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Warrior Rising (Goddess Summoning #6)
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P.C. Cast (Goodreads Author)
From ?a stellar talent?( New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning) comes another ?scorchingly sensual, utterly delicious?( New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter) novel?
The Goddesses have had it with the Trojan War. So much devastation?all because of some silly male egos. The worst of the bunch is that cocky, handsome brute Achilles. But the only way...more
The Goddesses have had it with the Trojan War. So much devastation?all because of some silly male egos. The worst of the bunch is that cocky, handsome brute Achilles. But the only way...more
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
May 6th 2008
by Berkley Trade
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I actually started to read the book at 3am last night and i couldn't put it down. I thought it would be boring and put me to sleep instead it was totally diffrent. Witty, funny, downright sinful. I loved it, and I could not get enough of it. Cant wait for the nex book....... She is continuing to stay at the top of my favorite author's list. LOVED the book
P.C. Cast steals my breath away. I have not started her YA series, but her adult writings... *shivers*. One of my favorite book of hers is Warrior Rising. It's based on the famous Greek Trojan War. It's the 6th book to the Goddess Summoning series -- which you don't have to read in order, they're all separate stories -- and in my opinion of the hottest. You follow 31 year old Kat who gets sucked into an 18 year old body. She's supposed to stop Achilles from advancing the war. This is where my pe...more
i have no idea why i keep reading cast's novels. this is my third, and while it's my favorite of the three, it's still not good.this time, she applies her overwrought themes of Girl Power to the Iliad. i'm all for female empowerment, but please do not mess with my ancient epics.
to air a personal grievance, i can't stand when audiences apply modern ideals to ancient texts, theories, etc. it's unreasonable.
also, the goddesses within are represented as flighty and all too easily impressed by "mod...more
to air a personal grievance, i can't stand when audiences apply modern ideals to ancient texts, theories, etc. it's unreasonable.
also, the goddesses within are represented as flighty and all too easily impressed by "mod...more
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First Line: "Thetis of the Silver Feet rose from the depths of the hidden cove."
This was a solid read - very much in line with the other books in Cast's Goddess series. There is, of course, a modern mortal and her bestest friend who die in a tragic car accident. But, thanks to the interference of the ancient goddesses, their souls are rescued from eternity and dragged back to the Trojan war. The goddesses are sick of the rumors connecting them to the never-ending conflict and Hera is especially...more
This was a solid read - very much in line with the other books in Cast's Goddess series. There is, of course, a modern mortal and her bestest friend who die in a tragic car accident. But, thanks to the interference of the ancient goddesses, their souls are rescued from eternity and dragged back to the Trojan war. The goddesses are sick of the rumors connecting them to the never-ending conflict and Hera is especially...more
A light-hearted romantic version of the Trojan War? Why not?! Olympians run amok, Achilles goes berserk, Odysseus gets some divine lovin' and two modern mortals find their true loves in the ancient world. While there are some inconsistencies in story telling, the book still manages to whisk the reader away, much like our main characters. Two modern women, Kat and Jackie have their souls hijacked and swept into the bodies of a Trojan Princess and her servant. Tasked by Goddesses to end the war, t...more
Spicy!! That is a term a librarian friend of mine uses for the books than make us fan our selves! Not only is this very "sexy" in nature, it is downright hilarious. I am loving Cast's series about contemporary women zapped into bodies of goddesses and humans. This time, 40 something Kat finds herself in the 20 something body of a Princess of Troy who is to convince Achilles not to keep fighting the war against the Trojans but ends up falling in love with him instead. Along with Kat is her Black...more
İtiraf ediyorum yer yer sıkıldım, yer yer de sevdim kitabı,zaten bu kadının kitaplarında sanırım genel bir durum:)
Konu olarak güzel bir ilerleyişi var ama tek sıkıntım kadın karakterdi haddinden fazla cesurdu,bu durum beni biraz sinir ediyor...hani bir laf varya kadın dediğin oturaklı olacak :)Neyse olayı bizim örf ve adetlerimize dayamadan kitaba döneyim:)
Erkek karakteri sevdim ilk tercihinden kaynaklı zor bir süreçten geçiyor ama kitap ilerledikçe ilgi çekici bir halede gelmeye başlıyor bu say...more
Konu olarak güzel bir ilerleyişi var ama tek sıkıntım kadın karakterdi haddinden fazla cesurdu,bu durum beni biraz sinir ediyor...hani bir laf varya kadın dediğin oturaklı olacak :)Neyse olayı bizim örf ve adetlerimize dayamadan kitaba döneyim:)
Erkek karakteri sevdim ilk tercihinden kaynaklı zor bir süreçten geçiyor ama kitap ilerledikçe ilgi çekici bir halede gelmeye başlıyor bu say...more
my favourite in the series
it was also the first one that I had read and made me decide on reading all the others
I absolutely love jackie, her quirky and feisty nature was a breathe of fresh air, her reaction when they woke up in troy is the sole reason why I read the book from start to finish all over again
I like that PC uses strong female characters and that she doesnt make them young and inexperienced or anything like that, this is quite refreshing
Also, I like that she totally changes the war...more
it was also the first one that I had read and made me decide on reading all the others
I absolutely love jackie, her quirky and feisty nature was a breathe of fresh air, her reaction when they woke up in troy is the sole reason why I read the book from start to finish all over again
I like that PC uses strong female characters and that she doesnt make them young and inexperienced or anything like that, this is quite refreshing
Also, I like that she totally changes the war...more
The Olympian Goddesses have had enough of the Trojan War, so they put Kat, a modern day woman, into the body of a Trojan Princess to distract Achilles from creating more havoc.
