Atalanta: The dazzling story of the only female Argonaut

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I have read about Atalanta before, in Emily Hauser’s For the Winner, and I think overall I preferred that book which was more of a ‘reimagining’ with lots of extra little touches rather than this one which I would describe as a straightforward ‘retelling’.

Since then, we’ve had a pandemic, I left teaching to become a full-time author and wrote my next two books – I’m currently working on my fourth.

It’s almost a year since lovely Caitlin Raynor sent me a surprise copy of Atalanta by Jennifer Saint and with the paperback release a month away it’s high time I got round to sharing my review.

Recently, classicist and historical novelist Emily Hauser also featured Atalanta’s voice in For the Winner, the second book in that author’s Golden Apple trilogy . Left exposed on a mountainside, the defenceless infant Atalanta is left to the mercy of a passing mother bear and raised alongside the cubs under the protective eye of the goddess Artemis.I love Greek mythology and always have, but I also am very grateful for books I read growing up that featured female protagonists who were good role models. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. Despite my regret that the author did not go a little farther and deeper, and my reservations about language notwithstanding, Atalanta is a well-imagined reinvention of a classic myth. About the Author: Jennifer Saint grew up reading Greek mythology and was always drawn to the untold stories hidden within the myths.