Ariadne: A Novel

I thought I’d love this because I love Greek mythology and I loved Circe and the Song of Achilles, but this was missing the magic of those. I spent the first third of the book wanting to throttle Ariadne for her naive and ridiculously trusting nature that has zero basis for existing. The constant suffering of the women at the hands of men became cloying in its consistency. I was also extremely disappointed in one character who I initially thought was a strong and capable, and turned out to be completely delusional.
Also, on a writing style note, the lack of timeline or ages or literally anything to figure out how much time had passed was obnoxious.

Beautiful, Beautiful, beautiful! Such a great story of young women wanting to live and experience more. This was such a great read. I love Greek myology, and Jennifer made me feel like I was on the Island with Ariadne.

Beautifully written but don’t read if you already hate men.

I struggled with this one. I really wanted to love it since I'm so in love with Greek mythology and specially Ariadne's story (and Dionysus happens to be my favorite god). However, it was kind of hard to get through at times, it was very slow in some parts, and Phaedra was frustrating me.

This book is an interesting change of perspective in the myth of the Labyrinth. I really enjoyed looking at this classic Greek Myth from the perspectives of the women involved. The life of the book’s name sake is quite tragic but there are enough twist and turns to keep you guessing, and hoping that things will pan out some how for our leading ladies. I really enjoyed this feminine re-telling.