""A Hades and Persephone fantasy romance from a growing TikTok superstar""
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2024
Girl, Goddess, Queen is a feminist, fierce and fresh YA fantasy retelling of the classic Greek myth of Hades and Persephone with a hefty dose of steamy romance. Fitzgerald’s reimagining shifts the power dynamic and repositions Persephone as a heroine with agency to control her own narrative, with extraordinarily fun results.
| Primary Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
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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 . . . A fierce, fresh and enormously fun YA fantasy re-imagining from a growing TikTok superstar.
Girl, Goddess, Queen features in the following genres: Young Adult Fiction, Crime and Mystery, Romance / Relationship Stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy romance, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ancient religions, Mythology and legends, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Supernatural and mythological creatures, Feminism and feminist theory, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Philosophy, Religion and beliefs, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mysteries and the unexplained, Gender studies: women and girls, Gender studies, gender groups, Social groups, communities and identities, Society and culture: general, Society and Social Sciences
Girl, Goddess, Queen is available in Paperback
Girl, Goddess, Queen was written by Bea Fitzgerald and published by Penguin Books Ltd an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Girl, Goddess, Queen has 273 pages
£8.99