“‘We are more than our actions,’ said Leto. ‘We are the way we love others and the way they love us back.’ And the way that others will ruin themselves in our absence, the way that no one else will ever be good enough for life to be worth living.” Each year twelve women inContinue reading “Pub Day REVIEW: Lies We Sing to the Sea”
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Pub Day REVIEW: Heart of the Sun Warrior
Last year’s Daughter of the Moon Goddess was one of my favorite fantasy reads of the year. I really loved Xingyin’s journey to free her mother the Moon Goddess. The sequel give us more of this amazing heroine as she battles to save her family, their home and even the fate of the empire. IfContinue reading “Pub Day REVIEW: Heart of the Sun Warrior”
REVIEW: The Porpoise
Trying to describe this one will be challenging. In structure it reminds me of Cloud Cuckoo Land, pressing together a modern story and the ancient story of Apollonius. Both follow a father who has an inappropriate relationship with his daughter and the young man who tries to save her. These sections are quite hard toContinue reading “REVIEW: The Porpoise”
REVIEW: In a Garden Burning Gold
In a Garden Burning Gold is a political fantasy in a very mythological world. The ruling family has some unusual powers that they must implement in wholly unique ways. There are four children (100+ year old children LOL) but we mainly follow Alexandros (Lexos) and Rhea who are first born twins within the family. LexosContinue reading “REVIEW: In a Garden Burning Gold”
REVIEW: The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
“Don’t chase fate… Let fate chase you.” —————— I’m really loving all of these Far East folklore retellings. Mina is a brave, selfless young girl who sacrifices herself to the Sea God. Each year the town must sacrifice one beautiful young girl as a bride to attempt to appease the vengeful god. This year the town hasContinue reading “REVIEW: The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea”
REVIEW: I, Antigone
You’d think after reading Hayne’s Children of Jocasta last year, that I’d have heard all that one needs to understand this complicated family of Greek mythology. But you’d be wrong. This story tells us of Jocasta’s plight, her son and later husband Oedipus and how their union comes to be. But in this case weContinue reading “REVIEW: I, Antigone”
REVIEW: Elektra
As always with Greek mythology – there is no happy ending in sight in Elektra’s story. It’s about a third of the way through before we really meet the titular character and start to understand the burdens of her existence. The beginning of the story sets the scene for the Trojan war, Agamemnon, Clytemnestra andContinue reading “REVIEW: Elektra”
REVIEW: Pandora’s Jar
Greek mythology retellings have become extremely popular in recent times, reimagining these characters as more than a foil or an unwitting participant in the consequences their actions has given many of the women of these stories new life. In Pandora’s Jar, Natalie Haynes sets us straight on the adulteration of these myths through time andContinue reading “REVIEW: Pandora’s Jar”
REVIEW: All the Horses of Iceland
“It occurred to him that access to power often resided with unexpected, even unwelcome people.” ——————————– All the Horses of Iceland is exactly the type of myth retellings that I like. Eyvind is a man scarred by a childhood illness, he has lost his hearing in one ear and is unable to father a child. HeContinue reading “REVIEW: All the Horses of Iceland”
REVIEW: Medusa
“There’s something stubborn in me. I’m a half-finished map and I’m always trying to plot my points, and I won’t have anyone do it for me.” —————————– I am obsessed with all of these Greek myth retellings that are flooding the market right now. We are getting fair representations of ancient women who endured horribleContinue reading “REVIEW: Medusa”
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