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Madeline Miller: The Song of Achilles (Hardcover, 2012, Ecco Press) 4 stars

Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and …

Terrific! Loved this style of smutty Greek fan fiction after reading Circe, but I think Circe was better. Her writing is beautiful — the plot climax was truly wonderful and almost unexpected even though you knew exactly what was going to happen. (Which, to be honest, is the case with most Greek mythology since prophecies are such an important component of the plots.)