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Girl, Goddess, Queen (Standard Edition)

by Bea Fitzgerald

Persephone rewrites the myth

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Persephone rewrites the myth

Bea Fitzgerald’s young adult fantasy retells the Greek myth of Persephone from a premise that overturns the familiar account: Persephone chooses to enter the Underworld rather than be abducted and treated as a political pawn. There, she faces Hades and sets out to enlist him in a plan aimed at Mount Olympus. The story centers Persephone’s agency and brings questions of marriage, power, and divine politics into a mythic setting. Its focus on a heroine challenging the story others have told about her gives this retelling a clear point of departure from the traditional tale.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young adult readers interested in Greek mythology and myth retellings
  • Readers seeking fantasy centered on Persephone and the Underworld
  • Readers interested in stories about agency and power within divine politics

Themes

Greek mythologyAgency and self-determinationMarriage and powerDivine politics

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Book overview

To hell with love, this goddess has other plans...

Thousands of years ago, the gods spun a myth based on a lie. They claimed that though Persephone was to be a prize-bride for the most deserving god, Hades kidnapped her for himself. That she was just a pawn in the complicated politics of Olympus. That her mother, Demeter, was so distraught she caused the Earth to start dying. The real story is much more interesting.

Persephone wasn't taken to hell: she jumped. There was no way she was going to be married off to some smug god more in love with himself than her. Now all she has to do is convince the Underworld's annoyingly sexy, arrogant and frankly rude ruler, Hades, to fall in line with her plan. A plan that will shake Mount Olympus to its very core. But consequences can be deadly, especially when you're already in hell . . .

A fierce, fresh and enormously fun YA fantasy re-imagining from a growing TikTok star.

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