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Athena's Child by Hannah Lynn
DNF at 33%
I tried several times to get into this one, including checking out the audio from my local library for the final attempt.
The writing is objectively not bad. The author has good prose and voicing.
But I just didn't like Medusa's story here. I think it was just too different from the original myth for me to get into it. In the original myth, Medusa (and her sisters Stheno and Euryale) are the daughters of a sea god and goddess. Here, she's the daughter of a mortal couple. Her sisters are still her sisters, though here they're also mortals and not the traditional immortal Gorgons.
So, not for me, but could be a good and quick read for people who don't care too much about the original myth of Medusa. I liked Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes a lot better in that regard.
I tried several times to get into this one, including checking out the audio from my local library for the final attempt.
The writing is objectively not bad. The author has good prose and voicing.
But I just didn't like Medusa's story here. I think it was just too different from the original myth for me to get into it. In the original myth, Medusa (and her sisters Stheno and Euryale) are the daughters of a sea god and goddess. Here, she's the daughter of a mortal couple. Her sisters are still her sisters, though here they're also mortals and not the traditional immortal Gorgons.
So, not for me, but could be a good and quick read for people who don't care too much about the original myth of Medusa. I liked Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes a lot better in that regard.