Thelxinoë
Beautifully written, this is the standard against which I measure all other historical fiction novels I read. I found it to be well researched but without overexplaining the information resulting from said research in unnatural ways (unlike some other works in this genre). The story and the characters are really compelling, also. This book may not be quite literally a five star book, but it comes close enough that giving it 'only' four and a half feels like a sort of injustice.
Beautifully written, this is the standard against which I measure all other historical fiction novels I read. I found it to be well researched but without overexplaining the information resulting from said research in unnatural ways (unlike some other works in this genre). The story and the characters are really compelling, also. This book may not be quite literally a five star book, but it comes close enough that giving it 'only' four and a half feels like a sort of injustice.