Was the Medusa book Here the World Entire? Because THIS classics professor assigns that novella as a mythology class book review option every year. It has been scrutinized many times, and it is beloved by every student who reads it :)
No, it's called Lore (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0892548HC/). The other thing about romantasy is that the books are sooooo long. There are no novellas, they are all like 140K words
I was listening to a YA audio book with my kids today (part of the Land of Stories series). In it Medusa exists out of the Greek context and she has been given like a full fledged backstory and seemed almost human and regretful about her curse. I have no idea if it is at all based on “real” myths. I have only ever read the story of her death. I never wondered about if she as always Medusa. Anyway, I really enjoyed that spin on her being a helpful side character rather than a monster in this particular audio book.
I know you said not to shower you in compliments, but I do love your work Donna! A relatively new subscriber here who appreciates myth and took a few very interesting courses in college but I've fallen off for the most part in recent years. I'm learning a lot!
Well, if you decide to read some Greek-inflected romantasy, I had fun reading “The Games Gods Play”, a sort of Hunger Games meets Greek gods in the modern world. I didn’t realize it was romance-y when I picked it up, but it was amusing enough.
Was the Medusa book Here the World Entire? Because THIS classics professor assigns that novella as a mythology class book review option every year. It has been scrutinized many times, and it is beloved by every student who reads it :)
No, it's called Lore (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0892548HC/). The other thing about romantasy is that the books are sooooo long. There are no novellas, they are all like 140K words
I was listening to a YA audio book with my kids today (part of the Land of Stories series). In it Medusa exists out of the Greek context and she has been given like a full fledged backstory and seemed almost human and regretful about her curse. I have no idea if it is at all based on “real” myths. I have only ever read the story of her death. I never wondered about if she as always Medusa. Anyway, I really enjoyed that spin on her being a helpful side character rather than a monster in this particular audio book.
I know you said not to shower you in compliments, but I do love your work Donna! A relatively new subscriber here who appreciates myth and took a few very interesting courses in college but I've fallen off for the most part in recent years. I'm learning a lot!
Well, if you decide to read some Greek-inflected romantasy, I had fun reading “The Games Gods Play”, a sort of Hunger Games meets Greek gods in the modern world. I didn’t realize it was romance-y when I picked it up, but it was amusing enough.