Ancient Gods on a modern quest with both old and new love. 
 Read my Interview with the author Kendare Blake @ Not Yet Read 
 You would think Antigoddess is a tale of Gods but I saw it as a look at mortality. What is one willing to do when faced with with the reality of a Death you thought you'd never meet? When time is endless there are so many things you will excuse yourself of, but when time is short would you do all manner of evils to save yourself? That's the question now isn't it. 
 Athena is dying, her body riddled with owl feathers on the inside that are slowly digging their way out. Sounds gruesome? It is. Luckily, everything isn't all doom and gloom. She has a good bit of snark left in her. She is one tough cookie and she plans to go out with a fight. 
 It was a tangled mess, and his fingers snagged in it. Probably on a sticky patch of some kind of massage oil from his time in the room of many bosoms, was Athena's guess. - pg 126 
 Then there is Cassandra. She is simply a mortal girl but has always been able to see things that are going to happen. But suddenly her visions turn terrible and dark. Awful things are coming - and her boyfriend Aidan just might know what her visions are all about. 
 This sound was feral and wild. It came from wet, hungry throats. Across razor teeth. It was a sound you ran from until blood broke into your lungs and your legs failed. - pg 101 
 With such a great array of Gods and mortals I came to like each one, well except the bad guys of course! Some were funny and real while others could be needy or supportive. I think this was necessary to balance out how stern and uptight Athena and Aidan had a tendency of being. Just when you thought things were too tense you'd get a line like this: 
 "I don't know why we couldn't have just gotten the Slutty Bo Peep and Slutty Cleopatra costumes like I wanted." 
 "Because Halloween is for guts. It's not a fricken Victoria's Secret audition." - pg 171 
 Ultimately, Antigoddess piles on the action and you are pulled along for the ride. I was moved quickly from one page to the next without there being a sacrifice of character interaction and development. I was emotionally invested and felt it was overall well done. I anticipate more heartache and great things to come from The Goddess War series.