This started off strongly on the promise of telling the story of women in the Trojan war. I feel like by the time we got halfway through Achilles was centre stage and it never really recovered.

I also felt like I was being told rather than shown, especially for Briseis and Patroclus’s relationship.

I’m going to read on into the next book to see what that’s like, because I still enjoyed the retelling.

Definitely helps if you’re familiar with the references / names that get dropped.