The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter

The Goddess Test (Goddess Test, #1)

by Aimée Carter

When Kate agrees to take the Goddess Test, she doesn't know every girl who has taken it has died...

It's always been just Kate and her mom, but now her mother is dying. Her last wish is 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 amazingly possible. If she succeeds, she'll become Henry's future bride--and a goddess. But what Kate doesn't know is that no one has ever passed the Goddess Test.

Books and novellas in the Goddess Test series:

The Goddess Test
The Goddess Hunt
(ebook novella)
Goddess Interrupted
The Goddess Queen
(ebook novella)*
The Lovestruck Goddess (ebook novella)*
Goddess of the Underworld (ebook novella)*
God of Thieves (ebook novella)*
God of Darkness (ebook novella)*
The Goddess Inheritance

* Also available in print in The Goddess Legacy anthology

Reviewed by Kelly on

4 of 5 stars

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I loved The Goddess Test. It was unique and really engaging. All too often young adult mythology consists of long descriptive passages and delves further into the myth than necessary, but Aimee Carter creates a world in which readers can lose themselves. The characters are likable, especially troubled soul Henry. The deal created between Kate and Henry felt awkward and understandably, Kate just accepted without any fuss or fanfare, to save a girl she had only just met. It isn't until the story moves forward, that her motives are justified, but she's far too accepting and seemingly naive for a girl who's eighteen.

If you can move past Kate's lack of curiosity, it really is entertaining. A few plot twists that I certainly didn't see coming, will keep readers on their toes. I'll definitely be continuing on with the series, to see what becomes of Kate and Henry.

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