I just completed Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane. It's a retelling of the story of Achilles from The Iliad, but with a twist. Using a little-known non-Homeric tale about Achilles hiding among women to avoid warfare to fuel its premise—that Achilles is one of the kallia, transgendered women living on an island together—it builds around the major touchstones of Homer's story to create a novel that is simultaneously familiar and fresh. It's an intriguing novel that wonders what Achilles's story would be like if she was a great female warrior and it works. Highly recommended.
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