Elektra
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Published: 5/3/2022
A spellbinding reimagining of the story of Elektra, one of Greek mythology’s most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne. Three women, tangled in an ancient curse. When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus. But when, on the eve of the Trojan War, Agamemnon betrays Clytemnestra in the most unimaginable way, she must confront the curse that has long…

Elektra by Jennifer Saint

9781250773616

289. Pages

Publisher: Flat Iron Books

Release Date: May 3, 2022

Fiction, Mythology

This is a retelling of the Trojan war from three women’s’ perspective. Clytemnestra is Helen’s sister although Zeus is not her father. While Helen chooses Menelaus as a husband, Clytemnestra chooses his brother Agamemnon. Elektra is her daughter and loves her father. Cassandra is a princess of Troy, cursed by Apollo and given the gift of prophecy yet no one believes her.

The book has a steady pace, and the characters are well developed. The story is told in the first-person point of view from the three women. It is full of passion – love and anger. I read the book in one sitting, liked it so much I read it again. You really cannot go wrong with mythology stories, and this retelling is certainly a winner.

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