Orphaned as a baby after her mother killed herself, Semiramis has been believed to be cursed or a witch her entire young life. But she doesn’t care what the ignorant people of her tiny Assyrian village think. She knows she’s destined for greatness and when the opportunity arises, she grabs it. This is Babylonia, historical fiction blended with myth from the ancient world about ... Read More...
Those Fatal Flowers
While my fascination surrounding the legend of Troy has waned (I can only watch Eric Bana and Brad Pitt in the movie so many times) my curiosity about mythology has not. Those Fatal Flowers is a genre-bending tale of a handmaiden to a goddess who is cursed for her carelessness, but has the opportunity to save herself and her sisters if she can complete a heroic quest. Quests ... Read More...
A Song to Drown Rivers
There is a Chinese folk tale about four sisters so beautiful they could be denied nothing. One of those sisters is Xishi and in Ann Liang’s novel, A Song to Drown Rivers, she is called upon to use her beauty for vengeance and destruction. For Xishi, growing up in a tiny village in the Yue kingdom, her beauty is auspicious for her parents as it means she may be ... Read More...
Hera by Jennifer Saint
Jennifer Saint’s new novel, Hera is novel about the queen of all Greek mythology. Or to be more precise, the long-suffering wife of king of the gods, Zeus. The novel opens when the Olympians defeat the Titans, the ancient gods who appeared out of Chaos to rule the world. Zeus and Hera are brother and sister and as they and their siblings gather to determine what comes ... Read More...
Medea by Eilish Quin
There are some criminal court cases where the defense attorney cannot argue their client’s innocence because guilt is so clear. Other ways of mitigating the evidence must be found. Author Eilish Quin successfully adopts the same strategy in her debut novel, Medea, about one of Greek mythology’s most despised women. A woman who killed her brother and later in revenge for being ... Read More...
Atalanta by Jennifer Saint
How much Greek mythology is too much? Apparently, there is no limit so far. I loved Jennifer Saint’s last novel, Elektra, so knew I wanted to read her latest, Atalanta. Especially because this is a character about whom I know nothing, except she’s a Greek princess who is the only woman to sail with Jason as an Argonaut on his quest for the golden fleece. Atalanta’s father has ... Read More...
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