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Ariadne

Jennifer Saint
Book
May
2021

Review:

This was a really disappointing book. The story followed precisely the plot of the actual myth, only changing its perspective. Her internal thoughts were boring at best and really did not have much substance. The ending was not that good, and she didn’t even do anything she set out to do in life. It made me lose my faith in men because every man in the story was horrible. Her sister and almost all of her brothers died, another thing that could have been a little more inter. The gods did so many wrongs, but she still forgave them. I found the sister annoying once she got older, and her judgment was horrible. They could have done so much with this story to make it more of an alternate retelling or something like that, but it was pretty much the same story. I think the. The only change was that she had more siblings in the original. Overall this book was terrible and boring, and I would definitely not recommend it. I hope the author writes fantasy next because she could have done so much more.

Trigger Warnings:
Alcohol, Animal death, Assault, Attempted murder, Bestiality, Blood, Bones, Child death, Childbirth, Cult, Death, Gore, Miscarriage (past), Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Starvation, Suicide, and War

Synopsis From Book:

Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening to her nursemaid's stories of gods and heroes. But beneath her golden palace echo the ever-present hoofbeats of her brother, the Minotaur, a monster who demands blood sacrifice. When Theseus, the Prince of Athens, arrives to vanquish the beast, Ariadne sees in his green eyes not a threat but an escape. Defying the gods, betraying her family and country, and risking everything for love, Ariadne helps Theseus kill the Minotaur. But will Ariadne's decision ensure her happy ending? And what of Phaedra, the beloved younger sister she leaves behind? Hypnotic, propulsive, and utterly transporting, Jennifer Saint's Ariadne forges a new epic, one that puts the forgotten women of Greek mythology back at the heart of the story, as they strive for a better world.
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