{My Thoughts} – Persephone is one of Athena’s closest friends. However, she isn’t as un-masked around Athena and the other girls as she is around a Godboy named Hades. Persephone seems to like that she can be her own dreary, emo like self when she is around Hades, and she doesn’t have that option around her other friends. The reason for that is because her mother is always telling her to go along with others and what they want so that she has an easier means of getting along with them. That doesn’t always work out for Persephone though because she ends up being really sad and unhappy afterwards in most cases.

I enjoyed this book a lot, it helps to show children that they have a right to their own individuality. That they shouldn’t let others just push them around, because they are afraid to speak their minds about how it is that they feel. Persephone is a smart girl and she has many interest, but none of them are the same as her friends and because her mom tells her to go along to get along they really don’t know who she is and it isn’t fair to her or them, however, they don’t know it isn’t fair.

I really enjoyed reading about her coming out of her shell more and letting others she her personality and get to know her for her. And well, not the girl she had pretended to be because her mother had told her to. This is a wonderful book and I think it is ideal for children that are shy and haven’t quite figured out how to show others what they want or how they feel.

I look forward to reading more in this series in the near future. ( )

This book is an adorable middle grade series that spins up some new and exciting stories about everyone's favourite Greek gods and goddesses.

Persephone is friends with the other goddesses, but she always finds herself presenting in a way that makes everyone else happy. Her Mom is also uber strict, which is super annoying. She meets Hades, and finds herself a new friend that she doesn't have to pretend around. The two bond, but her friends and Mom think he's trouble. Persephone will learn the values of being herself in this wonderful read.

This series is a delight and I now need to read every single book. It's positive, teaches morals and good lessons, and puts a super fun spin on Greek mythology. I highly recommend this super incredible series if you're looking for a middle grade book to get hooked on.

Four out of five stars.

Four out of five stars. ( )

Very cute ( )

Mayores de 8 años

Persephone always goes along with the crowd. Her mother is very overprotective and brought her up not to make waves. This book was extremely loosly based on the Persephone/Hades myth. In the beginning I couldn't get into it, but as Persephone learned the importance of being on her own two feet, I started to appreciate it more and more. I also really liked Hades. Who is not a misunderstood bad boy, but just misunderstood. He's not a bad guy and I really appreciated that. This was a much looser interpretation of the previous Goddessgirl tale, which kind of disappointed me a little bit, but I guess that would have been to serious for a 4-6th grader. ( )