Waiting On Wednesday

Antigoddess by Kendare Blake 

Publication Date: September 10, 2013

Old Gods never die…

Or so Athena thought. But then the feathers started sprouting beneath her skin, invading her lungs like a strange cancer, and Hermes showed up with a fever eating away his flesh. So much for living a quiet eternity in perpetual health.

Desperately seeking the cause of their slow, miserable deaths, Athena and Hermes travel the world, gathering allies and discovering enemies both new and old. Their search leads them to Cassandra—an ordinary girl who was once an extraordinary prophetess, protected and loved by a god.

These days, Cassandra doesn’t involve herself in the business of gods—in fact, she doesn’t even know they exist. But she could be the key in a war that is only just beginning.

Because Hera, the queen of the gods, has aligned herself with other of the ancient Olympians, who are killing off rivals in an attempt to prolong their own lives. But these anti-gods have become corrupted in their desperation to survive, horrific caricatures of their former glory. Athena will need every advantage she can get, because immortals don’t just flicker out.

Every one of them dies in their own way. Some choke on feathers. Others become monsters. All of them rage against their last breath.

The Goddess War is about to begin.

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Do I really need to say anything other than: Athena & Hermes?? Oh, I do? Ok how about we relish in the fact that Athena (virgin goddess of reason) and Hermes (greek god messenger extraordinaire) apparently have some flesh-eating (totally zombie-like) disease? Oh… and did you see this part: “SOME CHOKE ON FEATHERS!” Imagine THAT headline. Take out every Greek throwback and I would still buy this book, just for the feathers. *high-fives Kendare Blake for making feathers a weapon of mass destruction* Anyways…THIS is what I am waiting for.

What are YOU waiting for?