I also liked seeing the world through Cassandra’s eyes-as she focused on becoming a devout priestess of Apollo, blessed with the gift of prophecy and simultaneously cursed with the fact that no one would believe the accurate visions she had, through the siege of Troy, and then briefly on her enslavement as a war prize of Agamemnon. We get a first-hand account of her life, including growing up as Helen’s twin in Sparta, marrying Agamemnon, bearing children, grieving unimaginable loss at the hands of her husband on the eve of the Trojan War, and sitting for a full decade and plotting her revenge. It presents a ton of information, but never felt overwhelming or as though it lagged.Ĭlytemnestra was probably my favorite perspective. We get to see the world through the eyes of these three very different women, and I was absolutely hooked from very early on. It starts well in advance, with Clytemnestra looking on as many suitors vie for her sister, Helen’s hand in marriage. While some of the story is familiar to me, we get more than the typical Trojan War rehash in this book. While this is titled Elektra, it actually focuses on three women-Clytemnestra, Elektra, and Cassandra, and the story easily flows over decades. But, can she escape the curse, or is her own destiny also bound by violence? The youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, Elektra is horrified by the bloodletting of her kin. She is powerless in her knowledge that the city will fall. Princess of Troy, and cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it. Her husband raises a great army against them, and determines to win, whatever the cost. The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon – her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods.

A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance.

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