BOOK REVIEW: Alcestis by Katharine Beutner

Hello everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I am reviewing Alcestis by Katharine Beutner. This book was first released in 2010, and it won the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction in 2011 and was a finalist for both the BSFS Compton Crook Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Debut Fiction. Visit the author’s website here. Poor Alcestis. Brave Alcestis. Strong Alcestis. Poor, for having a husband that does not deserve her. Brave, for accepting a fate that was not her own. And strong, for having the will to face such a fate where others (Admetus)…