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Young, headstrong Psyche has captured the eye of every suitor with her beauty – but also, unfortunately, the jealous gaze of the goddess Aphrodite. As punishment, Psyche is tied to a rock to be sacrificed to a ‘monstrous husband’. And yet, no monster arrives: instead, she is spirited away by Aphrodite’s daughter Eros. Eros, goddess of desire, can change gender at will. And in her hidden palace, she visits her bride under the cloak of darkness: Psyche is forbidden to gaze upon the face of her lover. But as they explore each other’s bodies and discover new pleasures, Psyche is tempted to break her vow… even if it brings down the wrath of the gods. A gloriously anarchic and seductive retelling of the myth of Psyche and Eros, groundbreaking, gender-fluid and hugely enjoyable, this is a masterpiece from Caro De Robertis, a writer described by Madeline Miller as ‘brilliant and luminous’.
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So the reason I wanted to read this book is because I ADORE Greek mythology retellings and I also love LGBTQIA+ fiction so mash them both together and I assumed this would be an incredible book. Friends, I was not wrong. This book was stunning. The romance in this book was beautiful, and fluffy, and flowery, and just so poetic. There is some spice in this book, however, it does not feel like a smut book because even the spice is poetic and flowery. There was so many times I was just smiling ear to ear reading Psyche & Eros's story. I will say, if you are to read this book, please do read up on the trigger warnings for this book, because as beautiful as this book is, it does hit some heavy hitting topics especially due to it hitting the point of how differently women were treated in that time. I would 100% recommend this to anyone who loves romance and/or Greek mythology retellings and I will definitely be buying a physical copy of this when I get paid!
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THE PALACE OF EROS is a beautiful sapphic retelling of the psyche and eros myth and definitely one of my favorite books that i've read this year. i admit i wasn't familiar with the myth before i started this book, but you don't really need to know it to be able to follow along with the story. this is such a stunning book with incredible prose, a very healthy amount of spice, and a happy ending: like THE SONG OF ACHILLES but make it sapphic and happy.
read if you like:
- greek myth retellings
- nonbinary deities
- queer joy
thanks to netgalley and atria for the advanced copy. THE PALACE OF EROS comes out august 13!
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