I enjoyed this, these books like this are up my ally when I want a quick read, I also do not over analyze books because to me that just takes away the joys of reading.
Kate has been chosen to either pass some "tests" to see if she would be the one for Henry (Hades), if she passes he will continue ruling and she will be his wife for 6 months in the underworld and 6 months above-- basically a Persephone and Hades type of story, which I am always up for, I love them even the cheesiest ones, call it my guilty pleasure but I will always enjoy different variations (well mostly lol) . Moving on ,, she is makes a deal with Henry that she will do her best to past these test and do what she must in exchange he will allow her more time with her dying mother. Now I will be clear this is not accurate to the stories of the Greek Gods ( no offense to those that believe they were real, just my opinion so don't come at me) but it's not like I believe them to be real to begin with so with that being said I enjoyed the book, it had cute, fluff and none of this over done spice that seems to be in way too many books lately so that alone was awesome for me.
and I look forward to reading the next book. ( )

Once I picked this book up I couldn't put it down and read it in one sitting. Incredible, creative and a female protagonist that isn't weak or extremely girlie. Just a unique caring person. A great twist to greek mythology. ( )

I did not love this book as much as I wanted to. I'm no stranger to myth retellings, but this was lacking something that I can't quite put my finger on. ( )

At first I was intrigued by the story,I dont think Ive ever read a supernatural YA book that starts out with the mother dying so that was interesting. Then things went downhill...

I felt like the heroine had multiple personalities,one moment letting people walk all over her the next making friends with the same people :/

The characters jumping to strange conclusions I swear sometimes it felt like I had skipped part of the story.

Really it felt like it wanted to cash in on Abandon by Meg Cabot


And I wonder...when the author wrote the book,did she at any point realize she was pairing off the heroine with her own uncle?

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El Extaño Gato del Cuento


Me gusta la mitología griega. Amo la mitología en general, mi infancia está plagada de ella, tengo libros sobre Dioses, tengo mis historias favoritas sobre ciertos personajes qué quizá no son muy conocidos.

Aprendiz de Diosa, me ha gustado. Es un libro bastante simple en realidad, esperaba más mitología pero sólo es coger algunos nombres de dioses y mencionarlo aquí y allá. Aún con mi decepción en no profundizar tanto en la mitología le doy la aprobación con un desarrollo de argumento entretenido y no estamos dando vuelta a la cuestión por demasiado tiempo. Es bastante fácil seguir la historia.

Hay algunas partes importantes bastante flojas para el sustento de la historia, llega a ser demasiado fácil en ciertos casos. Aunque es verdad que no supe quién era el malo malísimo hasta que éste lo insinuó.

La adaptación a la mitología que le da Aimee Carter está bien para pasar el rato.

Creo que en conjunto, se le podría denominar como una historia Light, aporta muy poco a mi cultura mitológica pero sí me distrajo, creo que si te interesa la mitología y pero no has leído absolutamente nada de ella, éste libro es un buen inicio, en cambio para los que sí hemos pasado gran cantidad de horas leyendo sobre Dioses o viendo al Narrador de Cuentos o a Xena, la Princesa Guerrera, nos vaya parecer una historia no tan acorde con lo que estamos acostumbrados.

Creo que quién mejor puede describir el libro es Cassandra Clare:

"A fresh take on the Greek myths adds sparkle to this romantic fable."

Sería algo así como: "Un aire nuevo de los mitos griegos añade brillo a esta fábula romántica."

Y todos sabemos lo que BRILLO quiere decir en literatura juvenil. Cassandra tan genial como siempre. Así que quién lo entendió, lo entendió.

Reseña Completa: El Extaño Gato del Cuento ( )