I'm a simple woman: you give me a feminist mythological retelling with a morally ambiguous character? I will read it.

I knew very little of South Asian mythology before embarking on this Chonk of a book. I really appreciate how accessible it was and how rewarding of a long-slow-literary read it was. It feels unfair to compare it to Circe, since they're from such different mythos, but I would recommend reading this if you're into retellings, following characters from childhood through to morally ambiguous adulthood, and beautiful writing.