Saint delves into the psychological aftermath of a woman who (through no action of her own, but in vengeance for something her husband had done) forced to birth a bull’s monster baby (and why Pasiphe survived), and how that broke her mind, which in turn removed her from the family structure and left Ariadne essentially on her own to face the shame and whispers in the kingdom.
She covers all of the details of the Labyrinth and Minotaur tale (as well as the prerequisite tales of Pasiphe and the bull and King Minos’s successful subjugation of Athens) all from his oldest daughter’s point of view. The story of Theseus and the Minotaur (Asterion) never sat right with me, and who didn’t think Theseus’ behavior toward Ariadne was…less than honorable? Ok, it was crap, and her story was a blip in the overall hero’s tale, so I was excited to read a retelling from her point of view. If you’ve been here a while, you’ll know I’m a sucker for a good mythological retelling, and I loved this book.
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