I really enjoyed this book, it was the first one that I read of the Goddess Summoning Series. Cast pits strong men against strong women, that makes it more interesting with the all the tension coming off the pages. The development of Kat and Achilles relationship was executed well: not too rushed, but didn’t leave the read
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this was an incredible story based on the Great battle of Troy... i fell in love with Achilles.. PC Cast is just so good at capturing the heart and soul with these books..
i adore a story about an emotionally tortured warrior, who just needs a little bit of love and compassion... mm. this is one of those.
the main female characters - including the goddesses themselves - are fun but very very silly. the antagonists are equally silly. everything was silly, silly.
the ending was abrupt, like most of her endings are. it drives me a little crazy, really. one of my pet peeves is reading something for a couple of days, only to reach the last page ... and feel like there sh...more
the main female characters - including the goddesses themselves - are fun but very very silly. the antagonists are equally silly. everything was silly, silly.
the ending was abrupt, like most of her endings are. it drives me a little crazy, really. one of my pet peeves is reading something for a couple of days, only to reach the last page ... and feel like there sh...more
.C. Cast's Goddess series is on my keeper shelf, I really liked them and don't really want to discourage any of her fans from buying Warrior Rising.
That said, I think the difference in this book is that she kept having to explain common knowledge of the story of Troy and then tell her story and it just got tiresome . Her earlier stories you could get lost in the world she built and enjoy. This one you kept getting dragged out of the story she was writing.
The characters were overly cute and way...more
That said, I think the difference in this book is that she kept having to explain common knowledge of the story of Troy and then tell her story and it just got tiresome . Her earlier stories you could get lost in the world she built and enjoy. This one you kept getting dragged out of the story she was writing.
The characters were overly cute and way...more
I'm happy to say it seems like this series is getting back on track for me. I really enjoyed the fact that we stayed primarily with Katerina's point of view throughout the story instead of switching back and forth from character to character. But then one person narrative is a personal preference of mine.
Anyway, even though I'm not a big fan of the Trojan war myths, I found myself enjoying the characters and world Cast built here. She had quite a few interesting spins on some of the old myths su...more
Anyway, even though I'm not a big fan of the Trojan war myths, I found myself enjoying the characters and world Cast built here. She had quite a few interesting spins on some of the old myths su...more
Yine çok güzel bir Tanrıça kitabıydı. Bu kitabı da çok sevdim ama sadece Tanrıça serisinin bir parçası olduğu için değil. İlk okuduğum mitolojik kitap Truva'dan Dönüştü. Truva savaşı sonrasını anlatıyordu. Bir serinin ikinci kitabı olmasına ve ilk kitabı okumamama rağmen (ki hala okumadım bi ara başlıyayım bari) çok etkilenmiş ve sevmiştim. Mitoloji bilgimin çoğu o kitaptan gelir. Tabii daha vahşi ve kanlıydı. Hey gidi günler neyse sadece çevirmenin Aşil'i Akhilleus olarak yazmasına takıldım lan...more
It was the first book i read from P.C. Cast. I got this book for my 16th Birthday. I started to read it then but then put it down. In January, on a train trip i took this book with me and i looved it! I feel very guilty i didn't read it earlier.
The book is about the Trojan War and how to modern woman land there to end it. I always thought: I know how the War ended and so i thought it is going to be a end i already know. But(!!) i really was surprised!
This book is amazing and made me read more B...more
The book is about the Trojan War and how to modern woman land there to end it. I always thought: I know how the War ended and so i thought it is going to be a end i already know. But(!!) i really was surprised!
This book is amazing and made me read more B...more
Read at a young age.
Good not great.
Wish I actually paid attention to who the book was written for, but I guess I was lucky for being slightly more mature than a normal 13 year old.
Good old me had quite a bit of problem figuring out whether to finish the story when I started hitting the more explicit material. But I went ahead.
Memorable for the explicit material not the story.
But hey, I finished it! Tells you something about the story?
