Hannah M. Lynn’s books are always an auto-buy for me, and "Queen of Themiscrya" is a shining example of why. Her talent for crafting vivid stories set in the realm of Greek mythology is truly outstanding. This novel adds yet another jewel to her crown of retellings. The characters are vibrant and full of life, evoking a wide range of emotions from love and anger to frustration and excitement. I found myself deeply invested in the storyline and the fates of the characters. Hippolyte, in particular, is a wonderfully complex character whose interactions with others are consistently engaging and thought-provoking. While at times it did feel like the story was lagging, the beautiful imagery was enough to keep me invested.

I didn't connect at all with this book and skimmed to finish it. I'm not sure why this one in particular so challenging to get into at the beginning, but I just wasn't having a good time with it and didn't feel compelled to spend a lot of time in this retelling.

I found this book to drag on. It was difficult for me to follow along at times because i was kind of uninterested. i think most of it was because there was so much of it that was off. i didn't feel like this was truly the queen of the amazons. at first i did, but within the first few chapters i was reading about a totally different woman in the way she was acting. this didnt do it for me

3/5 stars

Thank you to Netgalley, the publishers, and Hannah Lynn for allowing me to read and review this book.

This is a Greek mythology retelling from the woman's point of view. This is the third book in The Grecian Women Trilogy. However, you do not have to read this books in order.

This book is about the queen of the Amazons and her sister. It contains war, peace, love, betrayal, sisterhood, family, and a mother's love.

This book is well written and interesting. However, I just don't think this series was really for me. If you enjoy retellings and Greek mythology you may love this series. I suggest you give a read for yourself and not just bypass the series because it wasn't for me.

I was so lucky to get a widget for this book, but it just wasn’t as engaging as I thought it would be. It’s a story I’m familiar with, so I was looking forward to a fresh take but… not entirely sure what it was.

An engrossing retelling of the Amazonian women and a few other Greek mythology characters.
The storyline is engaging and characters come across as flawed and more relatable as humans than the powerful Greek legends that we know.

I liked it. It's greek mythology, a lot of stuff happens in this book. I loved the way the characters were portrayed. It was a really long book, but it was really good.

Here is my review of Queens of Themiscyra by Hannah M. Lynn. Thank you NetGalley for my advanced copy to do a review on.
I have always been a fan of learning history and of course, when wonder woman came out in theaters, I became even more of a fan of the Amazons so when I got asked to review this book of course couldn’t say no!
My knowledge of the Amazons is minimal at best, I know they are some of the strongest warriors and some even cut off their breast to help shoot arrows better, but that’s about it.
The way the author described the world made it so vivid and I felt like I was actually there. Her world building was phenomenal. For that alone I give it 4 stars.
But the ending ruined it. I understand plot twists and not every book has to have a happy ending but why this?!?!?! There was no lessons learned, one of the main character dies, and your just left with… nothing…
I’ve heard some of her other books end the same way and it makes me nervous to read them.
Other than that I absolutely loved this book.

Ive always enjoyed greek mythology, and it is so good to read about these amazonians who come in contact with the greeks but are an entirely separate folk. I love their ways and worldviews, and ive bonded to the characters.

My favorite part is the moment when you read about the other side of the troyan war. You always read about achilles' side of the story, but in truth ive always thought achilles to be arrogant. This story shows exactly that and i think that is a lovely thing, to read about after all the excitement about "the song of achilles" (which tbh i also enjoyed but its good to see the other side).

I love that i did not in fact know of these amazonian warrior women, not really anyway, but that the story touched upon so many stories that i have heard before.

While I enjoyed reading this book, I found it somewhat underwhelming. The characters are not so much nuanced as contradictory (especially Hippolyte), but they maintained my interest well enough. The pacing is pretty good, except that the beginning and around the 60-75% mark are a bit slow (basically, you won't be bored), Lynn has a very particular voice that often feels a bit forced, but some of her descriptions absolutely lovely.

Overall, this is a compelling read, but the somewhat awkward prose and some of the characters' contradictory decisions frequently took me out of the story.

