Both readers who know the Greek myths well and readers who only know glimmers of the story will enjoy this new, epic retelling, perfect for fans of Madeline Miller’s Circe (2018). It’s an emotion-laden story of revenge and rage driven by loss and fills a gap by giving Clytemnestra a voice. The toll of the Trojan War, the unfeeling gaze of the gods, and the power-hungry violence of men all fall disproportionately on the shoulders of these women, and Saint’s vivid writing brings their pain, love, and grief to the page in short, intense chapters that make the novel difficult to put down. And Elektra, a young girl idolizing her father and waiting for him to come home from the war, is bound into a cycle of violence that is fated to continue. A vivid reimagining of Greek mythology’s most haunted lineage. Cassandra, princess of Troy, refuses Apollo’s advances and receives an infamous curse: while she can see the future, no one will ever believe her prophecies. Bookshop Apple Books Audible Libro.fm A spellbinding reimagining of the story of Elektra, one of Greek mythology’s most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne. Clytemnestra is hopeful that new husband Agamemnon is the final link in the bloody curse that shadows the House of Atreus-but then she is gruesomely betrayed. Saint’s electrifying follow-up to Ariadne (2021) tells the story of some of the most iconic women of Greek mythology.
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