A review by _rutaceae
Medea: Priestess, Princess, Witch by JJ Taylor, JJ Taylor

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with this ARC. 

 

Medea is a character from greek mythology that I've seen pop up in a few other stories, but isn't someone I knew a lot about. I love a female led greek mythology retelling, so this was something I was always going to pick up. 

 

This was such an easy read, and I absolutely flew threw it. I got through 200 pages in a day, and neglected to do everything else I had planned to get done that day it was that good. 

 

Main characters easily annoy me. I find they're usually written in a way that's supposed to be unique, but at this point is actually way overdone and makes me want to roll my eyes straight out of my head. Not once did Medea make me feel that way. She had such amazing growth and was SO relatably stubborn. 

 

This is a world ran by men, a world where women are supposed to keep quiet and do as they're told. Medea is a woman with incredible power, that stands up to these men and says "No." The female solidarity in this book was so powerful and I loved every second.