My Rating: 2 hearts
Thoughts on the Novel: A School for Unusual Girls by Kathleen
Baldwin had the potential to be a decent read. Unfortunately, its emphasis on
romance came at the expense of characterization and plot development. Whereas I
felt like I barely got to know the secondary characters, the main character, Georgiana,
came across as pretty immature and impulsive. She also kept complaining about her red hair and feeling unloved, which became annoying because she wasn't Anne Shirley!
As well, the short time span that the book covered
made nothing feel believable. For example, Georgiana develops an invisible ink
within six days, yet tons of people had tried to do something similar, with
limited success. She also meets and falls for Sebastian during this time, and
then is later involved in an extremely quick rescue of someone.
A School for Unusual Girls will be released by Tor Teen on May 19,
2015.
In exchange for an honest review, this book was received from the publisher (Raincoast Books) for free.
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From Goodreads: Ares, God of War, is
leading the other dying gods into battle. Which is just fine with
Athena. She's ready to wage a war of her own, and she's never liked him
anyway. If Athena is lucky, the winning gods will have their immortality
restored. If not, at least she'll have killed the bloody lot of them,
and she and Hermes can die in peace. Cassandra Weaver is a weapon
of fate. The girl who kills gods. But all she wants is for the god she
loved and lost to return to life. If she can't have that, then the other
gods will burn, starting with his murderer, Aphrodite. The
alliance between Cassandra and Athena is fragile. Cassandra suspects
Athena lacks the will to truly kill her own family. And Athena fears
that Cassandra's hate will get them ALL killed. The war takes
them across the globe, searching for lost gods, old enemies, and
Achilles, the greatest warrior the world has ever seen. As the struggle
escalates, Athena and Cassandra must find a way to work together.
Because if they can't, fates far worse than death await.
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My Rating: 3.5 hearts
Thoughts on the Novel: Mortal
Gods by Kendare Blake was what I wanted the previous book in the Goddess War series, Antigoddess, to be more like. Though there
were still parts where the pacing lagged, Mortal Gods had more action, and finally explained why the Greek gods and
goddesses were dying. It also made Odysseus – one of my favourite Greek heroes;
Perseus is the other – more like his reincarnation in that he's shown to still
be wily (polymechanos, according to Homer) because he appears to have been keeping
some secrets. As well, I like that Blake continues to have the gods remain prideful
and not care too much about the effects on the humans involved in their affairs.
Mortal Gods was released by Tor Teen
in October 2014.
