Ungodly

Ungodly A Novel

Kendare Blake2015
As ancient immortals are left reeling, a modern Athena and Hermes search the world for answers in Ungodly, the final Goddess War novel by Kendare Blake, the acclaimed author of Anna Dressed in Blood. For the Goddess of Wisdom, what Athena didn't know could fill a book. That's what Ares said. So she was wrong about some things. So the assault on Olympus left them beaten and scattered and possibly dead. So they have to fight the Fates themselves, who, it turns out, are the source of the gods' illness. And sure, Athena is stuck in the underworld, holding the body of the only hero she has ever loved. But Hermes is still topside, trying to power up Andie and Henry before he runs out of time and dies, or the Fates arrive to eat their faces. And Cassandra is up there somewhere too. On a quest for death. With the god of death. Just because things haven't gone exactly according to plan, it doesn't mean they've lost. They've only mostly lost. And there's a big difference.
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Sheila@duchess
3 stars
Feb 7, 2022

This was alright, but the ending was a bit disappointing. All that build-up for two pages of...?? Cassandra was still irritating, but it was a manageable & understandable level of irritating (probably because much of the book didn't even focus on her story). Cassandra & Henry's parents were finally involved! They had an actual role in the last third of the book other than *inexplicably permits underage children to wander off for long periods of time* I had hopes for the introduction of Thanatos, but other than shuffling Cassandra around & developing some weird, unexplored & unexplained attachment to her, he didn't do anything. Not to mention that, with all the time Athena, Ares, & Aphrodite spent in the Underworld, Hades showed up for 5 seconds & didn't seem to care much about anything going on??????????? I don't know, there were a bunch of plot holes, but Hermes was enough for me to at least semi-enjoy this book & this series so I'll let it go~~

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karrington pease @karr
2 stars
Jul 24, 2023