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As someone who's deeply interested in mythology, I loved this book!! Women of Myth explores 50 female figures from mythologies and cultures all around the world. Divided into three sections( Goddesses, Heroines and Monsters), the book tells the stories of well known women like Athena and Morgan le Fey as well as several lesser known ones. Many of them were accompanied by breathtaking illustrations. I found the stories of Amaterasu, Corn Mother, Urduja and Pesta to be particularly interesting.
Overall, I found this book to be very informative and enjoyable. The only thing that made me remove a star was that i wanted it to be a little longer.

I loved this book. It is split into three sections and describes so many amazing women in myth from all over the world. The authors talk about the history, where we can find these women in movies and literature today, and some beautiful artwork is included as well. I was surprised by how many of these women I had never heard of, I really enjoy this one.

As someone who is fascinated by mythology, I sometimes forget how weird these myths can be.
Brothers marrying sisters? Please! That's harmless in comparison to what else these women of myth have going on in their lives as goddesses, heroines, and 'monsters'.

There were a lot of names I had never heard of - like Arianrhod, Atargatis. Huitaca and Ishtar (to name but a few) -and I loved to learn more about them. The authors list the different names of these women of myth, their attributes and affiliations, as well as short summaries of their most prevalent myths. Some of them are accompanied by an illustration. I especially liked the depiction of the goddess Kali.

My only criticism of this book is that it isn't much more than an introduction to these ladies and not an in-depth analysis of their backgrounds and origin stories. In other words, it is too short.

Thanks for the advance copy!

In the forward of ‘Women of Myth’ Liv Albert begins with “There’s nothing I love more than mythology…except maybe women in mythology.” and it rings so true for me. I loved every bit of this book, some myths I knew but most I was reading about for the first time and it was fantastic. Separated into three sections (Goddesses, Heroines, and Monsters) and pulling from varied cultures, there’s something for everyone. If you enjoy mythology, read this book! If you don’t really enjoy mythology, read this book and you will! Besides being well written and interesting, it’s also very pretty and I can’t wait to have my own physical copy for my shelf.

Thank you to NetGalley and Adams Media for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.