Overall it was pretty good, just not as exciting as I was hoping I guess. Full review to follow.

The Goddess Inheritance is the concluding book in "The Goddess Test" trilogy. In this book we find Kate nine months pregnant and being held captive by Calliope (Hera - Queen of the Gods) and Cronus, King of the Titans, after the betrayal of Kate's best friend Ava (Aphrodite, Greek Goddess of Love).

When Kate's husband Henry (Hades - Greek God of the Underworld) finds out his beloved Kate has been kidnapped and is expecting their first child he and the other members of the council declare war on Cronus. It will take the cooperation of everyone and even then it won't be easy. Kate is rescued by Henry and brought back to Olympus, but she wants to help her family in the war against Calliope and Cronus, who are still holding her newborn son Milo hostage. She's even willing to offer herself up to Cronus in exchange for her family's safety.

The trilogy wraps up in a way that will satisfy the reader while leaving the door open for the series to continue someday or a spin-off series to develop.

I like that both Aimee Carter (the author of this series) and Meg Cabot (author of the Abandon series) are giving fresh new takes on the Persephone Myth because Greek Mythology was one of my favorite subjects in school. If you share this same love, then this series is definitely for you. But please, start with the first book! :)

This was a solid ending to the series. I must say the journey was bittersweet. I grew to adore the other gods through accounts in the Goddess Legacy, however no matter how many iterations of Kate throughout the series could win me over. I simply did not like her as the lead character. She was not strong enough emotionally and seeing things from her perspective tainted the whole experience for me.

http://nyx-shadow.blogspot.fr/2013/03/goddess-test-t3-goddess-inheritance.html

Some minor spoilers, but no specifics.

Wow. I managed to get an ARC of this book, and let me just say that it is a great ending to the series! The tone of the story is very different from the other two (or four, if you include the novellas). It is a bit more desperate, a bit more bleak, but still the same characters we have grown to care about. The story picks up right where we clung to the cliff at the end of book 2 after the prologue.

I did think that certain aspects of this book were pretty obvious from the beginning. The prologue helps set something up that I knew right from the get-go, so it seems like Carter was shooting more for dramatic irony than discovery alongside Kate with certain aspects. This again deviates from her usual style. I'm not sure which I prefer, but I like them both. I find the dramatic irony more frustrating as a reading, but pleasantly so.

Overall, this was a compelling and exciting read. I think the ending was perfect, but also sad. While many old faces make an appearance (including some of the characters from the novellas), not everyone manages to escape the conflict alive or whole, physically and emotionally. As a reader who has grown to love these characters and this world, I felt a major roller coaster of emotions while reading, and while sad, I was never disappointed.

I was thrilled to get an ARC of this, and I can't wait to see what my fellow readers think when it comes out everywhere!

SECOND READ:
This was even better than I remember it being! The characters and trickery between each other was fun and the sad ending was just as gut wrenching.

I liked the way it ended, but otherwise, this is not exactly my favorite series. I'm starting to wonder if Aimee Carter is just not for me. I guess I'll have to wait for Captive to be released for me to find out.

I can't believe it's over!!!! I feel like crying I finished it in less than 7 hours! While it wasn't a perfect happy ending I was nice enough where I didn't throw anything across the room! I still have questions about a few thing and maybe one day I'll have my answers!