I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Ariadne by Jennifer Saint. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Ariadne, we meet the titular character, who grows up in Crete in her father King Minos’s household. She has …
Tag: Greek mythology
Book Review | Olympus, Texas (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. After two years away, March Briscoe is returning to his hometown, Olympus. He’d been essentially driven out after the revelation …
Book Review | A Thousand Ships (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Homer’s famous epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, we follow various men who go to war, face …
Book Review | Great Goddesses
Ah, mythology, I’ll always love you. In the poetry collection Great Goddesses, poet Nikita Gill examines, reinterprets, and re-frames the lives—both mortal and immortal—of Greek mythology, particularly those of the women. She gives a fresh perspective on these familiar tales, giving the often-sidelined women of the epics a chance to shine and tell their own …
Book Review | The Tower of Nero
Me, reading and enjoying a book by Rick Riordan? Unheard of! Wait, no it’s not. In The Tower of Nero, the final installment in the Trials of Apollo series, Lester (once the god Apollo) and Meg McCaffrey have made their way back across the United States, on their way to New York, where they will …
