Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea FitzgeraldMy 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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