3.5 - 4 / 5 Why don’t we have more books like this one, where instead of reading the hero’s perspective, we read from the POV of the person who loves the hero? It makes the way of telling this story really quite beautiful. Epic, poetic, we could feel the passionate love that they felt, as well as the pain.

I’m happy I didn’t brush up on my knowledge of how this story went. I’d learnt about the Trojan War but had forgotten most of how it played out and I’m happy that I did. It kept the story interesting and entertaining. I knew that this was a great Greek Tragedy all along, yet my emotions were still all over the place by the end of it.

I must say, most of the book just felt like a series of events just put together. And I get that that’s exactly what it is because it’s staying true to the original story, which takes place over years and years, and I respect that, but sometimes in books it can make the pacing a little off, which I did feel at times.