Hello everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I’m reviewing The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker. When talking about Troy, we inevitably think about Helen, the daughter of Zeus and once wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and all the deaths that were laid out at her feet. But was it really her fault? After all, she was promised to a man other than her husband against her will, and there is not much you can do when the goddess of love forces you upon another. Why did no one launch a war for the aggrieved nymph…

Hello everyone. In this post, I am going to talk about Greek mythology retellings. This genre became very popular after the publication of The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller in 2011. Another well-known retelling of The Iliad is A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. The books I will talk about here though are not just retellings of Homer’s epic poem. This list includes books that recreate any Greek myth. When relevant, I will also include an author’s other published works on the topic. My personal 5 Must-Reads for Greek Mythology retellings include: 1. Circe by Madeline Miller “Humbling women…

TW: violence, gore, and death. I found this series on a whim. I had just finished reading Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (read my full review here) and I wanted to read something set in Mexico and its pre-Columbian history that I would enjoy more. And this series became an instant favorite. The protagonist is Acatl, the High Priest of Mictlantecuhtli, the God of Death, turned into a reluctant detective tasked with looking into the disappearance of a priestess (in the first book). This who-du-it storyline is solved by the end of the first installment but all…