A review by chocosam90
Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire by Bettany Hughes

5.0

I really, really enjoyed this book! It definitely reads like a thesis...almost like Hughes wrote a really long paper or had her thesis printed. So...short for a “biography”, but it got the job done. She presented interesting historical points and had me looking at Aphrodite/Venus in a completely different light than I ever have before. As a lover of art history, and a feminist, I felt like this was a must-read :)