Literature -- 5 stars
In the house of Helios, Greek god of the sun, Circe is a child with no obvious god-like qualities and no beauty and so is ridiculed and then ignored. Only when she is banished to a deserted island after admitting to offering succor to Prometheus does she discover she has a talent after all. The lives of both men and gods touch and pass her on her island where she finds a sort of peace in watching the world swirl around her confines. I never liked reading mythology in school, so I can't saw why this book caught my attention, but I'm glad it did. All the gods and their myths I found so boring years ago are here in this novel, but instead of a dry textbook telling, these stories have life and substance, populated with gods whose distinct personalities exist within an awareness of an eternal hierarchy. The casual interaction between god and man creates an interesting stew of jealousy and consequences. And Circe sees it all.
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