“The thought was this: that all my life had been murk and depths, but I was not a part of that dark water. I was a creature within it.”

Greek myths are complicated and twisted at their best not to mention morally ambiguous.
And despite me having a vested interest in them I, unfortunately, knew very little about Circe. So it was very interesting to read about someone who was born with divinity but never grew into it, who was wholly apathetic to it, who was banished to an island for not being as ruthless and cold as her kin.

Circe is the daughter of Helios, a titan, but she possessed none of the powers, or cunning or charm like the rest of her godly family. She is shunned by her community and an outsider for most of her life. Despite that she is persistent, bold and very human in her naivety and genuinity.

I've heard of tales of Jason and Odysseus and other heroes but never from the perspective of an someone encountering them, never from someone who didn't care if songs were sung about them but performed great deeds anyway.

The writing was beautiful not too pretentious as is seen in many epic retellings but very poetic which also made the audiobook lovely to listen to.