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Oenone

by Leah Rochelle

A second life after Troy

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A second life after Troy

Oenone’s return from ancient Troy places her in modern-day St. Louis, where she must navigate a world she does not know while carrying memories of her former life. Aphrodite gives her a chance to find Paris again, though he has been reborn without remembering her. The mythic premise becomes a story about the strain between an assigned purpose and a life taking shape on different terms: Oenone’s new friendships and growing independence complicate the task of rekindling her marriage. The novel combines Greek mythology and contemporary romance with questions of guilt, identity, and whether a second chance means returning to the past.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in retellings of Greek mythology set in the modern world
  • Readers who enjoy friends-to-lovers romance and relationships shaped by past lives
  • Readers drawn to stories of personal independence alongside romantic choices

Themes

Greek mythology and reincarnationGuilt and second chancesIdentity and independenceRomance and personal choice

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Book overview

"Leah Rochelle breathes new life into an old Greek myth and turns tragedy into triumph."

-Sarah Glenn Marsh, author of Our Rogue Fates

 

When Oenone (eh-no-knee), a Princess of Troy, wakes up in modern day St. Louis, her last memories from ancient Troy are of dying. She's alone, confused, and reeling from her own death as well as the guilt at having refused to help her husband, Paris, who'd been shot by countless Greek arrows.

Aphrodite, who caused the Trojan War and the downfall of Paris, arrives to explain why Oenone has been brought back to life. Aphrodite feels remorseful for Oenone, an unintended victim, and decides to offer a second chance at the happiness she was robbed of 3,000 years ago. But as always with the gods, there is a catch.

While Paris has been reborn, he has no memories of his previous life, whilst Oenone remembers everything, but has no knowledge of the new and modern world she now exists in. Aphrodite instructs her to figure it out for herself, warning her not to waste the opportunity she has been given. She must somehow find her husband and make him love her again.

The cultural disparities and the losses she's faced are a struggle. Divine retribution may strike with failure. Newfound friends and a budding attraction help her learn more about herself, but as she gains independence and a sense of self, she begins to wonder if another relationship with Paris is what she truly wants.

But how can she turn away from a mission given by a Goddess?

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