The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Bloomsbury, 2011.

This is so good that is wrecked my ability to read anything for nearly a month.

Superb writing, deft craft, and the absolute beauty of the tale kept me spellbound. 

My heart still aches when I think of it.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

Circe by Madeline Miller

Published by Little, Brown, & Co., 2018

I put off reading this, even though I was completely intrigued. I was afraid of being let down by a retelling of one of my favorite minor, often-overlooked goddesses.

I need not have worried. 

Circe is lyrical and beautiful, an homage to the myth, and everything I ever wanted out of a Greek tale of heroes and gods. 

This is everything that it should be, and deserves all the praise that has been richly heaped upon it.