♡ Thank you for the free book, author Natalie Haynes and BiblioLifestyle.
Synopsis
Jocasta is just fifteen when she is told that she must marry the King of Thebes, an old man she has never met. Her life has never been her own, and nor will it be, unless she outlives her strange, absent husband.
Ismene is the same age when she is attacked in the palace she calls home. Since the day of her parents’ tragic deaths a decade earlier, she has always longed to feel safe with the family she still has. But with a single act of violence, all that is about to change.
With the turn of these two events, a tragedy is set in motion. But not as we’ve known it.
Thoughts
This book was just okay for me. This retelling strayed so far from the original that, in my opinion, it lost its emotional impact. Although written technically well, I found this version of the shocking mythological tale to be dry. If you are familiar with the Sophocles plays, Oedipus Rex and Antigone, you may be either delighted or dismayed by the author’s reimagining.
Question
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