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The Goddess Inheritance by Aimée Carter
3.0
The Goddess Inheritance is a good ending to the Goddess Test series by Aimee Carter. It has about everything you want in a finale. Loose ends are tied up. There is a (mostly) happy ending. The bad guys go away. The (mostly) good guys prevail. Questions are answered. All that good stuff. And yet ... well, this book didn't quite hit it out of the park for me. I did enjoy it ... a lot. I definitely think that it is a book well worth your time. It just didn't quite hit the spot for me. Still, I have no regrets with this. It was a nice way to end this good series.
The Goddess Inheritance begins with Kate imprisoned by Cronus and Calliope, pregnant with Henry's child, and without a lot of options. Eventually she is able to leave, but without her newborn baby boy. The rest of the novel is focused on Kate finding a way to retrieve her little boy while also stopping Cronus from destroying the council of the gods and the rest of the mortal world. There is a lot of Kate playing the martyr. There is a lot of Henry playing the martyr. There is a lot of Ava playing the martyr. And everything leads up to an epic battle between all the forces of the gods and the power team of Calliope and Cronus.
My thoughts:
Do you know who I absolutely LOVED in this book? James! James has been solid throughout this entire series, and he does not disappoint in this book at all. If there was ever a spinoff story for this series I would LOVE for it to be about James and his search for love. So much goodness. So much good humor, right when it is needed. In a world where the gods are so incredibly selfish and short-sighted, James seems to be the one guy who rises above the pettiness and does the right thing most of the time. I loved his easy relationship with Kate. I loved him. I wish there had been even more of him in this book.
Henry comes out of his shell for this book as well. In the past two books he spent the majority of the time hiding his feelings and protecting himself from heartbreak. He was cold and stoic, and not exactly the ideal leading man. But Aimee Carter was able to write his character in such a way that I could always see that there was a good, good man underneath the hard exterior. In this book I finally got to see that guy. Oh, how I love Henry! As much as I love the character of James, I have to say that Henry was the most layered and interesting character of this series. I loved seeing those layers peeled back little by little, and after hearing the tragic story of his relationship with Persephone in The Goddess Legacy, it was nice to see him finally have true and everlasting love.
I wasn't a big fan of Kate's in this book. James was right when he called her to task and complained that she had turned into a simpering, emotional mess in this book. She was always crying and bemoaning her situation, never stepping forward to change things for the better. Luckily, by the end of the book she found her backbone and formed a plan. Still, it just didn't happen quick enough for me to maintain any warm, fuzzy feelings for her character. But, to be fair, her newborn baby was being held captive by a psychotic and powerful major goddess and a psychotic and powerful Titan. Her husband appeared to have been forced into loving another woman, and her best friend appeared to be working for Team Psycho. I would probably be a bit unhinged and emotional too.
Overall, this was a good book. There were a few of the actions of the book that seemed a bit inconsistent to me. At one point Cronus does something that seems completely out of the blue. I actually had to stop and reread the scene to see if I had missed something that led to his action. I never could figure it out. Those sorts of things hurt my overall enjoyment of books. Still, for fans of this series I do highly recommend that you read this concluding book. You should be satisfied with the conclusion of this story and leave with hope that all will be well with these characters for a very long time. Three stars!
The Goddess Inheritance begins with Kate imprisoned by Cronus and Calliope, pregnant with Henry's child, and without a lot of options. Eventually she is able to leave, but without her newborn baby boy. The rest of the novel is focused on Kate finding a way to retrieve her little boy while also stopping Cronus from destroying the council of the gods and the rest of the mortal world. There is a lot of Kate playing the martyr. There is a lot of Henry playing the martyr. There is a lot of Ava playing the martyr. And everything leads up to an epic battle between all the forces of the gods and the power team of Calliope and Cronus.
My thoughts:
Do you know who I absolutely LOVED in this book? James! James has been solid throughout this entire series, and he does not disappoint in this book at all. If there was ever a spinoff story for this series I would LOVE for it to be about James and his search for love. So much goodness. So much good humor, right when it is needed. In a world where the gods are so incredibly selfish and short-sighted, James seems to be the one guy who rises above the pettiness and does the right thing most of the time. I loved his easy relationship with Kate. I loved him. I wish there had been even more of him in this book.
Henry comes out of his shell for this book as well. In the past two books he spent the majority of the time hiding his feelings and protecting himself from heartbreak. He was cold and stoic, and not exactly the ideal leading man. But Aimee Carter was able to write his character in such a way that I could always see that there was a good, good man underneath the hard exterior. In this book I finally got to see that guy. Oh, how I love Henry! As much as I love the character of James, I have to say that Henry was the most layered and interesting character of this series. I loved seeing those layers peeled back little by little, and after hearing the tragic story of his relationship with Persephone in The Goddess Legacy, it was nice to see him finally have true and everlasting love.
I wasn't a big fan of Kate's in this book. James was right when he called her to task and complained that she had turned into a simpering, emotional mess in this book. She was always crying and bemoaning her situation, never stepping forward to change things for the better. Luckily, by the end of the book she found her backbone and formed a plan. Still, it just didn't happen quick enough for me to maintain any warm, fuzzy feelings for her character. But, to be fair, her newborn baby was being held captive by a psychotic and powerful major goddess and a psychotic and powerful Titan. Her husband appeared to have been forced into loving another woman, and her best friend appeared to be working for Team Psycho. I would probably be a bit unhinged and emotional too.
Overall, this was a good book. There were a few of the actions of the book that seemed a bit inconsistent to me. At one point Cronus does something that seems completely out of the blue. I actually had to stop and reread the scene to see if I had missed something that led to his action. I never could figure it out. Those sorts of things hurt my overall enjoyment of books. Still, for fans of this series I do highly recommend that you read this concluding book. You should be satisfied with the conclusion of this story and leave with hope that all will be well with these characters for a very long time. Three stars!