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A review by lauraciriza
Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi
3.0
I was sent this book as an Advanced Reading Copy by the publisher via NetGalley for reviewing purposes.
I grip Atalanta’s hand, and the whole world unfurls itself into glorious possibility.
The book is narrated from two alternating PoVs, Atalanta’s and Kahina’s, and while this is definitely the best choice story-wise, the voices of the two girls are too similar, and it’s complicated at times to remember whose PoV one is reading. The pace at the beginning of the book was slow, and the narrative seemed sloppy during the first few chapters. Nevertheless. as soon as the story started picking up, things started to get interesting as characters and their relationships are developed, and the story turned into a hurricane of plot twists and (almost literally) back stabbing.
That said, while the premise of the book says the story is set in ancient Greece, it is hard to find ancient Greece in the book. There was, despite the characters, little to no ancient Greece in the culture, in the worshipping of Gods and Goddesses, or in the relationships between men and women.
I grip Atalanta’s hand, and the whole world unfurls itself into glorious possibility.
The Huntresses of Artemis must obey two rules: never disobey the goddess, and never fall in love. After being rescued from a harrowing life as an Oracle of Delphi, Kahina is glad to be a part of the Hunt; living among a group of female warriors gives her a chance to reclaim her strength, even while her prophetic powers linger. But when a routine mission goes awry, Kahina breaks the first rule in order to save the legendary huntress Atalanta.
To earn back Artemis’s favor, Kahina must complete a dangerous task in the kingdom of Arkadia— where the king’s daughter is revealed to be none other than Atalanta. Still reeling from her disastrous quest and her father’s insistence on marriage, Atalanta isn’t sure what to make of Kahina. As her connection to Atalanta deepens, Kahina finds herself in danger of breaking Artemis’ second rule.
She helps Atalanta devise a dangerous game to avoid marriage, and word spreads throughout Greece, attracting suitors willing to tempt fate to go up against Atalanta in a race for her hand. But when the men responsible for both the girls’ dark pasts arrive, the game turns deadly.
The book is narrated from two alternating PoVs, Atalanta’s and Kahina’s, and while this is definitely the best choice story-wise, the voices of the two girls are too similar, and it’s complicated at times to remember whose PoV one is reading. The pace at the beginning of the book was slow, and the narrative seemed sloppy during the first few chapters. Nevertheless. as soon as the story started picking up, things started to get interesting as characters and their relationships are developed, and the story turned into a hurricane of plot twists and (almost literally) back stabbing.
That said, while the premise of the book says the story is set in ancient Greece, it is hard to find ancient Greece in the book. There was, despite the characters, little to no ancient Greece in the culture, in the worshipping of Gods and Goddesses, or in the relationships between men and women.