness around her. When Ava leaves her in the woods and then swan dives into the river, that's pretty strange. Who does that?! Kate doesn't think anything of that, just starts freaking out when Ava starts bleeding from her head. Then she doesn't question her being 100% fine after Henry arrives. I would be shocked out of my mind! And even though she doesn't fully believe that it happened, she quickly makes the decision to stay with him because he can keep her mom alive. Really?

My second issue was Kate's tests. We don't actually see them happening, but what they are is revealed at the end. The seven deadly sins? Seriously? The Greek gods want to make sure she's a sweet, innocent being before allowing her to be one of them. Since when do the gods care about these things? In fact, they're known for committing all of the sins! Unless over the millennia, they've all had severe personality changes, or the author just completely rewrote them altogether. This was all really laughable, and I couldn't help but think things would have been more interesting if her tests were the opposite! Sinning!

I don't know what it is, but despite my complaints, I liked The Goddess Test. I thought the romance was sweetly developed, and the whole thing just made me feel good. I also liked how it felt like a complete, contained story. I'm satisfied with that ending, but I was still curious as to what comes next for Kate and Henry.

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