On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by
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runs every Saturday. It's where we list all the books we desperately
want but haven't actually bought yet. They can be old, new or
forthcoming.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Greece
in the age of Heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been
exiled to the kingdom of Phthia. Here he is nobody, just another
unwanted boy living in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son,
Achilles.
Achilles, ‘best of all the Greeks’, is everything
Patroclus is not – strong, beautiful, the child of a goddess – and by
all rights their paths should never cross. Yet one day, Achilles takes
the shamed prince under his wing and soon their tentative companionship
gives way to a steadfast friendship. As they grow into young men skilled
in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something far
deeper – despite the displeasure of Achilles’s mother Thetis, a cruel
and deathly pale sea goddess with a hatred of mortals.
Fate is
never far from the heels of Achilles. When word comes that Helen of
Sparta has been kidnapped, the men of Greece are called upon to lay
siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny,
Achilles joins their cause, Torn between love and fear for his friend,
Patroclus follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that
follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold
dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his
friend to the hands of Fate.
Profoundly moving and breathtakingly
original, this rendering of the epic Trojan War is a dazzling feat of
the imagination, a devastating love story, and an almighty battle
between gods and kings, peace and glory, immortal fame and the human
heart.
I'm such a Classics geek and this has been garnering great reviews. It tells the story of the m/m romance between Achilles and Patroclus and has been marked as a must-read for me.
