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A review by amy_inthecatacombs
Persephone the Phony, Volume 2 by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams
5.0
Persephone the Phony is the second book of the Goddess Girls series by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams.
Persephone goes to Mount Olympus Academy, where godboys and goddessgirls go, and hangs out with her friends, Athena, Artemis, and Aphrodite. She would love to live on campus, but her mother, Demeter, insists that she stays home. Her mother often tells her to “go along to get along”, so Persephone is often doing what her friends want or says things she thinks they want to hear, such as going to the market when she really doesn’t want to. She’s sick of being this way and thinks she should be Perse-PHONY instead.
After going to a market with Aphrodite and Athena, Persephone finds herself in the cemetery because her yarn that she bought fell out of her bag. She starts making a daisy chain when suddenly the ground opens and a boy slightly older than her appears. The boy, Hades, tells her he has seen her at MOA. Hades is a loner and skips school often, so Persephone didn’t know who he was.
Persephone quickly sees that she can tell him how she truly feels and doesn’t feel so stifled or fake. Demeter ends up coming to take Persephone back home and tells him to stay away from her. When Persephone bumps into Hades again, her friends tell her he’s no good. Persephone starts to have doubts.
The myth of Hades and Persephone has always been my favorite myth. I definitely loved this book, even more so than the first one. I loved how Persephone realized it’s good to say how she feels, but there are also times where it’s better not to. I hope there’ll be another Goddess Girls book that will focus more on Persephone.
Persephone goes to Mount Olympus Academy, where godboys and goddessgirls go, and hangs out with her friends, Athena, Artemis, and Aphrodite. She would love to live on campus, but her mother, Demeter, insists that she stays home. Her mother often tells her to “go along to get along”, so Persephone is often doing what her friends want or says things she thinks they want to hear, such as going to the market when she really doesn’t want to. She’s sick of being this way and thinks she should be Perse-PHONY instead.
After going to a market with Aphrodite and Athena, Persephone finds herself in the cemetery because her yarn that she bought fell out of her bag. She starts making a daisy chain when suddenly the ground opens and a boy slightly older than her appears. The boy, Hades, tells her he has seen her at MOA. Hades is a loner and skips school often, so Persephone didn’t know who he was.
Persephone quickly sees that she can tell him how she truly feels and doesn’t feel so stifled or fake. Demeter ends up coming to take Persephone back home and tells him to stay away from her. When Persephone bumps into Hades again, her friends tell her he’s no good. Persephone starts to have doubts.
The myth of Hades and Persephone has always been my favorite myth. I definitely loved this book, even more so than the first one. I loved how Persephone realized it’s good to say how she feels, but there are also times where it’s better not to. I hope there’ll be another Goddess Girls book that will focus more on Persephone.