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Seeds by Angie Paxton
2.5
STOP MAKING DEMETER A MONSTER.
Okay, I am sorry to Paxton for being the person who gets my ire, but I am just so over the whole "Demeter is a horrible mother, that's why Persphone ran to Hades". There are books I love that do it well, but when you are working in an OG myth setting, it is frustrating. Demeter is known to be a good mother, and I just want one retelling that keeps Demeter that way and still has Persphone fall in love with Hades.
If you like that retelling style, this book is for you. It as well written and beautiful, but I am just so over the subtle sexism of making the mom bad. I mean, Zeus is RIGHT THERE.
Okay, I am sorry to Paxton for being the person who gets my ire, but I am just so over the whole "Demeter is a horrible mother, that's why Persphone ran to Hades". There are books I love that do it well, but when you are working in an OG myth setting, it is frustrating. Demeter is known to be a good mother, and I just want one retelling that keeps Demeter that way and still has Persphone fall in love with Hades.
If you like that retelling style, this book is for you. It as well written and beautiful, but I am just so over the subtle sexism of making the mom bad. I mean, Zeus is RIGHT THERE.