3.75 stars.

Honestly, I expected to love this book a lot more than I did, so part of it is probably disappointment. But mythology + youth + boys in love seemed like such a promising premise, and the reality (almost inevitably) couldn't meet my expectations.

Patroclus' narration is very raw and honest, heartbreakingly human/mortal, but sometimes the prose seemed a little awkward, stilted. But I did love the characterization of Achilles, the man — or boy, really — who inspired the legend.