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Old Story, New Take

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

April 20, 2022 by Ale 3 Comments

One of my students suggested this book a few weeks ago, and I always try to take their recommendations seriously. Most of the time I’m disappointed, or their tastes just aren’t mine, but this one was an absolute winner. The Song of Achilles is one of the most poignant and beautiful novels I’ve read in a long time. Miller’s adaption of the Illiad is told from Patroclus’ point-of-view, and follows his relationship with Achilles from their boyhood meeting when Patroclus is banished to Phthia for accidentally killing […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Achilles and Patroclus, greek mythology, LGBTQ, madeline miller, the trojan war

Ale's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Achilles and Patroclus, greek mythology, LGBTQ, madeline miller, the trojan war ·
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“Children long to be eaten. Everyone knows that.”

XO Orpheus: 50 New Myths by Kate Bernheimer (editor)

April 18, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Am I typing this up while wearing a tee featuring the cover of the d’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths? YOU KNOW IT! That strange tome of simplified myth and ultra-bright illustration cracked open a need in me when I was very young. I re-read that book countless times, and used it as the entry point into the larger world of mythology. Combined with a Catholic upbringing that was far more focused on the deaths of the saints than on anything else, you could saw I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: adaptation, aimee bender, anansi, aztec mythology, galatea, greek mythology, Kate Bernheimer (editor), Literature, madline miller, Maile Meloy, My Mother She Killed Me My Father He Ate Me, mythology, norse mythology, orpheus, Persian mythology, Religion, retelling, ron currie jr, sheila heti, sigrid nunez, The Iliad, Victor LaValle

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: adaptation, aimee bender, anansi, aztec mythology, galatea, greek mythology, Kate Bernheimer (editor), Literature, madline miller, Maile Meloy, My Mother She Killed Me My Father He Ate Me, mythology, norse mythology, orpheus, Persian mythology, Religion, retelling, ron currie jr, sheila heti, sigrid nunez, The Iliad, Victor LaValle ·
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Contemporary Eros and Psyche – the hitman and the influencer

Electric Idol by Katee Robert

February 24, 2022 by Malin 1 Comment

Psyche Demetriou wishes her mother would stop trying to push her at the most powerful men in Olympus to arrange a solid business alliance. She’s used to pretending to be shallow and vain, as well as deaf to all the voices who try to tear her down for her social position or body shape. She misses the quiet life before her mother became hugely powerful and sees the good in everyone, to the point where she spends time patching up dangerous hitman Eros at a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr14, Contemporary Romance, Dark Olympus, Electric Idol, greek mythology, Katee Robert, Malin

Malin's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr14, Contemporary Romance, Dark Olympus, Electric Idol, greek mythology, Katee Robert, Malin ·
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Hades and Persephone: The New Power Couple

Neon Gods by Katee Robert

December 30, 2021 by teresaelectro 1 Comment

Neon Gods by Katee Robert was one of the few 2021 released books that I read. I succumbed to the hype around the premise of a modern retelling of the Persephone and Hades myth. In this sexy version of the Greek myth, Olympus is a modern city. The gods live in high-rise towers while the poor live closer to the ground. Zeus still rules but is more of a ruthless CEO with gangster tendencies. There are thirteen rich houses scheming for power. Most of them […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: erotica, greek mythology, Hades, Katee Robert, modern retelling, mythology, Neon Gods, persephone

teresaelectro's CBR13 Review No:30 · Genres: Romance · Tags: erotica, greek mythology, Hades, Katee Robert, modern retelling, mythology, Neon Gods, persephone ·
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Colorful and Challenging Times in Olympus

Lore Olympus volume 1 by Rachel Smythe

December 15, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

It seems like one of the favorite Greek myths to retell right now is the story of Hades and Persephone. I know of at least two currently underway on Webtoons: Punderworld and Lore Olympus. The latter recently came out in hard copy book form for the first 25 chapters and also won Goodreads’ Best Graphic Novel or Comic of 2021. I was a little surprised to see it on display at the library (I figured it would be checked out with a waiting list), so […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance Tagged With: greek mythology, Lore Olympus, Rachel Smythe, retelling, Romance

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:102 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance · Tags: greek mythology, Lore Olympus, Rachel Smythe, retelling, Romance ·
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lore olympus vol 1 cover

I don’t think I could possibly wait for all of these to be published in print

Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

December 6, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

A fair warning: this was lovely, but it is a very expensive way to read these comics–only episodes #1-25 are in this volume, and something like 160 have been published online. I’m happy to support the author! I can’t tell how to do so on the Webtoons website. A fanfic sent me to this series–a pretty explicit one, at that. I don’t think I needed much convincing though. Along with Beauty and the Beast, and Pride and Prejudice, Hades/Persephone is probably one of my favorite […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: greek mythology, hades persephone, Rachel Smythe

wicherwill's CBR13 Review No:176 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: greek mythology, hades persephone, Rachel Smythe ·
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