Maybe one day when we have read all the versions of all greek stories, we will truly have a complete picture. For now, I am content with this new revelation of another side of the Troy story. The plot revolves majorly around the plans and life of what happened in the background when Agamemnon left with his fleet to Troy to bring back his brother's wife Helen. Driven by the grief and rage for the loss of her daughter, Clytemnestra has deprived herself of any further emotional attachments. A young man appears on her doorstep and offers her a revenge strategy she cannot refuse.

I am not sure though why the book is named Elektra when her main part appears in the book only after 70%. From my pov, the story was focusing more on Clytemnestra (Helen's sister) and Cassandra (Hector and Paris's sister). Which makes a less convincing case on the title of the book. But the cover is surely gorgeous.

A 3.5/5

Thank you for the digital ARC @netgalley @wildfirebooks @waterstones

What an amazing book!

Jennifer Saint is amazing at Ancient Greek retellings. Ariadne was already great, but the author really outdid herself with this one.

Elektra follows the cursed house of Atreus, a family with known figures like Elektra herself, as well as Agamemnon and Menelaus. I'd say that although the book is called Elektra and I get the choice since she is the most prominent woman of the lineage, to me it should be called Clytemnestra because she stole the show. Helen and all the women that are in some way a part of this story, of which the Trojan War is a huge part, are given an opportunity to speak for themselves.

Overall, there was an obvious evolution in terms of Jennifer Saint's writing from Ariadne to Elektra because the first, although great, sometimes felt a bit too didactic with its urge to let the women of these stories speak their minds; this time, it was more organic and really shifted the focus in a seamless way.

The narrator for this audiobook was great!

Thank you, NetGalley and Headline Audio for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.