#goddess test

1. First fandom I ever got involved in? 

Star Wars lol. I wrote a bunch of fanfics that are sadly (much sarcasm) lost. My little thirteen year old self thought she could compete with some of the big names in the fandom at the time. XD

4. Regret being in any fandoms? 

Not really. I’ve met some pretty bomb ass people and learned a lot about how not to be an annoying teenager on the internet. I think if I regret anything, it might be the SJM fandom… that is a scary place sometimes, which is why I dont go there often. 

5. Which fandoms have you written for? 

Star Wars (sadly everything’s gone cause the website is no longer with us), Goddess Test by Aimee Carter (first time I ever actually felt confident in anything I wrote even though it was trash), RED QUEEN (i’ve written so much for this fandom is sort of surprising). Hopefully I get some Ember in the Ashes going (I love this series and I’m so ready to write for this fandom.)

15. Is there an absolute ship which you love? 

Title: Goddess Test

Author: Aimée Carter

Series or standalone: series

Publication year: 2011

Genres: fiction, fantasy, mythology, romance, paranormal, retelling

The Goddess Test (Goddess Test #1) by Aimée Carter, 2/5 stars

“Keep trying until you have no more chances left.”

   Kate’s mom is dying of cancer. She’s been fighting it for years, and now it’s the end of the line for her. The two move from New York to the mom’s childhood home so she can die in peace. This town is completely unknown to Kate; it’s so different that it might as well be another world. The only arrangement her mom makes for Kate’s future is to enroll her in the local high school so she can at least have that done by the time Mom dies. Yes, Kate is eighteen by this time, but her mom has never made arrangements for someone to help Kate with things like planning the funeral. Eighteen may be legally an adult, but it’s still awfully young to take on something so big alone. And then to provide *everything* for the rest of her life alone, living in a strange town and having no support system, Kate is essentially set adrift. She doesn’t even have any job experience yet.

    At school, Kate meets some of the local teens. The one the author picks to become Kate’s best friend is Ava, a popular snob who jumps into a river knowing that Kate can’t swim - Kate’s terrified of getting in the water. When Ava lands, she hits her head on a rock and Kate *must* jump in to save her. Kate succeeds, but Ava is dead. Henry shows up and saves Ava on condition that Kate join him in the Underworld. So Kate becomes a new Persephone.

    Although the premice of retelling the Hades/Persephone myth had potential, the book quickly degrades into mere adolescent “romance” of the type where hormones take over and clear thinking need not apply.  Kate finally accepts that her mother is dying. Her entire reason for doing all this has evaporated, so she has no reason to stay. The fact that she falls for Henry (Hades) makes her seem more like someone with Stockholm syndrome than someone in love. After all, she doesn’t know what it’s like to be in love; her mother’s been fighting cancer since Kate was barely a teenager, Kate’s never dated, she has never had a father to give her any perspective and she’s essentially been held prisoner for months. Yes, she thinks she did this of her own free will, but she stayed in Eden only under duress; her friend Ava just died and Kate thinks that she can save her mom by agreeing to this arrangement. True falling in love is more to do with wanting to “spend the rest of our lives together” and much less to do with “I’ll stay with you if you let my mom live” or “my friend just died.”

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