The Goddess Inheritance (Goddess Test, #3)

by Aimée Carter

[Katie King]

**1.5 Stars**

Before I get to the review, I want to reflect a little on my history with this series. I absolutely hated the first book. I thought it was an insult to Greek mythology. Why did Carter change their names? Why was Kate so dumb? Why was Hades a sensitive virgin?? All good questions with no good answers. At that point, I pretty much shelved the whole series. I was not about to waste time reading something I didn't like.

Fast forward about six months, when I'm checking out my novella shelf on Goodreads and saw The Goddess Hunt, the novella between the first and second books. I think, huh, maybe I should try it..., and 24 hours later I was HOOKED. The Goddess Hunt was a complete turnaround from the first book! So I immediately went and read the second book, Goddess Interrupted, which was...okay. Still better than the first book.

I then read The Goddess Legacy, the anthology between the second and third books. They were still pretty okay. They weren't bad enough to give up on the series, but they were falling back into The Goddess Test trap at an alarming rate. You know, the whole "dumb heroine" trap. Then came this book. I was excited. I knew Carter would drop Kate's idiocy and uselessness and Henry would show her he loved her, not Persephone, and rescue her and they would bring the beat-down on Calliope and Cronus. Well, that sort of happened.

Kate didn't get any smarter. She actually just decided that throwing herself at the problem as a sacrifice was probably the best idea. And WORSE, the book even addresses her martyr complex. Several characters seriously bring it up and tell her it's a "problem". So meta. On another point, did Henry clarify his feelings? Nah, not really. He did that super weird thing where he floats between distant and overbearing. He's just trying to protect her cause he can't lose her!!!1

Something that actually did happen was Calliope and Cronus getting the beat-down. Well Kate tried to stab Calliope, but it took three ties before it finally stuck. Cronus, on the other hand, just gets made his (ex?)wife's bitch. He hasn't seen her in like 2 million years and yet he still listens to her?? What kind of antagonist wipes out millions of people but then just agrees to stop because his (ex?)wife says so? Furthermore, if they're matched in power, how can she subdue him? Wouldn't he just be "letting" her lock him up for funsies? I can't take any of that seriously. I can't take any of this book seriously. What a disappointment.