Review: Hekate: The Witch

Hekate: The Witch by Nikita Gill
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Hekate only knows a world in turmoil.  Since her parents were on the losing side of the war between the Titans and the Olympians, she is sent to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades raise her.  Through a series of unlikely occurrences, Hekate discovers her powers and becomes a Goddess.  The Olympians do not welcome her powers, but when a new war breaks out, they may be what is needed to bring the fighting to an end.

Hekate: The Witch is NOT a retelling of this story; it is an EXPANSION of the story.  Gill has taken a lesser-known Goddess and given readers a tale that weaves together the usual cast of Gods and Goddesses and leaves the reader with a better understanding of how things may have occurred.  A fun read for all mythology fans.

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Review: Tiger's Trek (The Tiger's Tale Series

Tiger's Trek (The Tiger's Tale Series by Colleen Houck
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Tiger’s Trek is a continuation of the spin-off series that started with Tiger’s Tale.  The characters find themselves in a dream world that requires them to complete a series of tests to break a curse.  The characters are now separated and don’t know what the others are going through.  The story alternates between the protagonists, and readers must pay attention to which character's story is being addressed.  Overall, the story was good, but it ended without a strong resolution and left me discouraged instead of interested.

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Review: The Infinite Glade

The Infinite Glade by James Dashner
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The war has finally started, and the Remnant Nation is ready to fight … they want to stop the Godhead!  Sadina and her team believe the Goddess is their path to survival, but when the fighting is underway, the truth may be more than they can handle.  Isaac and Ximena want to save their friends, but when their journey uncovers new information about the Cure, they must also confront new truths.  This generation must determine what they are willing to risk and what happened during the maze trials.

The Infinite Glade is the third book in The Maze Cutter series.  I loved the original series and the first book in this series, but for some reason, these continuation books fell short of expectations.  I kept waiting for the spark to hit me, yet in the end, the entire story was just flat.  This story answered many questions that needed to be answered, but only diehard fans will want to read this book.

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Review: Girl, Goddess, Queen

Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

We think we know the story.  Hades kidnapped Persephone, and her mother, Demeter, was so upset that she caused the Earth to have seasons … but that’s not what happened.  Persephone was not a simpering kidnapped girl; she willingly fled to hell to get away from an arranged marriage.  Now she needs to convince Hades to follow her proposal and shake up the plans of Mount Olympus.  Will Persephone get what she wants?  Did she know what she was getting into in this new realm? 

Girl, Goddess, Queen is the first book in the series with the same title.  This YA reimagining of a well-known story offers a fresh perspective on this goddess and how the story might have unfolded differently if it weren’t written in a male-dominated world.  Fitzgerald takes her time getting to the gist of the story, and this makes the book much longer than it needed to be.  Overall, the novel was enjoyable, and I will look for the next volume once it is translated from its original language.  

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