Atalanta by Jennifer Saint - A Review

In my books, Jennifer Saint can do no wrong, she is an instant buy author for me, I don’t even need to read the blurb first. So why did it take me so long to read Atalanta? Who knows. Should I have read it sooner? Absolutely but that goes for most of the books I put off reading

With every Jennifer Saint book I read, I always feel myself being compelled to keep reading and it was no different with Atalanta. Saint’s writing style is easy to read but also has substance to it and other than the many unpronouncable names that the greeks used, I had no problems flying through this book.

One of the things I love most about reading JS is that even if you haven’t read the original myth or know anything about the person she’s retelling a story of, you won’t find yourself confused or feeling the need to go and read the original first. JS gives you a full story and if anything, she makes me want to go and read more about Atalanta now that i’ve finished Saints version of her story.

Even though I loved this book. I did find that maybe Atalanta could have been a bit more fierce throughout the story. I loved the beginning of her story but during the middle when she’s off with the Argonaughts, it felt like she lost a bit of her character, though she was still fiercely independent as the only female Argonaught and let her opinions show.

Overall this was still another amazing book from my favourite mythological retelling author and I would highly recommend all of her books if you’re a fan of retellings that give the females of the myths a bigger part.