Title:
Hera, Queen of Gods
Author: T.D. Thomas
Series: Goddess Unbound #1
Genre: YA Paranormal
Published: October 3rd 2012
I received a copy of this book from
the author in exchange for an honest review.
Book
Description
Hera
couldn't care less what the other gods think, even when it's about her. And it
often is. Frankly, Hera couldn't care less about anything, except doing her
duty as queen - protecting order and defending the mortal world against any threats.
But when the Fates go missing, Hera and a handful of other gods must
temporarily become mortal to search the human world for the missing goddesses.
Hera finds that mortality begins to change her. It's not just the loss of her divine powers. She expected that. It's deeper somehow. It's affecting how she thinks, how she feels, what's important to her. And it gets much worse after she meets Justin, who defies every prejudice she once had about mortals. At the worst possible time, and despite all her efforts, Hera's black-and-white world starts to unravel.
Torn between who she's becoming and who she needs to be in order to fulfill her duty, Hera must survive a horde of murderous creatures sent to exploit her new weakness. In the end, only Hera can stop a traitorous plot conceived by a secret alliance of ancient and new enemies, a plot that threatens to destroy not only the order Hera is sworn to protect, but all of existence itself.
Hera finds that mortality begins to change her. It's not just the loss of her divine powers. She expected that. It's deeper somehow. It's affecting how she thinks, how she feels, what's important to her. And it gets much worse after she meets Justin, who defies every prejudice she once had about mortals. At the worst possible time, and despite all her efforts, Hera's black-and-white world starts to unravel.
Torn between who she's becoming and who she needs to be in order to fulfill her duty, Hera must survive a horde of murderous creatures sent to exploit her new weakness. In the end, only Hera can stop a traitorous plot conceived by a secret alliance of ancient and new enemies, a plot that threatens to destroy not only the order Hera is sworn to protect, but all of existence itself.
My Review
If you
love books packed with action, fights, evil creatures and lots of Gods, this is
the book for you. From the very beginning I was intrigued by the storyline and
soon I was addicted and read the whole book in one day!! It is definitely my
kind of book and I Hera is now one of my favourite heroine’s!!
Hera and
six other Gods have descended from the heavens and taken possession of human
bodies. They were only able to bring one power with them so they all chose
their favourite powers which are all different. The reason that they have come
to earth is that someone has kidnapped the Fates and these seven Gods have
decided that they will work together to locate them and return things to normal
before chaos breaks loose. The town in which they are now living is clouded
from the heavens so they are not able to pinpoint exactly where the Fates are.
They have to use outside resources to help them and to figure out who has taken
the Fates and what they are using them for.
I really
like Hera, she is the Queen of all the Gods and when she is on Earth she is a
complete bitch!! Lol!! She thinks of herself better than everyone, she doesn’t
like people to look at her, speak to her or touch her in anyway and is quick to
rip your head off if you cross her. I enjoyed seeing a heroine like that, who
doesn’t hold back what she is really thinking! So during their mission on
earth, she has to adapt to the mortal body she is in and deal with humans
directly, even though she doesn’t like them. It is amusing to watch Hera
struggle with her emotions and her change of attitude and she is quick to blame
the mortal body for these changes. Even though Hera’s attitude may be changing
she is still determined to complete the mission at any cost and is willing to
bring Justin, who is a mortal in to help. There is something about him that she
cannot resist and decides to keep him close to figure him out.
As I said
before, this book was action packed. Right from the beginning they need to work
hard and run into lots of obstacles along the way. Everything they do is being
monitored and it is hard to formulate plans when someone is watching. What I
liked was that quite often the plan they formulated wouldn’t work and they
would have to move onto the next option. Lots of rituals were performed
throughout their journey and it was fascinating to read about not only the Gods
but Witches performing them.
There is
a scene that had me cracking up and it was when the Gods were finally able to
stop and rest for a moment. Hera decides to have a drink of alcohol to see what
the fuss is about, and before long she gotten drunk by herself. She is
hilarious when everyone returns and starts making conversation with her and in
the end they decide to head out and party for the night!!
I thought
Hera, the Queen of Gods was an amazing book and T.D. Thomas did an awesome job
telling the story. There are plenty of twists and turns in the book and it is
very hard to pick the direction the plot was heading. There isn’t any romance
in the book, but there may be potential for it in the future. The one issue I
had was the book ended, I tried to turn the page and there were no more pages…
Argh…… I want to know what happens next!!
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About the Author
When
he's not battling to save Azeroth from its latest calamity, T.D. Thomas lives
with six (that’s right: six!) of his closest friends in a far-too-tiny house in
the frosty north known as Canada.
There, they are all ruled over by a little white
dog named Teo, who firmly believes he's a reincarnated Egyptian pharaoh and
demands to be treated as such.
T.D.'s favourite things include personal space,
temperatures above 0 degrees Celsius, and cats who don't take guff from
pretentious little white dogs.
NOTE: Teo’s
reign of terror is currently being challenged by a new Schnauzer puppy with no
respect for the chain of command.
Find the
author online at:
Website –
http://www.td-thomas.com/index.cfm
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