Didn't like the main character.
Ehh~ would have rather read a d...more
Good not great.
Wish I actually paid attention to who the book was written for, but I guess I was lucky for being slightly more mature than a normal 13 year old.
Good old me had quite a bit of problem figuring out whether to finish the story when I started hitting the more explicit material. But I went ahead.
Memorable for the explicit material not the story.
But hey, I finished it! Tells you something about the story?
Didn't like the main character.
Ehh~ would have rather read a d...more
I purchased this book quite happily, since I have read others in the series and enjoyed them (such as Goddess of Legend and Goddess of the Sea). For that reason, I was excited to start reading this because this series is usually so fun, exciting, and sensual.
This book was none of those things! The first few chapters were irritating: the women in this book behave like immature children rather than grown women. The way they speak in parts of the book is not very womanly at all - what ordinary, gro...more
This book was none of those things! The first few chapters were irritating: the women in this book behave like immature children rather than grown women. The way they speak in parts of the book is not very womanly at all - what ordinary, gro...more
*sighs*
I don’t know where to begin.
This book left me speechless.
*looks up*
I need inspiration because i cannot describe this book.
I freaking loved this book. It has to be the best in this series.
Someone give P.C Cast a medal because she deserves one.
This was pure genius.
Honestly speaking i hated the Trojan War because of how it turned out but this book made me love it.
I never put down this book from the minute i got it and actually got in trouble with my bio and chem teacher for not paying attent...more
I don’t know where to begin.
This book left me speechless.
*looks up*
I need inspiration because i cannot describe this book.
I freaking loved this book. It has to be the best in this series.
Someone give P.C Cast a medal because she deserves one.
This was pure genius.
Honestly speaking i hated the Trojan War because of how it turned out but this book made me love it.
I never put down this book from the minute i got it and actually got in trouble with my bio and chem teacher for not paying attent...more
This was a fast and enjoyable read. Saw it in the book store and was already interested in reading this new version of the Trojan War. I really enjoyed the characters and P.C. Casts humor. ;) This definitly wasn't my last book from this series!
*** German Review ***
Der Tojanische Krieg einmal anders: die Göttinnen Venus, Hera und Athene haben genug davon, dass man ihnen die Schuld am Trojanischen Krieg zuschiebt, denn eigentlich haben sie damit nichts zu tun, es sind nur dumme Gerüchte, die auf d...more
*** German Review ***
Der Tojanische Krieg einmal anders: die Göttinnen Venus, Hera und Athene haben genug davon, dass man ihnen die Schuld am Trojanischen Krieg zuschiebt, denn eigentlich haben sie damit nichts zu tun, es sind nur dumme Gerüchte, die auf d...more
P.C.Cast will always and forever remain as one of my favorite authors. No matter how similar or predictable her books may be, they always attract me and keep me reading. I love the way that she writes her novels with such a huge sense of reality and yet how she seems to keep this sense of historical truth in her piece as well. I felt that there was a lot within this book that was worth reading, enough to keep the adrenaline racing and have me wanting to NOT put the book down. The author made me...more
This book was republished as English title "Goddess of Troy". I believe she re-released the title to more appropriately fit her "Goddess Summoning" series, where "Goddess" is apparent in the title of the book.
Overall, I liked the book. I've read all of the other Goddess Summoning books and this reads like them. Having read the other books in the series in the order of publication will help with some of the inside references to characters appearing in previous novels.
The Greek references were ha...more
Overall, I liked the book. I've read all of the other Goddess Summoning books and this reads like them. Having read the other books in the series in the order of publication will help with some of the inside references to characters appearing in previous novels.
The Greek references were ha...more
This book is the English printing of the US title "Warrior Rising". I believe she re-released the title to more appropriately fit her "Goddess Summoning" series, where "Goddess" is apparent in the title of the book.
Overall, I liked the book. I've read all of the other Goddess Summoning books and this reads like them. Having read the other books in the series in the order of publication will help with some of the inside references to characters appearing in previous novels.
The Greek references w...more
Overall, I liked the book. I've read all of the other Goddess Summoning books and this reads like them. Having read the other books in the series in the order of publication will help with some of the inside references to characters appearing in previous novels.
The Greek references w...more
There is a problem with P.C. Cast's novels: the heroines are close to perfect. They are all smart, witty, funny, courageous and have the perfect careers and friends. There are seriously no flaws. I find this annoying because no woman is perfect and I find it hard to like her heroines because of how flawless they are. This is one factor that affects my judgment of these books.
