A review by reka111
Athena's Child by Hannah Lynn

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Perhaps all monsters are born. Then again, perhaps it is just a way of hiding the darkness we all carry within us.

The review contains spoilers!!!


Lately, I've been really into retellings of Greek mythology, so it's no wonder that I read this too, because honestly, Medusa is the top of my heart and I would die for her a thousand times for her to get the justice she deserves.

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MEDUSA


I loved that she tried to stay strong the whole time, even after what they did to her, if for no other reason than for her soul. She went to the temple to get peace and instead a whole war was thrown at her. I'm not surprised that after a while she gave up trying, gave up trying to raise her voice and honestly no one ever heard her, which makes my heart bleed. Whether we take the mythology or this book, the end is the same and the innocent suffers the same way. Medusa deserves a thousand times better.

PERSEUS


I honestly loved that we got to see things from Perseus' point of view because it added so much. He was not what I expected and I am glad that we got something else, this Perseus knew when to give mercy and for that I am grateful to him, in the end he gave her the ultimate respect that she deserved.

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The plot was easy to follow, although it had a difficult start, we got several points of view, which was extremely good for this story. I really liked it and would like to read more about Medusa in the future.