After loving the first book, I'm just angry and disappointed. Aside from the fact that the first 40% was pretty much recap of the first book (very annoying when you read back to back), the story was unnecessarily convoluted, enough for even the author herself to constantly confuse the details. And even though she thoroughly recapped what happened in the first book, she still didn't trust her reader enough to remember things, giving us constant reminders of what a certain animal or symbol was. It got better around the 50% mark, but I just knew that she'd

end up making the goddesses not just evil, but worse than their male counterparts,

and doesn't that just defeat the whole purpose of the series? Wasn't it supposed to be a voice against male oppression of women? Even aside from that, there's so much in this book that contradicts itself. Add to that overall poor writing with overuse of certain phrases and you're left with a disappointing mess.