Review: Action Packed
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 27, 2013
Courtesy of the Author in exchange of an honest review.When the Fates are kidnapped, Hera the Queen of gods along with Zues, Hermes, Athena, Apollo, Demeter and Artemis must take on a human mortal form and go down to Earth in order to save them and all of the humanity.Hera, Queen of Gods was exciting, entertaining, dramatic and very action packed. The last thing Hera expected when she took on the mortal body was to have her world change so drastically. The Queen of Gods soon realizes that being in a mortal body comes with a great prize. The Queen who could care less about anything other than doing her rightful duty, soon finds herself facing challenges that are brand new to her. When she meets Justin, a mortal that changes her every negative view she once had on the mortals.The book was exciting, and really a much quicker read. Once you get involved in the story, things happen so rapidly, that you just want to stay immersed and keep up. True, the book has a lot of action and adventure and quiet a bit of fight scenes, so I would say anyone who like having a bunch of those in their books, will probably enjoy this adventure. It is also an interesting take on the Greek Mythology and their gods. The book is obviously through Hera's eyes and an interesting intake on Hera's personality.What I liked about this book.I enjoyed the plot, it was very fast and kept me on the edge. With the book constantly rolling I found myself staying up many nights in order to finish it. Sometimes it was hard to get away in the middle of things.I liked Demeter, her powers very interesting and she was kind of very sweet. The relationship between Zues and Hera equally perked up my attention.Artemis was exciting and strong character, sometimes I liked her better then Hera.Hera's character at the beginning. She was kind of ruthless but strong and independent and she did stand for what she believes. She came to Earth to save the Fates and find who is responsible in kidnapping them and why and had to make a lot of tough decisions.What I could have went withoutThe dynamics between Hera and Justin, I wasn't feeling it. It reminded me of puppy love and every time Justin proclaimed his love it was kind of dramatic and made me giggle - hard not to roll my eyes.Way too much death in the book, thought I cannot complain much about that - after all Greek Mythology isn't all fun and roses it is deep and dark.This book had a bit of an adult feel too it, I think it could have been swung either way if you pretended they weren't teenagers they were acting as adults basically. Well, they are much older in their immortal forms.Other than that, I really enjoyed and liked this book. It was different and interesting and a really great read!