A review by trysarahtop
Goddess of Spring, by P.C. Cast
3.0
I kept going back and forth on what I wanted to rate this and I finally decided on the above rating for many reasons.
I tried not to let my view of the first book, The Goddess of the Sea, to taint my view of this book BUT I found the characters to be fairly similar. The personality of the characters left something to be desired. For me, there was no growth or change in the main female character. There wasn't a lot of depth involved in the main character and I found the leading male to be too tortured (I know bizarre right??). The other characters changed very well, Hades, Persephone and Demeter. Lina was just Lina. I will admit that she did change her view point of herself (which I guess is the whole point of the novel besides finding love). But I think she could have gone through more of an overall growth and not just a personal one.
I really, really like the overall ideas that were involved in the book, the twist on the mythology of Hades and Persephone. I think that was done very well. I like that there were other mythological stories told within this one. P.C. Cast obviously did her research and did it well. I find anything to do with mythology fascinating and I think that's what keeps me going in this series.
I kept wanting more from the characters and more from the plot. It wasn't a hook, line and sinker for me. I am willing to continue on to the next book in the series but I'm trying to not keep my hopes up on how good it will be.
I tried not to let my view of the first book, The Goddess of the Sea, to taint my view of this book BUT I found the characters to be fairly similar. The personality of the characters left something to be desired. For me, there was no growth or change in the main female character. There wasn't a lot of depth involved in the main character and I found the leading male to be too tortured (I know bizarre right??). The other characters changed very well, Hades, Persephone and Demeter. Lina was just Lina. I will admit that she did change her view point of herself (which I guess is the whole point of the novel besides finding love). But I think she could have gone through more of an overall growth and not just a personal one.
I really, really like the overall ideas that were involved in the book, the twist on the mythology of Hades and Persephone. I think that was done very well. I like that there were other mythological stories told within this one. P.C. Cast obviously did her research and did it well. I find anything to do with mythology fascinating and I think that's what keeps me going in this series.
I kept wanting more from the characters and more from the plot. It wasn't a hook, line and sinker for me. I am willing to continue on to the next book in the series but I'm trying to not keep my hopes up on how good it will be.