Psyche and Eros: A Novel

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so I’m pretty sad, but felt I should warn people that are excited about this book. Of course this is just an opinion, feel free to read it and make one for yourself, but I’m just SO DISAPPOINTED. Wᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜʀᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇsᴛɪɴʏ ᴏʀ ғᴀᴛᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴍᴇʀᴇʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇɪɢʜᴛ ᴏғ ᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇs. Wʜᴇɴ ᴡᴇ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʟɪᴋᴇ ғʟᴏᴡᴇʀs ғᴀᴄɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜɴ, ᴡᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ғᴜʟғɪʟʟɪɴɢ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴘʜᴇᴄʏ ᴏʀ ᴏʟᴅ sᴛᴏʀʏ. Wᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ.”

One of my favorite books of all time is Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis, which is a retelling of this very myth. Psyche and Eros couldn’t be more different in tone and telling, and yet I thoroughly enjoyed this iteration, as well. McNamara made some interesting choices in terms of setting and character inclusion that baffled me a bit, but her style was easy and engaging and a lot of fun to read.

Advance Praise

Why is Penelope related to Helen and not Clytemnestra? They’re technically all COUSINS in the original myth. A pure delight . . . Romantic, poignant, and spellbinding.”— REBECCA ROSS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals Psyche was never a warrior, so why make her one? She never challenged Achilles in a race, I don't think they even existed at the same time?

Vividly bold and unapologetically feminist, Luna McNamara’s sweeping reimagining of Psyche and Eros’ story was a refreshingly insightful and engaging read exploring love in all it’s many guides, that I genuinely didn’t want to end. overall, i enjoyed this particular greek myth reimagining and has me on the lookout to see what LM writes next! Fiercely feminist and deeply romantic, Psyche and Eros has the allure of an old fable and the epic quality of ancient myth, tinged with a provocative, modern wit * Ava Reid, bestselling author of The Wolf and the Woodsman * An enthralling tale of adventure, romance, and star-crossed lovers' Sue Lynn Tan, bestselling author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess First off, I do want to mention that there are quite a few big changes made to Psyche and Eros’ tale both character and plot wise, which you may be disappointed by if you prefer your retellings to stay 100% faithful to the source material. Personally, I actually didn’t mind the changes and really enjoyed the modern take on this classical Greek myth.Aphrodite, who reads an awful lot like the version of the goddess as seen in Xena, is the book’s only villain, by the way, as McNamara has removed Psyche’s jealous sisters from the equation here.