A review by circereads
I Never Liked You Anyway by Jordan Kurella

5.0

This book was unlike any classics retelling I've read in its style, language, and format, and, of anything I've encountered, most like the musical retelling (also of Orpheus and Eurydice) Jasper in Deadland. My least favorite part of the book was the way the author treats Hades' kidnapping of Persephone as a simple arranged marriage; this is one of my least favorite things in any retelling. However, I loved the writing of the friendship between Eurydice and Penelope. Especially the ways that the author wrote her changed relationship to Odysseus after his too-long journey were new to me and thoughtful. I also loved the ways in which Kurella reimagines death and life (although, not really) after death. By the end, I just wanted more, especially to learn more about the mechanics of Eurydice's current path

towards being a demigoddess

.