A disclaimer: although I have recently read Mythos by Stephen Fry, my knowledge of Greek mythology is weak at best. Plus, this fit right into the Mythic square on book bingo, and the cover was so pretty in the store that I just had to get it. I feel like social media tends to focus of new releases, so to see a book endure felt like a good omen to me. Anyway, this book is the current darling of booktube, bookstagram and booktok even though it's already 10 years old by now, which I think is quite remarkable. I don't think I have ever read a book that was quite this hyped to me. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.I thought I didn't care but I couldn't stop crying But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny.

Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Winner of the Orange Women's Prize for Fiction The international sensation A Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller 'Captivating' DONNA TARTT 'I loved it' J K ROWLING 'Ravishingly vivid' EMMA DONOGHUE Greece in the age of heroes.

'A book I could not put down' ANN PATCHETT ‘An exciting, sexy, violent Superman version of The Iliad’ GUARDIAN ‘Sexy, dangerous, mystical’ BETTANY HUGHES

Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.

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