kristalc8 's review for:

The Palace of Eros by Caro De Robertis

3.5

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I love a retelling of the gods and goddesses. I liked that this centers a gender-fluid (potentially agender) character. The changing of the name is so unique. I love the relationship between Psyche & Eros. The writing is beautiful …. And yet, this was SO repetitive that it lost me. I love a bit of smut, especially when it’s sapphic (/queer) but god this was so HORNY and I was not expecting that. Like we’re humping tree bark? Idk. Ouchie. I feel like it could’ve been a 1/3 shorter and like the ending could’ve been WAY more dramatic and higher stakes. It started off SO strong and it didn’t entirely lose me because the writing was SO beautiful and I do love gay greek mythology re-telling and I liked the ending overall…. so I guess I think it’s worth a solid one-time read.