Meddy has spent her whole life as a footnote in someone else’s story. Out of place next to her beautiful, immortal sisters and her parents—both gods, albeit minor ones—she dreams of leaving her family’s island for a life of adventure. So when she catches the eye of the goddess Athena, who invites her to train as an esteemed priestess in her temple, Meddy leaps at the chance to see the world beyond her home.
In the colorful market streets of Athens and the clandestine chambers of the temple, Meddy flourishes in her role as Athena’s favored acolyte, getting her first tastes of purpose and power. But when she is noticed by another Olympian, Poseidon, the course of Meddy’s promising future is suddenly and irrevocably altered.
When her locs are transformed into snakes as punishment for a crime she did not commit, Medusa must embrace a new identity—not as a victim, but as a vigilante—and with it, the chance to write her own story as mortal, martyr, and myth.
Exploding with rage, heartbreak, and love, I, Medusa portrays a young woman caught in the crosscurrents between her heart’s deepest desires and the cruel, careless games the Olympian gods play.
This one was just… sad. Like, incredibly depressing from beginning to end. I went into this expecting a retelling of Medusa’s story, and I’ve always understood her story as one where she was sexually assaulted and then given power to protect women who were also assaulted. I’ve always liked the interpretation of her transformation as something that could be seen as giving women who have been through something horrible a different kind of power.
But apparently there are multiple versions of Medusa’s story, which actually makes sense when you think about how mythology gets passed down and changed over time. This version just wasn’t one I enjoyed.
I almost wish I hadn’t read this one because it was so incredibly sad. There was so much heartbreak and tragedy that I just felt emotionally drained by the end. And honestly, the ending left me feeling kind of empty rather than satisfied.
I can appreciate what the author was trying to do with Medusa’s story, but this one was just too depressing for me.
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