Hello everyone!
Another week is starting and so we have another edition of Mark This Book Monday! We're starting the week with a book that I absolutely adored and that I was lucky enough to get signed since I attended the release day event for it at Books of Wonder!
Hearing Kendare talking about the book and the series gave me an even bigger appreciation for it, and now here am I waiting for book 3 to come out next year, and overcome with my love for a series that makes me love Greek Myths anew!
Mortal Gods by Kendare Blake
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I've always been a big lover of Greek Myths since I discovered them in History class and decided to read more about them. They always were very "human" Gods with plenty of human emotions and flaws, and their stories could count as the first drama series, full of illegitimate children, God-human affairs and political struggles.
So retellings and reimaginings of Greek Gods are always one of my soft spots, so I usually am drawn to any books with them, but too many YA books end up being too formulaic or overdone in the way they deal with the myths. Then comes Kendare Blake with her Goddess War series and now I'm fangirling like there's no tomorrow about a series that makes me fall in love again with a different version of Greek Gods and myths!
Antigoddess was amazing and creepy and intriguing and Mortal Gods simply made everything bigger and creepier and more dire! There might be spoilers for Antigoddess in this review so be aware of that, and frankly, if you haven't read it yet, what are you waiting for? Go read it now, chop chop!
Mortal Gods stars where Antigoddes left us, heartbroken, shocked and with Cassandra angry and even less willing to help the gods, and with Athena and the rest trying to deal with their own loss as well as with Cassandra's. They've won a battle but the war is still ranging and it's gonna be one without mercy!
Athena, Hermes and Ody start looking for allies for their side since they learn that Aphrodite has recruited Ares to her side. They have Cassandra, a rather unhappy and not entirely willing weapon, but they need to find or destroy Achilles and they need to find more allies for their cause. What they don't expect is for the other side to have a certain knowledge and advantage that will set up a trap for them.
As far as the characters goes, it's amazing how Kendare manages to make them unlikeable but at the same time you cannot help but root for them! Athena has to be my favourite character, even when as a goddess she isn't exactly a cuddly character and many times shows her lack of empathy for humans. Cassandra is also a very hard character to like, as much as you understand her anger and sadness, you want her to fight and stop being so angry at everyone all the time. Hermes made my heart hurt because he's more likeable and seeing Athena fight for him, made me hurt even more!
After some revelations come you find yourself trying to figure out what will happen next, because by the end of the book our emotions are so shaken that you cannot figure out what will happen next. I am so very emotionally involved in this series now and I just cannot accept that the next book is the last one! Very much deserved 5 stars!
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Another week is starting and so we have another edition of Mark This Book Monday! We're starting the week with a book that I absolutely adored and that I was lucky enough to get signed since I attended the release day event for it at Books of Wonder!
Hearing Kendare talking about the book and the series gave me an even bigger appreciation for it, and now here am I waiting for book 3 to come out next year, and overcome with my love for a series that makes me love Greek Myths anew!
Mortal Gods by Kendare BlakeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I've always been a big lover of Greek Myths since I discovered them in History class and decided to read more about them. They always were very "human" Gods with plenty of human emotions and flaws, and their stories could count as the first drama series, full of illegitimate children, God-human affairs and political struggles.
So retellings and reimaginings of Greek Gods are always one of my soft spots, so I usually am drawn to any books with them, but too many YA books end up being too formulaic or overdone in the way they deal with the myths. Then comes Kendare Blake with her Goddess War series and now I'm fangirling like there's no tomorrow about a series that makes me fall in love again with a different version of Greek Gods and myths!
Antigoddess was amazing and creepy and intriguing and Mortal Gods simply made everything bigger and creepier and more dire! There might be spoilers for Antigoddess in this review so be aware of that, and frankly, if you haven't read it yet, what are you waiting for? Go read it now, chop chop!
Mortal Gods stars where Antigoddes left us, heartbroken, shocked and with Cassandra angry and even less willing to help the gods, and with Athena and the rest trying to deal with their own loss as well as with Cassandra's. They've won a battle but the war is still ranging and it's gonna be one without mercy!
Athena, Hermes and Ody start looking for allies for their side since they learn that Aphrodite has recruited Ares to her side. They have Cassandra, a rather unhappy and not entirely willing weapon, but they need to find or destroy Achilles and they need to find more allies for their cause. What they don't expect is for the other side to have a certain knowledge and advantage that will set up a trap for them.
As far as the characters goes, it's amazing how Kendare manages to make them unlikeable but at the same time you cannot help but root for them! Athena has to be my favourite character, even when as a goddess she isn't exactly a cuddly character and many times shows her lack of empathy for humans. Cassandra is also a very hard character to like, as much as you understand her anger and sadness, you want her to fight and stop being so angry at everyone all the time. Hermes made my heart hurt because he's more likeable and seeing Athena fight for him, made me hurt even more!
After some revelations come you find yourself trying to figure out what will happen next, because by the end of the book our emotions are so shaken that you cannot figure out what will happen next. I am so very emotionally involved in this series now and I just cannot accept that the next book is the last one! Very much deserved 5 stars!
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I just found out that Kendare Blake is going to be at a school library conference where I live and I want to go so bad! I loved Anna Dressed in Blood and with your review on this one, now I really want to read it as well!
ReplyDeleteI so hope you'll get to attend the conference, Kendare is awesome! And yes Lisa, you need to read Antigoddess and Mortal Gods!
DeleteYAY :D I am so glad you loved this book Pili. <3 Sigh. It was all kinds of awesome, wasn't it? :) I just loved it to pieces. <3 But damn. It is heartbreaking o.O And I am dying for book three, hih. Fingers crossed we will both love it :)
ReplyDeleteIt really was awesome Carina, I so loved it so much!!
DeleteCannot wait for book 3!! Let's keep our fingers crossed sweetie!
Five stars O_O I have book one - I got a copy loooooong ago, before the book came out. But then it no longer appealed to me. And it's a series. Series are so much waiting and work D: I might binge-read the series, once all of the books are published :D So glad you enjoyed this book, Pili! Excellent review.
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Alyssa!! You must read these, you must!! Binge reading the series sounds like a brilliant idea though!!
DeleteI love Kendare so much and her writing is spot on. I'm so happy you loved it too! Is there anything she writes that isn't amazing?
ReplyDeleteKendare is brilliant! She's one of my auto buy authors now!
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