‘A brilliant read’ Women & Home | ‘A spirited retelling’ Times | ‘ Beautiful and absorbing’ Fabulous | ‘A vivid reimagining of Greek mythology’ Harper’s Bazaar | ‘Jennifer Saint has done an incredible job’ Red ‘Jennifer Saint has breathed new life into this myth and put her own stamp on it’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ REAL READER REVIEW ‘I was glued to it from beginning to end and could not wait to recommend to my friends afterwards.’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ REAL READER REVIEW ‘The story and its characters swept me up and engulfed me, I could not put this one down’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ REAL READER REVIEW Note, Elektra is not a follow on from Ariadne, the two are standalone stories.**The spellbinding new retelling of the Trojan War drawn from the perspective of the fearless women at the heart of it all.**

I particularly liked the ending, where the curse upon the House of Atreus was played out with heartbreaking intensity. Each perspective was written to provide a uniquely personalised gaze upon the same story, to offer a different view of the men who were warring and controlling the destinies of these women. Personally, I loved Cassandra the most in this novel and Elektra the least, with Clytemnestra somewhere in between. She reimagines the lives of the women of ancient Greece with such vividity and realism, allowing an accessibility to these ancient myths that has previously been elusive. She’s an author I feel I can confidently rely on for a masterful retelling. Retellings of Greek mythology have become popular in recent years, and I feel that Jennifer Saint has firmly placed herself into the inner circle for this sub-genre. She has gone from strength to strength between these two novels and I am filled with anticipation for what she has up next for us. I quite enjoyed Jennifer Saint’s first novel, Ariadne, but I absolutely loved this second one. I can’t reconcile all that bloodshed with my sister.’ In these long years, she has become something other than herself, more than one woman could be. Menelaus lived in a humble tent on a foreign shore for ten years to have her in his arms again: men beyond number died for it my husband murdered his own daughter for the privilege of winning Helen back. The resultant novel is spellbinding, gripping in its unflinching portrayal of female rage, vengeance, Gods and mortals, ancient curses, and the sacrifices and spoils of war. In Elektra, Jennifer Saint reimagines the story of Helen of Troy through the perspectives of the women from the House of Atreus, along with Cassandra of Troy. The Ancient Greeks sure have a handle on maintaining a family grudge down through the generations.

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