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  • Girl, Goddess, Queen

  • By: Bea Fitzgerald
  • Narrated by: Jenny Walser
  • Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (62 ratings)

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Girl, Goddess, Queen

By: Bea Fitzgerald
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To hell with love, this goddess has other plans...

Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: how Persephone was a pawn in the politics of other gods. How Hades kidnapped Persephone to be his bride. How her mother, Demeter, was so distraught she caused the Earth to start dying.

The real story is much more interesting.

Persephone wasn't taken to hell: she jumped. There was no way she was going to be married off to some smug god more in love with himself than her.

Now all she has to do is convince the Underworld's annoyingly sexy, arrogant and frankly rude ruler, Hades, to fall in line with her plan. A plan that will shake Mount Olympus to its very core.

But consequences can be deadly, especially when you're already in hell...

©2023 Bea Fitzgerald (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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A powerful feminist re-telling

So many versions of this story, written by men, never consider that a woman may have her own thoughts and feelings. No longer a tale of Stockholm syndrome, Bea writes us a tale of a young woman who refuses to take on the role the patriarchy dictates for her. The reader/listener is gently demonstrated to how patriarchy negatively effects all those who aren’t ruling with it.

This is also romance story full of love, longing and active choices.

Jenny Walser narrates women brilliantly but at times loses depth in the male voices, however this never distracts from the story itself.

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Powerful

Beautiful story well written and captivating. Strong and powerful. The power of women with no apologies for it. Highly recommend.

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Fascinating

Well that was just stunning!! I absolutely loved Persephone’s journey and development, her relationship with Hades and how she finds her strength and power, but refuses to continue the cycle of violence and murder. I absolutely loved the portrayal of Hades as a sensitive and artistic sole, who is thrust into a position of authority he never wanted. Their love is inspiring and heartwarming. I cannot recommend enough!!!

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best book i’ve listened to this year

Perfect. And that last line was brilliant. Can’t recommend it any more.

Ps, the narration was one of the best audiobook narrations i’ve ever listened to

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Felt like it had a lot of boxes to tick.

It was a good story at the start but by the end it was boring and had to listen to, I felt like it had a few boxes to tick and was just making sure it covered everything without much thought of how it impacted the story.

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If you love mythology you'll love this book

It is amazingly voiced the voice actor did a beautiful job with speaking all the characters. Also amazing story I absolutely love it.

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A New Favourite

A thrilling story with just the right amount of love and humour. An interesting look into the roles we play in society wrapped up in an exciting tale of magic, romance and mythology.
Beautifully and evocatively narrated by Jenny Walser. Never was there a dull moment thanks to her understanding of the tone.
Loved it all!

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Best Hades/Persephone romantasy I’ve read

Absolutely loved this book! I may now have to buy the physical copy as a trophy I loved it that much.
The story was so thought out and unexpected. I usually guess what’s going to happen in a book but this one I was completely immersed the whole way through and had no guesses just simply enjoyed listening. I feel like there needs to be a 2nd book to explore the way the story ended which I think would be an amazing read but I heard it’s supposedly a stand alone which is very disappointing.
Performance 10/10 although I did listen to the whole thing at 3x speed so be aware it’s quite a slow pace of talking.
10/10 would recommend!

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Great story line and narration!

Was gripped from the start. Did a really great job of not falling into stereotypes and was an exciting read to the end!

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perfect in every way!

With my love of Greek mythology I came into this book with hight hopes and Bea did not disappoint. This retelling made my smile, laugh, cry and hope for more from this amazing author!

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