I really want to give this a 5-star. But the ending has me rounding down to a 4.5. I really enjoyed the book overall and liked Ariadna as a character. I agree with and appreciate the author's overall point about gods and men using women and punishing them for their own misdeeds. I found the plot to be intriguing in how it was laid out, even if it follows those classic plot beats that it must in order to be a mythology retelling.

I just have to go down from a 5-star as the second most important character's ending felt like it came so out of left field for how she was characterized throughout the book... And I felt like the overall point or thesis established in Chapter 1 really didn't get developed by the time we got to the last chapter. Which is fine. But when it comes to a retelling I feel like the point really is to bring something new to the table or to say something with your retelling... And if what you're saying is established in the beginning with little to no development on the point being made over the course of the book... Then what is the point? Idk. So yep, very fun read overall but just didn't feel quite like a 5-star was fair. 

I am interested in reading further work by Saint if I run across another of her works in the future.