Pages: 368Published: 15th September 2022Genre: Mythological FictionContent warnings: Misogyny, sexual exploitation Medusa is the sole mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her Gorgon sisters, she begins to realize that she is the only one who experiences change, the only one who can be hurt. And her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will … Continue reading Book Review – Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
Pages: 354Published: 9th May 2023Genre: Mythological FictionContent warnings: Sexism, violence Princess, Warrior, Lover, Hero When Princess Atalanta is born, a daughter rather than the son her parents hoped for, she is left on a mountainside to die. But even then, she is a survivor. Raised by a mother bear under the protective eye of the goddess Artemis, Atalanta grows … Continue reading Book Review – Atalanta by Jennifer Saint
Pages: 323Published: 30th August 2018Genre: Mythological FictionContent warnings: Misogyny, sexual content, injury detail, animal sacrifice Queen Briseis has been stolen from her conquered homeland and given as a concubine to a foreign warrior. The warrior is Achilles: famed hero, loathed enemy, ruthless butcher, darkly troubled spirit. Briseis's fate is now indivisibly entwined with his. No … Continue reading Book Review – The Silence Of The Girls by Pat Barker
Pages: 498Published: 11th January 2022Genre: FantasyContent warnings: Injury detail This was a buddy read with Pauliina @ The Bookaholic Dreamer, and it was our best one yet! As always I really enjoyed our discussions, and it was wonderful how enthralled we both were by this book. Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she … Continue reading Book Review – Daughter Of The Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Pages: 331Published: 26th April 2022Genre: Mythological FictionContent warnings: Child death, animal sacrifice, violence/injury detail The House of Atreus is cursed. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods. ClytemnestraThe sister of Helen, wife of … Continue reading Book Review – Elektra by Jennifer Saint
Pages: 386Published: 30th March 2021Genre: Mythological FictionContent warnings: Animal sacrifice, allusions to rape, suicide As Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the Labyrinth beneath the palace. The Minotaur - Minos's greatest shame and Ariadne's brother - demands … Continue reading Book Review – Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Pages: 340Published: 2nd May 2019Genre: Mythological FictionContent warnings: Allusions to sexual exploitation, rape, misogyny, injury detail This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of all of them… In the middle of the night, Creusa wakes to find her beloved Troy engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of brutal conflict between the … Continue reading Book Review – A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Pages: 333Published: 10th April 2018Genre: Mythological FictionContent warnings: Attempted rape, animal death In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe has neither the look nor the voice of divinity, and is scorned and rejected by her kin. Increasingly isolated, she turns to mortals … Continue reading Book Review – Circe by Madeline Miller
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