Thank you to The Write Reads for organizing and inviting me to be part of this blog tour. Thank you to the publisher, Neem Tree Press, for providing me with a digital copy of Clytemnestra’s Bind for the tour. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I want to start off my review by saying that Clytemnestra’s Bind has a lot of potentially triggering content. Clytemnestra’s Bind contains scenes of violence, murder, infanticide, rape, domestic violence, and child abuse. There is other potentially triggering content, these are just some of the major potential triggers.

I went into this book not knowing anything about Clytemnestra and having very little knowledge about Greek Mythology in general. There were a few names I recognized, but most of the characters were completely unknown to me. I spent a lot of time trying to piece together who was who and how they were connected, which wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it did lead to some confusion.

I enjoyed how the story was told in Clytemnestra’s Bind. I think the author did a good job of telling the story of Clytemnestra without bogging the reader down with an overwhelming amount of information. As someone who didn’t know anything about Clytemnestra, I was able to follow along fairly well.

I also loved the writing in Clytemnestra’s Bind. It was vivid, descriptive, and it flowed beautifully. The writing style really brought the story to life and some of the scenes really jumped off of the page. This was a bit of an issue with some of the more graphically violent scenes, but the writing made for an enjoyable read.

I really did not like any of the characters in this book, though I don’t think they were meant to be likable. Clytemnestra was a complicated character. She was caught in an impossible situation and I think the author did a great job illustrating this. While I felt sympathy for her, and my heart broke for her many times, I still wasn’t fond of her and some of the decisions she made, especially with how she sometimes treated her children.

While I didn’t really like the characters in this book, I did like how the relationship between the characters evolved throughout the story. Alliances and friendships were made and betrayed throughout the book. I liked how it was hard to know which characters could be trusted because it seemed like most everyone had their own agenda. I enjoyed the plotting even though I didn’t like how violent some of the outcomes were.

Speaking of violence, one of the things I disliked about this book was how violent and gruesome some of the scenes were. I’m not a fan of graphic violence and some of the scenes in Clytemnestra’s Bind made me want to put the book down and not return to it. The opening chapters were horrific and hard to get through. While I appreciated their purpose and they did provide some valuable insight into the characters, they were a sign that mythology might not be for me.

Overall, I think the author did a great job bringing Clytemnestra’s story to life but ultimately this book really wasn’t for me. I think this book is perfect for fans of Greek mythology, but I think that Greek mythology is just a tad bit too violent for my tastes.