Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Follow us on Bluesky
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • Getting Started in CBR18
    • Rules of Respect
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
    • About Cannonball Read
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
    • Featured Review Archive
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • 2026 Registration
    • Suggest a Review
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

August 31, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

My one best friend is going to strangle me if I don’t finish this book and send it to her already. I got this with her two years ago and promised to send it. And honestly if it wasn’t for that and being on a nice long break before next Thursday, I would have probably just sent this thing to her without trying to read it. I am a sucker for Greek myths though and I heard this re-telling was good, but honestly it’s just […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: ariadne, Jennifer Saint

Classic's CBR17 Review No:128 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ariadne, Jennifer Saint ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

“What I did know was that I had hit upon a truth of womanhood; however blameless a life we led, the passions and the greed of men could bring us to ruin, and there was nothing we could do.”

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

May 11, 2024 by zinka 2 Comments

I’ve had a run of bad luck the past few years where the first book I pick to read ends up, at worst, pretty terrible, and at best, readable but not enjoyable. Unfortunately, Ariadne by Jennifer Saint falls into the latter. Since I spent a lot of 2023 reading and rereading Greek Mythological retellings (thank you Natalie Haynes and Madeline Miller among others), I honestly thought this would be a shoo-in as an easy read, my return to CBR, and jump starting my reading for […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: ariadne, CBR16, Fiction, Greek myth, Jennifer Saint

zinka's CBR16 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: ariadne, CBR16, Fiction, Greek myth, Jennifer Saint ·
Rating:
· 2 Comments


Recent Comments

  • Ellesfena
    on Rethinking Assumptions About Adoption
    Ooh, that sounds really interesting! I’m adding it to my list.
  • faintingviolet
    on “…the glorious Republic cannot rise unless the monarchy falls and the monarchy cannot fall unless two women bring it down.”
    I think this one will be better for you on the sheer amount of data front. Since Southon focuses on...
  • Tracy
    on “Maple thought optimistically that human beings, on their good days, weren’t much dimmer than sheep.”
    I just DNF’ed at about 50% because it was dragging and just kind of too sheep-y. Which is a shame....
  • jeverett15
    on Diary of a Mad Tradwife
    As written, the book would be very tricky to adapt. I imagine they'd have to really rework the story. I...
  • wicherwill
    on Comforting message but … (it’s definitely me, not you, novellas)
    I haven't re-read this since originally reading them but I remember being in a state of change (temporarily living in...
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission, Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2026 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in