Name: Girl, Goddess, Queen
ISBN: 9780241624272

Bea Fitzgerald

To hell with love, this goddess has other plans...

Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: how Persephone was a pawn in the politics of other gods. How Hades kidnapped Persephone to be his bride. How her mother, Demeter, was so distraught she caused the Earth to start dying.

The real story is much more interesting.

Persephone wasn't taken to hell: she jumped. There was no way she was going to be married off to some smug god more in love with himself than her.

Now all she has to do is convince the Underworld's annoyingly sexy, arrogant and frankly rude ruler, Hades, to fall in line with her plan. A plan that will shake Mount Olympus to its very core.

But consequences can be deadly, especially when you're already in hell . . .

A fierce, fresh and enormously fun YA fantasy re-imagining from a growing TikTok superstar.

Girl, Goddess, Queen

Victoria Justice

Eros is what has me staring at the muscles stretching beneath Hades’ robes and had me shivering in his arms only this evening. Eros is that longing that draws me to him, like an invisible thread tied round my insides. Eros is madness and lust and desire and I refuse, absolutely refuse, to consider it. Eros could ruin you.

Surely love is not a choice, but I feel so often that I’m standing on a precipice, and the only thing keeping me from falling is choosing not to.

Very very nice! I put reading this book Off for two years… i don’t know why. It was amazing. Loved The writingstyle, the world building and the plot! Amazing how different elements of the myth came into play. Only (Tiny) point of critic is that I think it was a little too long, it could have been shorter. 

Emma Kamer

Susan

This is by far my absolute favourite Persephone and Hades retelling! 

No spoilers at all - just go pick this up - devour it! 

Narah Quinn

This is by far my absolute favourite Persephone and Hades retelling! 

No spoilers at all - just go pick this up - devour it! 



A cute YA Hades and Persephone retelling that isn't too heavy, with snappy dialogue, and is a quick read. After so many subpar retellings (both Greek myths and H&P in general), I'm glad I gave this one a go. It's definitely lighter fare and nothing too deep, but good when you need a break from heavier topics. Could have been a bit leaner in some spots, but still fun. A good summer read!

Shannon Cooper

Girl, Goddess, Queen is a brilliant variation on the classic Persephone and Hades myth, with faking dating and enemies to lovers tropes leaving you gasping for more with every page. 

I didn't expect to love this book as much as I did, considering it more a palette cleanser after a couple of 5 stars reads and trying to avoid that dreaded reading slump I could see coming, but its revived my reading in ways I never imagined! 

The very heavy theme throughout is the 'pretend to not have feeling while staging a loving marriage' romance between Persephone and her King of the Underworld, but behind all this we have a strong and fear inspiring goddess coming into her full potential and power. I felt every moment of her despair and relished in her triumphs as we explored Kore becoming who she was always meant to be; Persephone, Queen of the Underworld. 

While the romance and spice is very limited and PG-13 for those YA audiences, the sexual tension and the angst within the back-and-forth flirtatious teasing between Persephone and Hades definitely left you filling in the blanks with everything you can and want to imagine. And by far my favourite character was Styx, with her little sarcastic quips and drunken antics. 

Although, my favourite scene has to be the wedding night, which had me laughing out loud! 

A very fun, lighthearted and sexually fraught retelling of one of my favourite Greek myths from an author I will be keeping a close eye on in the future. 

Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Random House UK for the eARC in exchange for a review.

Girl, Goddess, Queen is a brilliant variation on the classic Persephone and Hades myth, with faking dating and enemies to lovers tropes leaving you gasping for more with every page. 

I didn't expect to love this book as much as I did, considering it more a palette cleanser after a couple of 5 stars reads and trying to avoid that dreaded reading slump I could see coming, but its revived my reading in ways I never imagined! 

The very heavy theme throughout is the 'pretend to not have feeling while staging a loving marriage' romance between Persephone and her King of the Underworld, but behind all this we have a strong and fear inspiring goddess coming into her full potential and power. I felt every moment of her despair and relished in her triumphs as we explored Kore becoming who she was always meant to be; Persephone, Queen of the Underworld. 

While the romance and spice is very limited and PG-13 for those YA audiences, the sexual tension and the angst within the back-and-forth flirtatious teasing between Persephone and Hades definitely left you filling in the blanks with everything you can and want to imagine. And by far my favourite character was Styx, with her little sarcastic quips and drunken antics. 

Although, my favourite scene has to be the wedding night, which had me laughing out loud! 

A very fun, lighthearted and sexually fraught retelling of one of my favourite Greek myths from an author I will be keeping a close eye on in the future. 

Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Random House UK for the eARC in exchange for a review.

There are many things to like about this book. It's taken into account every myth about Persephone and Hades and turned them on their head. As we start the book, Kore is still trying to get out of her marriage, and going to Hades to invoke Xenia is the only way she knows how to delay things. As the book progresses and they become friends and allies, Persephone comes into her powers and figures out how to stay bound to the underworld and the person she has grown to love.

The book is super fun and very easy to read. I read in the span of a night. There are a whole host of interesting characters, and they're all rooted in greek mythology. I LOVED LOVED LOVED that Sappho reference (at least, I hope I'm not being an idiot and that was a Sappho reference). In general, I really liked how the author referenced greek mythology and how she had her own interpretations of what happened. It really is a fun book. But if you are reading the book, you should know that it's not very Song of Achilles, or Cassandra, or A Thousand Ships; it's incredibly modern in writing style.

That's also sometimes the book's most significant drawback; it's sometimes just so modern and just so girl-bossy that it can feel very shallow. Things are so spelled out that you're wondering if you really are the right audience for it or not. It's classified as coming of age on amazon, but when it's greek mythology, you should expect older readers (and not just YA readers) to pick it up. 

This book will surely be a hit on BookTok and Bookstagram, not because of the author but because it is undoubtedly a fun, light read. However, the author can develop her style to produce books that are more mature (and I really don't mean smut wise). I will be reading more by Bea Fitzgerald!

Seher Mohsin

There are many things to like about this book. It's taken into account every myth about Persephone and Hades and turned them on their head. As we start the book, Kore is still trying to get out of her marriage, and going to Hades to invoke Xenia is the only way she knows how to delay things. As the book progresses and they become friends and allies, Persephone comes into her powers and figures out how to stay bound to the underworld and the person she has grown to love.

The book is super fun and very easy to read. I read in the span of a night. There are a whole host of interesting characters, and they're all rooted in greek mythology. I LOVED LOVED LOVED that Sappho reference (at least, I hope I'm not being an idiot and that was a Sappho reference). In general, I really liked how the author referenced greek mythology and how she had her own interpretations of what happened. It really is a fun book. But if you are reading the book, you should know that it's not very Song of Achilles, or Cassandra, or A Thousand Ships; it's incredibly modern in writing style.

That's also sometimes the book's most significant drawback; it's sometimes just so modern and just so girl-bossy that it can feel very shallow. Things are so spelled out that you're wondering if you really are the right audience for it or not. It's classified as coming of age on amazon, but when it's greek mythology, you should expect older readers (and not just YA readers) to pick it up. 

This book will surely be a hit on BookTok and Bookstagram, not because of the author but because it is undoubtedly a fun, light read. However, the author can develop her style to produce books that are more mature (and I really don't mean smut wise). I will be reading more by Bea Fitzgerald!

Girl, Goddess, Queen

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