Lies We Sing to the Sea: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! New for 2023, a sapphic YA fantasy romance inspired by Greek mythology, for all fans of The Song of Achilles

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Also, stop profiting from disability and using it as a moral high ground (this is directed to someone who replies to every low rating with vitriol + ad hominem): you do not and cannot represent every disabled, neurodivergent person. Unfortunately, during this time Athens is– again, quite famously– embroiled in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta. In the book, the events of the Odyssey took places many generations prior to the events of the novel.

LIES WE SING TO THE SEA is a furiously stunning story of staring down the consequences of love that is chosen, and daring to leap in anyways. My interest has recently been piqued by Greek mythology and my eye was drawn to the beautiful cover of Lies We Sing to the Sea, which is inspired by Penelope’s 12 maids as told in The Odyssey.

Or, the crazy jealous childhood friend, fallen in love with the prince, and she's, ofc, behind Leto's attempted murders. It gets to the point where you’re putting in loads of time for tiny improvements, and I’m not going to [do] that. Sarah Underwood weaves an epic tapestry of lies, love, and tragedy, perfect for fans of Madeline Miller, Alexandra Bracken, and Renée Ahdieh.

To end the killings, twelve princes must first die in Poseidon's watery domain, at the hands of the girls they sentenced to death. Less than a page is dedicated to explaining Leto’s fraught relationship with her father and I kid you not it is a copy-paste of Katniss and her mother’s relationship minus a sister. Perfect reading for fans of Madeline Miller and Jennifer Saint, Underwood's utterly immersive debut novel delivers a sweeping Sapphic epic of sacrifice, revenge and female courage inspired by Greek mythology. furthermore, the fact that it’s even inspired by the Odyssey at all is laughable: the story proper is set in around the 4th century BCE, except somehow an alternate version where the Peloponnesian War never happened, Athens was a monarchy, and the idea of Achilles’s heel causing his death was widely known in Greece. While some bisexuals may feel comfortable using the term sapphic to describe themselves that's not true for every bisexual identifying person.Thank you to HarperCollins Children’s Books/HarperTeen and NetGalley for providing an ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Most of the chapters are quite short so the story frequently changes direction and doesn’t linger on one subject for too long. I have to say, firstly, that I have very, very, little knowledge of Greek mythology so read this novel primarily as a fantasy read. Unfortunately for the author, the Wayback Machine exists, and you can read the interview here, judge for yourself. yes ancient Greek sexuality and contemporary opinions thereof were ‘complicated,’ but not in the way someone whose favourite book is The Song of Achilles would understand.