The Goddess Legacy (Goddess Test, #2.5)

by Aimée Carter

[Katie King]

The Goddess Queen
3.5/5
This story delved into Calliope/Hera’s backstory. It takes us all the way back to when the Titans were first overthrown and the Council was first formed. It goes through how she got rejected by Henry and ended up with Zeus/Walter. After reading this, I felt a little more sympathetic towards Calliope, but not too much. She’s still pretty evil on her own.

The Lovestruck Goddess
3/5
This short story was all about Ava/Aphrodite. She loves to fool around and is being forced to marry Hephaestus when she loves Ares. She eventually runs off with Ares where they live in bliss for a while. Ares starts to leave more and more and when an attractive stranger shows up on the island, Ava can’t resist making out with him. Too bad it’s Hephaestus in disguise! The whole story I thought Ava was being a brat and stomping all over poor Hephaestus’ feelings just because he’s got a limp and isn’t “perfect”. What a bitch move.

Goddess of the Underworld
3.5/5
This is all about Persephone’s wedding and marriage to Henry and why her and Ava have bad blood. It really makes the whole council, including her mother, look bad because geez do they really not care about her feelings! Everyone is telling her it’s going to be okay and squashing her worries and doubts while there were alarms going off in my head about the marriage. I don’t blame Persephone for the choices she made.

God of Thieves
2.5/5
I thought this was a little boring. This told James/Hermes’ story of how he went off and saved some random people in feudal England and fell in love with a girl there. To try to better assimilate into modern society, they change their names to stuff more “normal.” I didn’t care for this at all.

God of Darkness
3/5
The final novella is all about Henry. This follows his desire to fade, the council’s decision to start the Goddess Test, and the deaths of all the girls. It ends on Kate’s 7th birthday, with Henry meeting her for the first time. I sort of liked the better look into Henry’s head, but it was weird that he was thinking about a 7 year old as his wife.