Series ~ Goddess Girls #6
Author ~ Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams
Release Date ~ August 9, 2011
Age Group ~ Middle Grade
Publisher ~ Aladdin
Source ~ The Teen {Book} Scene
SUMMARY FROM BACK OF BOOK
After a teeny misunderstanding (okay so maybe accidentally starting a war isn’t so teeny), Aphrodite is failing Hero-ology. To raise her grade, she concocts a brilliant plan – an extra credit project for matchmaking mortals called the Lonely Hearts Club. This takes her to Egypt and face-to-face with fierce competition – a goddess named Iris. Now a race is on to see who can find a perfect match for the most annoying mortal boy ever!
REVIEW
Are you already familiar with the Goddess Girls series? Well, this is the first one for me, and now I want to read them ALL. This series takes classic Greek myths and spins them into hilarious, modern, middle grade tales. It is a great concept that is well done.
Being the Greek Goddess of Love and Beauty makes Aphrodite the perfect student to earn extra credit with a matchmaking project. Through the Lonely Hearts Club, Aphrodite hopes to fix mortals up with their romantic matches while raising her grade in Hero-ology. It all goes hay-wire when she meets Iris, the Egyptian Goddess of Love and Beauty.
Aphrodite and Iris make for a comical pair with lots of similarities. Having to share the title of Goddess of Love and Beauty had to be a real shock to them. It was fun to see their relationship evolve over time.
The girls are set on finding a love match for Pyg, the most annoying and self-absorbed mortal boy ever. He's just so into me, Me, ME! Pyg is an artist based on Pygmalian, from mythology. When he falls in love with his statue, it is up to Aphrodite and Iris to find a creative solution. I loved the plan the girls came up with and how it all worked out. Such a funny book!
RATING
5 Loved
COVER COMMENTS
So cute! There’s Aphrodite, Iris, and Pyg with his statue. This cover is fun and just prefect for this lighthearted book.
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