"I hurt with the emotion I felt, I hurt because I couldn't stop willing the plot on, my heart hurt out of love for the characters, and my adrenaline never slowed the last 100 pages. This book caused me physical pain I loved it so much." — Miss Remmers
Release Date: April 19th, 2011
Publisher: Harlequin
Challenges: 100+ Reading Challenge, eBook Challenge
"It's always been just Kate and her mom—and her mother is dying. Her last wish? To move back to her childhood home. So Kate's going to start at a new school with no friends, no other family and the fear her mother won't live past the fall.
Then she meets Henry. Dark. Tortured. And mesmerizing. He claims to be Hades, god of the Underworld—and if she accepts his bargain, he'll keep her mother alive while Kate tries to pass seven tests.
Kate is sure he's crazy—until she sees him bring a girl back from the dead. Now saving her mother seems crazily possible. If she succeeds, she'll become Henry's future bride, and a goddess."
The first thing I noticed about this book was the pacing — the poor pacing. In the beginning I felt like James, Ava, and even Kate were way too accepting of the idea of a "modern day" Hades walking around Eden. While it made sense in the end, I really struggled with how quickly everything came together in the beginning. I felt like either nothing was happening and it was slow or that huge progressions had been made in mere sentences. That was my biggest frustration with this novel.
It was short lived.
I read the last (almost) two hundred pages in one sitting and definitely did not get any papers graded, any lessons planned, any wedding invitations stuffed, or house work done. I called my best friend Button at least three times: the first to tell her about the book, the second to read a quick passage, and the third to tell her how I hurt.
Yes, this book caused me physical pain. I hurt with the emotion I felt, I hurt because I couldn't stop willing the plot on, my heart hurt out of love for the characters, and my adrenaline never slowed the last 100 pages. This book caused me physical pain I loved it so much. I wanted to be apart of the world created, I wanted to live in the mansion, I wanted to be Kate, and I definitely wanted to be around Henry.:)
This book was fantastic in every way (besides the pacing at the beginning); it'll be a book that I gush about for a very long time.
Originality: 10/10
Ending: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Plot: 10/10
My reaction/enjoyment: 10/10
Cover: 8/10
Overall: 58/60 A
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