Having an idea of the Greek myths that the characters were based on added an extra twist to the story and does make it possible to make some guesses, but I don’t think it is necessary as Blake gives some background on the characters. Blake does a brilliant job laying down the ground rules – who’s who, and what’s going on – without giving too much away, just enough to make it interesting. The story is roughly split between the two groups, which works to give the reader a good overall idea of what is going on in the book.
The narrative of the book is split between Cassandra and Aidan – a couple of high-schoolers in love – and Athena and Hermes – two of the Greek gods. I read it within a matter of hours – about five, I think – and was utterly captivated by both the characters and the plot. I’m glad I listened to my instinct and picked up a copy of this book. I had also heard of Kendare Blake, and whilst her first young adult series ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD held no interest for me I had heard nothing but good about it. Although Greek isn’t my favourite area of mythology, I was curious to see what would be done with the story of Cassandra and Apollo. I’m always interested to see how authors can re-imagine mythology.
I have to admit that when I first read the blurb for this book I was intrigued. The gods are slowly dying, and not all are disappearing with a whimper. Blake draws characters – both mortals and gods – from Greek mythology and sets the story in a small town in the state of New York. Stunning romance and relentless suspense – discover the first incredible book in THE GODDESS WAR trilogy.ĪNTIGODDESS is the first book in Kendare Blake’s new young adult trilogy THE GODDESS WAR. Even if it means war against his immortal family. But Aidan has a secret, and he will do anything to protect the girl that he loves from the danger that’s coming to her. Blissfully unaware of her own power, Cassandra doesn’t even know that gods exist.īecause the gods are dying – and Cassandra could hold the answer to their survival. Ĭassandra and Aidan are just your average high-school couple.
He was Apollo, the sun, and he’d burn down anything that tried to hurt her. Title: Antigoddess (The Goddess War: Book One)
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