Jennifer Saint has done it again!! I thoroughly enjoyed Ariadne and Elektra was an equally masterful retelling.

The book alternates between three perspectives: Elektra, Clytemnestra, and Cassandra. The strength of the book lies in exploring each characters inner world and perspective on major events. This is particularly striking when two of these characters are at odds with one another and we see "both sides", each one becoming us to sympathise with and root for them. In the end, I'm not sure there are any winners but, hey, that's the nature of Greek tragedy.

My knowledge of the Trojan war / the Iliad was pretty elementary, so the plot held a lot of surprises for me. I really enjoyed the audiobook performance (3 different narrators for the 3 different voices!). Highly recommended if you've enjoyed other feminist/female-centered retellings of Greek myths and enjoy morally ambiguous characters.

More thoughts here: https://youtu.be/N3d0uvty-uQ