When I stumbled upon this book via NetGalley, the synopsis had me instantly intrigued. I didn't realize at the time it was the second book of the series. Thankfully, the author does a nice job of recapping previous events, so I never felt confused or lost. Overall, it was a solid book. I didn't dislike it, but it never really grabbed my attention or emotions as I hoped it would.

Despite the preparation for a huge battle, I felt most of the book was slow. There was no sense of urgency. While I liked Callie, I wanted her to be more secure in herself and her abilities. I spent most of the time frustrated with how Liam treated her and how quickly she was to constantly forgive him. Sadly, I am not certain if I would continue with the series.



** Thank you to Kensington Books and NetGalley for my advanced copy of this book.**

Number 2 in the series, and so far the last. But I really really really hope there will be more.

This book had big shoes to fill, since I loved the first one. And I'm very happy to say that it picked up right were the first one left off, never missed a beat, and continued strong and hard. Lots of action, lots of fantastic beings, great writing, great characters.

Another big winner in my eyes.

IT was ok but I didn't enjoyed it anywhere near as much as the first one. Mostly because I found pretty much every single character annoying. In fact I was trying to come up with characters that didn't annoy me and it was distressingly small and consisted only of minor characters. Here are my lists:

Characters that annoyed me:
1. Liam - he was irritating with his lack of respect for Callie, keeping stuff from her repeatedly even though each time she found out they had a discussion about how he needed to treat her as an equal. And his stupid reasoning Ýou don't know how hard it is for me to let you go into danger."Umm that does cut it jerkwad when you are keeping INFORMATION from her. Information is not dangerous. Lack of that information is.
2. Callie - with her whining and self-doubt but most of all for allowing Liam to continually treat her like a mindless twit. Sure she calls him on it each time but then forgives him without seeing any change in behaviour. That is fine the first time but after the third of 4th time the fact that she doesn't take any action was irritating, especially as she is supposedly the leader. Also is bugged me how she kept saying oh I must tell Allison. I am going to tell Allison, Ok I have a plan to tell Allison but then NEVER freaking follows through til the story is over.
3. Justin - I liked him and how mature he was about the whole Callie choosing Liam thing and still being her friend, then suddenly he can't handle it anymore. I will never ever leave you Callie, then within 2 days I can't be around you anymore. And him being with

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Nemesis

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I have no issue with him finding love with someone else but that it was such a unworthy, murdering, judgemental bitch made me like him less
4. Nym what a stupid selfish judgemental bitch

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deciding to come to town, hook up with Justin and punish Callie cause she wasn't as grateful for her 'gift'as Nym decided she should be just ugg,

5. The stupid mythology mash up- pick Greek or pick Norse. The mish-mash made very little sense and just annoyed me this time probably because my tolerance levels were already worn down from how irritating I found everyone else.
6. Callie's Mum - originally when trying to come up with my list of character which didn't irritate me I thought to Callie's Mum cause I really liked her relationship with Callie BUT then there was her stupid behaviur with Callie's Dad. I mean seriously, he cheats she is so outraged she wont even take her clothes and car when she leaves, he gets engaged to his mistress then she dies and suddenly she is all oh poor thing and getting back together with im. Respect gone.
6. Callie's dad - douche. Haven't seen your daughter for ages, she is mad at you , agrees to have lunch so you spring a surprise like that on her. Seriously!
7. Kirk - douche supreme. He has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. It was so over the top that the fact that Callie went out with him for 2 yrs just make her seem like a blind spineless stupid idiot with no taste. And he had no purpose in this book yet there he was, constantly.

Characters that didn't annoy me (possibly because they weren't in it much)
1. Tom
2. Zoe
3. Allison & Oliver

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Goddess is the second book in the new adult mythology Calypso series. Prophecy was one of my favorite books of 2014. I loved it so hard that I was pretty much besides myself when I saw Goddess come out on netgalley. This is a series that needs to be read in order, so run, don't walk and pick up the first book if you have not already done so. In order to fully appreciate this book, you need to read Prophecy first. I have seen a few reviews from people that said the book didn't capture their attention, but then they also said that they didn't read the first book. I think that is the rub right there. Book one gives you so much background on the characters that by the time book two rolls around you are already in love. (or at least I was.) And because of this love, I was able to put their stubbornness and block-head moments in perspective a bit better.

If you remember from my review of book one, one of my favorite aspects of the series is that author Julie Anne Lindsey takes all kinds of myths and mixes then together. It was so cool to see the greek and roman gods mixing in with the norse gods. The end result was pure magic. And there is a lot of action and discord between the gods in Goddess. Get ready for a bumpy ride!

Goddess picks up right where Prophecy left off, and without being spoiler-y we were dropped in the middle of some pretty big stuff. Suffice it to say that tensions are high throughout Goddess. But don't worry, Callie is just as kick ass as ever, even if she needs to remind herself of that fact, and Liam is just as swoon-worthy. I was so connected with Callie while reading Goddess that I got a serious case of second hand emotions when I was reading. There was one point in the middle where I had to put the book down because of all the stuff happening to Callie. I was experiencing it all through her and it was stressing me the heck out. The fact that Julie Anne Lindsey could make me feel that much through Callie was pretty freakin' awesome, even if I did want to hurt everyone in her path on her behalf.

I want so much more from this series. I am hoping that the next book is not the last in the series. There are so many more places that these characters can go, and I am hoping for a very long journey with them. I just love all of them. From Callie and Liam, to all of the secondary characters. This is a series that begs to be read if you love new adult or mythology books at all. It is one of my favorites.


This review was originally posted on Book Briefs