Title: Mortal Gods (Goddess War #2)
Author: Kendare Blake
Published: October 14th 014
Goodreads summary: 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.
REVIEW
“It’s going to be an interesting day tomorrow,” he said. “All that glory.”
“Yes,” she agreed. “And so many dead gods.”
This book was a real transition to the next
book, because it focused more on finding new allies in the upcoming war and
training the mortal ones (that used to fight in the Trojan War). I didn’t
really mind that there wasn’t much going on, because we learned a lot about the
world and had a lot of character development.
The first chapter just felt like Athena’s evil
plan, because she went back to Demeter to ask her what to do. It was so fun to
read about. We also got the point of view of the other gods, amongst whom Ares.
The gods just seemed like a freaky family, it was more relatable, even if their
relationship were twisted. Moreover, we learned that they weren’t above
everything, that there were “gods of gods”, which explains why the Olympians
were dying.
Throughout the book, Cassandra, Henry and Andie
struggled to find a balance between who they are and what they used to be.
Grieve was a great part in this transformation because of Aidan’s death. I
really liked that Andie asked to be trained, when it wasn’t the case for the
other two, it was her way to get over that grief. We also saw that Cassandra
was changing because she wanted revenge, and understood at some point that it
wasn’t everything – even if she’s still REAL
MAD at Aphrodite.
The different points of view were well handled
by the author, because they were all needed. Of course, I didn’t particularly
want to read about Ares, but this way, we got to know what the other gods were
doing, so it wasn’t a “surprise” at the end. This way, it also felt a lot like
a preparation for war, with both camps led by a war-god.
I like how Blake is handling mythology, she
isn’t telling it, but just says random information, like when Calypso said she
was “basically Odysseus’ girlfriend”. Of course after that we got more
information, but it was funnier that way. Also, I laughed so much when they got
to drive all the way to Olympus and Athena regretted no to have took a van.
The ending was really fast-paced and everything
happened at the same time, so I’m a little confused by it. Still, it ended on a
big cliff-hanger, because the characters will be in different places when Ungodly starts.
- My review of Antigoddess
Have you read this book or at least the first book, Antigoddess? What did you think of it?
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