i am relatively new to the greek mythology world; i actually think this is the first book i’ve read aside from the odyssey in high school but this is one of my favorite books i have ever read. the way madeline writes is so captivating, and the characters are so palpable. it is a completely refreshing take on such a retold story, and the relationship between patroclus and achilles so needed this makeover. i don’t cry easily from stories/ movies but i cried all throughout this book.

It broke my heart! I never expected it! Must read

I got the enhanced edition because it was the same price as the regular edition, but the enhanced features were lame. There is a link when certain characters first appear that shows a synopsis of their story and an illustration — that’s it. And the character descriptions were all full of spoilers! I had to stop reading them. And then later in the book when I actually would have liked a little character description to call up there were none to be had. Also, which characters do and do not have a description appeared to be entirely random. Don’t buy the enhanced edition.

Great fun summer read, I enjoyed reading this especially not he beach !I was a bit hesitant it was going to turn into the movie Troy which I was pleasantly surprised it did not. How many times have you been told about the Trojan horse, I was dreading reading about this again and let’s just say no need to worry.

Love love love this book. This is the best love story I’ve ever read. I cried after reading. Can’t recommend highly enough.

It was fire though no cap

Beautiful storytelling and amazing descriptions for all characters, landscapes, scenarios etc. All around wonderful take on the Iliad.

Downloaded this as a sample, as I’d been really looking forward to reading this, and for whatever f-king reason there was a video at the end of the book sample. I click on the video, it’s an interview with the author on rewriting this book or some crap. Literally 30 seconds into the this video she just outright says the ending. Why the f-k would they put this f-king video in with a sample of a book? Thanks Apple Books. 👎🏻 guess I’ll skip this one.

I’ve never cried so much or read a book so fast, this book is amazing and I love it so much, I absolutely recommend it to others!

Lovely and heartbreaking. I recommend getting this enhanced edition - It was very helpful to get more info about the characters by clicking on the names.