A review by skylover
Athena's Child by Hannah Lynn

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

this book started off slow with part two in particular dragging on at first, especially with an 18-year time jump, but i loved the ending. i'm not familiar with how Medusa's death happened, and this was such a hopeful, peaceful, and kind way to phrase her end compared to other myths. despite what Medusa may have thought about herself, she never lost her humanity, as demonstrated by
her pleas for men to turn around so she wouldn't murder them, and even taking care of the process of getting rid of their bodies once they were cast in stone
and i found this version of her sisters' fate new to me and therefore a unique twist to what i believed of the story. the author writes Medusa's time as a human and priestess with care and gentle caution so as not to trigger the reader, and I enjoyed her book discussion questions at the end. a quick read and a good one at that, i will be thinking about the ending for a while. 
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