So Kat and her 'caramel latte-skinned' friend Jacky (why do black girls in Cast's books always have their skin described w...more
So Kat and her 'caramel latte-skinned' friend Jacky (why do black girls in Cast's books always have their skin described w...more
Like all its predecessors, this book, the second last of thus far published Goddess Summoning series, succeeded with and suffered from the same things. It was funny, yes, and had some winning turns in the plot towards the end, but it fell down on its own clichés. The meddling of the clichés (three in this one!) got annoying fast, seeming to ignore some of the circumstances of the previous book, and act as a deus ex machine when required. The two main characters were also kind of stupid and seeme...more
Jul 24, 2011
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Loved this book, it was great and another amazing story from P.C. Cast about mythology!! :)
Loved the characters of Kat and Jacky. They were just so funny and and it was great reading their conversations :)
I never knew much about the story of Achilles but now i do! P.C. Cast changed it into a beautiful love story that was somewhat tragic. When he told Kat that he had killed his soon-to-be-wife years ago and that was why he hadn't taken a loved in more than a decade. I thought it was...more
Loved this book, it was great and another amazing story from P.C. Cast about mythology!! :)
Loved the characters of Kat and Jacky. They were just so funny and and it was great reading their conversations :)
I never knew much about the story of Achilles but now i do! P.C. Cast changed it into a beautiful love story that was somewhat tragic. When he told Kat that he had killed his soon-to-be-wife years ago and that was why he hadn't taken a loved in more than a decade. I thought it was...more
I was super excited to read this book. I love the Trojan War. Of course I also loved the movie Troy but anyway.
As with all of the Goddess Summoning books someone from our time goes back and takes the place of someone from the ancient times. In this case we have two someones. Kat and Jackie are killed in a car accident in present day Tulsa Oklahoma. The Goddesses, Athena, Venus and Hera, who hope to end the Trojan war shift their souls into the Trojan princess Polyxena and her handmaiden, Melia,...more
As with all of the Goddess Summoning books someone from our time goes back and takes the place of someone from the ancient times. In this case we have two someones. Kat and Jackie are killed in a car accident in present day Tulsa Oklahoma. The Goddesses, Athena, Venus and Hera, who hope to end the Trojan war shift their souls into the Trojan princess Polyxena and her handmaiden, Melia,...more
I don't remember why I had stopped reading this series last year, but I'm glad I picked it back up.
This book was, as the others in this series, a fun, light read. I forgot how much fun the goddesses are! Venus is hillarious.
This is a story about friendship, loyalties, goddesses that get in everybody's business, and P.C. Cast own tale of the Trojan War.
Kat, a mortal woman from the modern world, and her best friend, Jacky, are brought by Venus, Athena and Hera to put an end to the Trojan War. Kat'...more
This book was, as the others in this series, a fun, light read. I forgot how much fun the goddesses are! Venus is hillarious.
This is a story about friendship, loyalties, goddesses that get in everybody's business, and P.C. Cast own tale of the Trojan War.
Kat, a mortal woman from the modern world, and her best friend, Jacky, are brought by Venus, Athena and Hera to put an end to the Trojan War. Kat'...more
This book is light and funny. A fun read. I enjoyed it enormously and intend to read more from this author.
I don't usually read romances. If you've read a few, you've read them all. There are exceptions and I'm happy to say this is one of them.
It's well crafted. Original and imaginative. P.C. Cast knows mythology because only a knowledgeable person could so thoroughly turn a well known legend on its' ear so completely without losing the equally educated reader.
Highly recommended!
I don't usually read romances. If you've read a few, you've read them all. There are exceptions and I'm happy to say this is one of them.
It's well crafted. Original and imaginative. P.C. Cast knows mythology because only a knowledgeable person could so thoroughly turn a well known legend on its' ear so completely without losing the equally educated reader.
Highly recommended!
Don't let the fact that I only gave it 3 stars deter you. Warrior Rising is no Illiad; it's a pure guilty pleasure. But it's the best guilty pleasure I've read in quite some time. A 21st century woman is sent back to ancient Greece by Hera, Athena, and Venus (I know, I know, but she prefers her Roman name in the book.) to counsel a Greek legend...Achilles of weak ankle fame himself. If any men are reading this review, I apologize, because all I can really say is Yummy!
A funny and totally "girls best friend" kind of book. I laughed out loud at many of Kat and Jacky's comments to each other. Both ladies were very much "modern mortals" in their opinions and attitudes and I think the ancient world will never be the same with them in it! And even though some of the plot was a bit far-fetched (the ending for one), it was still a tale that caught me and wouldn't let me go until the last page.
My favorite line of the story: "Gentle reader, please understand that by '...more
My favorite line of the story: "Gentle reader, please understand that by '...more
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P.C. Cast was born in the Midwestern United States, and grew up being shuttled back-and-forth between Illinois and Oklahoma, which is where she fell in love with Quarter Horses and mythology (at about the same time). After high school she joined the United States Air Force and began public speaking and writing. With her tour in the USAF completed, she taught high school for 15 years before retirin...more
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“Seminaked men!” Jacky trilled.
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