Goddess Interrupted by Aimée Carter

Title: Goddess Interrupted
Author: Aimée Carter
Type: Novel
Genre: Fantasy
Series:Yes second "Goddess Test Novel"
Copyright: 2012
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Rating: 2.5 out of 5


Summary: From Good Reads


Kate Winters has won immortality.

But if she wants a life in the Underworld with Henry, she’ll have to fight for it.

Becoming immortal wasn’t supposed to be the easy part. Though Kate is about to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, she’s as isolated as ever. And despite her growing love for Henry, ruler of the Underworld, he’s becoming ever more distant and secretive. Then, in the midst of Kate’s coronation, Henry is abducted by the only being powerful enough to kill him: the King of the Titans.

As the other gods prepare for a war that could end them all, it is up to Kate to save Henry from the depths of Tartarus. But in order to navigate the endless caverns of the Underworld, Kate must enlist the help of the one person who is the greatest threat to her future.

Henry’s first wife, Persephone.

Feelings: 

I still found the mythology weak at best. I'm not sure why we even have Greek Gods in here if they aren't going to be very Greek God like. Here is a list of the Greek Gods from my review of The Goddess Test. By now if the Gods really are gods there should be now question as to which god is which character. I have to admit I'm still not sure I could tell you who is who beyond the major ones. I didn't feel like the characters really fit with the God counterpart.

Zeus: The Father of Gods and men, he rules from Mount Olympus. Son of Titans Rhea and Cronus. The God of sky and thunder.
Hera: The wife of Zeus. Daughter of Titans Rhea and Cronus.The Goddess of women and marriage.
Poseidon: Son of Titans Rhea and Cronus.The God of the sea.
Demeter: Daughter of Titans Rhea and Cronus. The Goddess of harvest.
Hades: Son of Titans Rhea and Cronus. The God of the underworld.
Hestia: Daughter of Titans Rhea and Cronus. The Goddess of hearth and home.
Ares: Son of Zeus and Hera. God of War.
Aphrodite: Origins are debatable, some say from a castration done by Cronus others say a daughter of Zeus. Goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.
Hermes: Son of Zeus. God of transitions and boundaries.
Athena: Daughter of Zeus. Goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, just warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill.
Apollo: Son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis. God of ight and the sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, and poetry.
Artemis: Daughter of Zeus and Leto, twin brother Apollo. Goddess of  the hunt,  forest and  hills and the moon.
Hephaestus: Son of Zeus and Hera. God of Fire, Metalworking, Stone masonry, and the Art of Sculpture.
Dionysus: Son of Zeus and a mortal woman. God of Wine, Theater and Ecstasy.

I did think this book was slightly better than the first book but I feel like Aimée Carter is really missing an opportunity here with the mythology theme.

If you can read this book and completely detach it from any mythology you are familiar with this is an interesting story. The problem is that it depends on the myths just enough that when the characters don't have their God like qualities I begin to wonder if the author really did her research and knows mythology.

I personally liked the story and will read the next one. I just think the Gods should be a little more God like and a little less like petty teenagers. 

Note this book ends with a cliffhanger...