Creepy with some horrific battle scenes mixed in, do not give to readers who have issues with horror or gore, although absolutely satisfactory for a teen collection. The puzzles in the first book set up the rest of the series nicely, and the ending will set readers who love Antigoddess anxiously awaiting the next in the series. The personalities of the characters are complex and detailed, and if Blake stays true to form, will definitely expand as the series continues. Told in alternating point of views (Athena and Cassandra), readers get humor, snark, creepy, and spunk all in one. In the search for the reborn Cassandra, readers learn how other beings from Greek mythology have survived in modern times (the descendants of Circe, for example, run an escort and psychic advisory service for the Fortune 100). Athena and Hermes are on one side, while Poseidon, Hera, and Aphrodite are on the other, and woe be to anyone in their way. The gods and goddesses have fallen from their power, and need the once-shunned prophetess Cassandra in order to end the war between each other. Once she discovers the truth, what side will she choose…or will it be chosen for her?Īntigoddess is the first in a new series by Kendare Blake, and picks up the horror and humor of her previous works in splendid detail. Not aware of her past, only knowing that she can sometimes predict the future, Cassandra is unaware both of the forces coming towards her and her family and of the power that she wields. Yet, there is hope for them all- in the form of Cassandra. Athena, gone punk, is being killed by the feathers of owls, while Hermes is starving to death, Hera is turning to stone, and Aphrodite is going mad. The gods and goddesses are reborn into our time, but are mere shadows of what they were. “How will humans, even reincarnated ones, help us to stop … whatever this is?” “I still don’t understand,” he said awkwardly. He seemed to hesitate to speak to it, but in the absence of a mouth, there were few other options. “They still are, fundamentally, what they were.”

“What they were always good for,” Demeter answered. “What would they be good for?” Athena asked, ignoring him. “Reincarnation,” Athena said thoughtfully.

They are threads that were cut, and then rewoven.” “Some of them walking are nearly as old as you are. “Those that you have known before,” Demeter said. “What kind of tools?” Hermes interjected, impatient as usual. “I see the feathers blooming under your skin. “You can’t stop it, Athena,” Demeter said.

Antigoddess by Kendare Blake