Selected Poems: With Parallel Spanish Text
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'Lorca brought an understanding of the paradox that was Spain - sensuality chafing under a rigid...
One Last Job
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One Last Job: the extraordinary life story of Brian Reader, Britain's most prolific thief.The iconic...
Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics
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Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the...
Approaches to Greek Myth
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Since the first edition of Approaches to Greek Myth was published in 1990, interest in Greek...
Natural Histories: 25 Extraordinary Species That Have Changed Our World
Stephen Moss and Brett Westwood
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Prepare to dive to the depths of the sea with 100-foot-long giant squid, travel through space after...
Nest: The Art of Birds
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We tend to take birds for granted, in the landscape or in our neighbourhoods. The presence of birds...
The Hollow Gods (The Chaos Cycle Duology #1)
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Isolated in the forests of Western Canada, Black Hollow is a town with a dark secret. For centuries,...
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A Sportsman’s Sketches
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The first work by Ivan Turgenev to attain wide attention, A Sportsman's Sketches is a collection of...
ClareR (5950 KP) rated Song of the Huntress in Books
Jun 25, 2024
This had just the right amount of history, myth and magic for me - well, anything with those three things in is a winner, in my opinion!
With the resurgence of Greek Myth (yes, I’m a fan), it has been really heartening to see the odd Norse and Celtic myth and folklore book coming out. I enjoy a good retelling, and 5is is a good read. Yes, there are some seemingly modern themes: Æthelburg and Herla’s attraction and Ine’s asexuality in particular, but who’s to say these weren’t appropriate in 60AD? I’m sure homosexuality and asexuality have been a ‘thing’ for as long as there’s been humans (there probably is someone who could say - this is the internet, after all).
To me, as a listener/ reader, this just felt really genuine and well researched. I loved learning about the characters and their world.
Just as Sistersong left me eagerly awaiting Song of the Huntress, I’m really looking forward to whatever comes next from Lucy Holland.
