Nobody’s Goddess was brought to my attention the same way most of my random Kindle books are, and after a cursory read through the description I decided that it was worth a read.

I had been expecting a YA romance, maybe one that taught the importance of looking beyond the surface of those whom you don’t expect to love, but was surprised by how wrong I was. The story is primarily a coming of age struggle for the protagonist Noll, and how the disdain for the fate of all people in her village to pair up eventually grows to raging hate as her best friend finds his goddess in her own sister.

The story tells of Noll’s quest to find out more of how this fate came to befall her people, while trying desperately to hold her own grudgingly besotted man at bay – a man for whom she seems to feel nothing but disdain.

I enjoyed following Noll, who grows much as a character during the course of the book, as she learns hard truths, and never ceases her quest to understand more about the world she has been born into while refusing to simply accept things as they have always been.

It is a romance novel without the romance, an adventure without ever leaving home, and a story with an amazing capability to keep you guessing until the very end. I recommend this book for anyone who is looking for something a little bit different then your typical YA.