A review by cameronkobesauthor
Daughter of Sparta by Claire M. Andrews

2.0

The really frustrating thing about this book is that it has a lot of genuinely good ideas, and the intense research that went into creating this world really shows, but the good qualities are marred by the novel's poor execution. Having a competent editor strengthen the sentences and paragraphs would have helped. Letting the

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Muses have personalities instead of treating them as voiceless McGuffins would have also helped. And, outright eliminating the romantic interest between Daphne and Apollo would have made this a much stronger book. Their romance didn't make sense and I can't count how many times I rolled my eyes over their interactions. Overall I think this book should have gone through another draft or two before its publication.