Song of Achilles, is, without a doubt, one of my new favourite books. I knew going in I was going to AT LEAST give it 4 stars, but the writing style itself is beautiful. If you have not read this book, please do so, it is totally worth it.

If you have no idea what this book is about, it is told from the point of view of Patroclus, an exiled prince sent to Phthia, where he meets Achilles, the prince of Phthia. Achilles takes Patroclus to be his companion, and the story flourishes from there.

I knew parts of The Iliad going in, but I was still excited to see how Miller takes those events and makes them into her own story. The romance between Achilles and Patroclus is so well written, and I loved every second of the story.

Since this story is a retelling of events from The Iliad, it is set in Ancient Greece. Being a Classical Studies major, I could tell that Miller really knows this stuff. It is like being transported back in time. Plus, out of every author I can think of, Miller is the most qualified (having a BA and MA in Classics, plus tutoring students in Latin and Greek).

As many people from booktok know, there is the infamous page 100-102 scene. As a gay man, it is not descriptive at all. There is a MORE descriptive sex scene further on in the book and it is between a man and a woman. Why is no one talking about that scene? Is it because its straight sex? Why do you feel the need to say the gay sex scene is more descriptive when it is NOT? Or the fact that booktok likes to talk over mlm? I wish for ONE second that booktokers would shut the f*ck up and listen to mlm readers, like myself, who tell them that it is not descriptive.

Overall, this book is one of my new favourites and I will love it until the day I die.