This book picks up not too long after Ithaca ends, and we once again rejoin Penelope on Ithaca. Instead of Hera, Aphrodite narrates this book, and what I love about North is she makes these goddesses so likeable (or unlikeable depending on your POV).

Greek myth from the POV of women is something I adore, but sometimes it gets bogged down in a sort of way that doesn't always work, but Claire North does something different

This acts as a sort of "prequel" to Six Crimson Cranes, as it is the stepmother's story in this one. I thought that it was nice to get a backstory to someone we thought was a "villain" at first

Eldridge Hall was a castle built on lies. Last year I had the absolute pleasure of reading The Poison Season! First off, thank you to Inkyard Press and Mara for a copy of this arc!

This was a solid YA gothic horror book. It definitely feels comparative to something like Rory Powers or Erin Craig.

If you like modern gothic mysteries, you'll like this book. It was not at all what I was expecting -- I don't know exactly what it was, but in some ways it reminded me a bit of Supernatural and Black Butler.