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A review by mbenzz
A Spartan's Sorrow by Hannah Lynn
5.0
While I would have to say I enjoyed 'Athena's Child' just a SMIDGEN more, I still absolutely loved this book. What an awful, heartbreaking tragedy this story is. Queen Clytemnestra has suffered so much loss and abuse in her short life, but she has done the best she can to protect her surviving children and fill their lives with love and laughter.
Orestes, the heir to the Mycenae throne, is a sweet boy who loves all living creatures. The complete opposite of his murderous father, Agamemnon. Tasked with murdering the mother he loves to avenge a death no one mourned over, then being cursed on top of it, Orestes is such a tragic soul, and my heart broke for just how unfair his life was.
Overall, I loved this book and would absolutely recommend it. You don't need to know anything about Greek Mythology going into it, but I bet you, by the end, you'll have fallen down the rabbit hole of Googling ALL THE THINGS!
Orestes, the heir to the Mycenae throne, is a sweet boy who loves all living creatures. The complete opposite of his murderous father, Agamemnon. Tasked with murdering the mother he loves to avenge a death no one mourned over, then being cursed on top of it, Orestes is such a tragic soul, and my heart broke for just how unfair his life was.
Overall, I loved this book and would absolutely recommend it. You don't need to know anything about Greek Mythology going into it, but I bet you, by the end, you'll have fallen down the rabbit hole of Googling ALL THE THINGS!