REVIEW Of "ARIADNE" By Jennifer Saint

A feminist retelling of the Theseus & the minotaur myth, "Ariadne" by Jennifer Saint is exactly the tale we've been waiting for. The princess of Crete, Ariadne falls madly in love with an Athenian prince after he arrives on the island to take on the terrifying labyrinth that rumbles beneath the palace of Knossos; inside it's dark twists and turns lives the minotaur, a half-man, half-bull monster born to the royal family. Ariadne puts herself at risk of societal and familial banishment by aiding Theseus in his victory and fleeing the island to start a new life with him on mainland Greece ... well, she thinks. That is, until he leaves her stranded on the island of Naxos to fend for herself in the hope she dies.

THE DECEIT. THE LIES. THE UTTER HATRED WE ALL HAVE FOR THESEUS!!!

But Saint's novel doesn't allow her audience to pity our princess of Crete. Throughout the narrative, we watch Ariadne grow into a strong and independent woman, the perfect bride for the powerful god, Dionysus. Along with Ariadne's development, Saint also awards her audience with the secondary strong female role of Ariadne's sister, Phaedra. Through Phaedra we see the other half of the myth not often told in relation to Ariadne's story: one of the pain left in the aftermath of Crete, and the ways Ariadne's decisions impacted her youngest sister in the most tragic of ways.

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