“You can teach a viper to eat from your hands, but you cannot take away how much it likes to bite.”

Based on the intriguing and fantastic stories I remember for university classes on classic Greek mythology, and written in a more modern, contemporary style, the novel keep me interested and fully invested until the very last word. The character of Circe is amazing - a true heroin and feminine role model. The author does a fantastic job of immersing the reader into the mind and environment of the characters, resulting in a real page turner that I didn't want to put down - or finish! This was my first book by Madeline Miller and won't be my last. Her writing style and storytelling skills are perfection. Here are just a few of my fav quotes: “But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.” “I will not be like a bird bred in a cage, I thought, too dull to fly even when the door stands open.”

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