I love Greek mythology retellings so I was excited to get this book. I enjoyed this retelling of the Amazon Queens, Hippolyte and Penthesilea. Although, I was confused a few times reading Hippolyte's story. For such a strong Amazon woman, I questioned some of the decisions she made and it made me not love the story as much. Penthesilea's story felt rushed at times but was enjoyable as well. Overall the author did a beautiful job telling their stories.

"Hippolyte was the Queen of the Amazons. Invincible in human terms. Fearless. How was it possible that any man could break her like this?"

Queens of Themiscyra is powerful story of two women from mythology, actually not just two women but many and their strife and passion. I finished Spartan's sorrow first and started this back to back and I was quite sure that this won't top Spartan's sorrow as I was quite sad reading the story of Clytemnestra. But this was heartbreaking. I just felt so devastated , so much lost for both the Queens of Themiscyra.


Hippolyte was the Queen of Amazon and their life was so simple till a man entered her life and caused the destruction of the whole world they had set themselves in.

"Old enough to consider himself a man, yet still oblivious of the burdens that fell on one who was truly accountable for their actions." Theseus is the typical example of naricissicist, egotistical maniac who believes there's nothing that matters more than him. He is cunning, ready to go lengths to achieve what he desired.

And Hippolyte and ultimately Penthesilea and every woman of Amazon even though not involved directly in the affairs suffered at the hands of Theseus. To be honest one can't help but curse Hippolyte and yet feel broken for her. Love can make people blind even if it is a strong passionate woman.

"For it is not in our own deaths that we face the worst torment a man can know. It is in the deaths of those we love.”

And time and again it is proved how women suffered they fell in love with the wrong man or is there a right man out there?

"She had always believed that she and her sisters were immune to such folly. They loved each other. They loved their lands and their women. Wasn’t that enough? What more could one man possibly bring?"

I have loved this book. The starting is bit slow but it gets interesting. After the war of Athens again things slow down and at first I wasn't interested in the rest of the story but I liked it nevertheless.

This is even better than Spartan's sorrow, very well written.


I will definitely and highly recommend it to all Greek mythology fans out there and those who Will like to read Hippolyte's side of the story.

Thank you Netgalley and sourcebooks landmark for the amazing ARC in exchange of an honest review.

I enjoyed reading the first 65% or so of this book, then everything went south. I found Hippolyte unlikeable and felt many of her choices to be unbelievable. The ending really threw the whole book into a tails pin that the story never really recovered from.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to review this book. All opinions are my own.

Lynn's work is descriptive, and the world building is done very well. I enjoyed getting to read a story about the Amazons and the two queens. I admit, even with the description, I did not expect the plot to go the way it did. This was a pleasant surprise. The characters are well developed and easy to believe /root for. Overall, I liked the book.

I think readers that enjoy the retelling, and the reimagining of ancient myths and legends will enjoy Hannah Lynn's work.


Thank you NetGalley and publisher for the eARC of this work in exchange for my honest review.

A refreshing take on the Amazonian queens and their stories. I enjoyed this, however it appeared that the book was trying to rewrite the women’s story into a feminist approach however failed to reach that at certain moments.

This devastated my heart in the best way possible. Their story was tender and heartbreaking and made me hate Theseus.

Thank you to Sourcebooks Landmark and NetGalley for the ARC of this novel. Before reading this, I knew the broad strokes of the myths of the Amazons and their queens. This novel did a fantastic job of adding in more to the story that you would never get otherwise. While incorporating all of the myths of the Amazons, Lynn was also able to give the queens interiority and pathos and everything that mythology likes to take away from women. So many retellings hit the same beats but this felt new. I really enjoyed it. 4 stars.

I love all things mythology and this was wonderful. It was a great retelling and I can’t wait to see what this author does next. The story was beautiful and the characters were perfect.

"Queens of Themiscyra" tells the story of the two most famous Amazon queens, but - for me at least, it suffered from a lack of character development. The characters all felt rather two dimensional and the story managed to both feel drawn out and rushed.

I'm not sure why I keep torturing myself with reading these beautiful stories of Hannah's even though I KNOW they're tragedies. But also they're so well written and I love them.

This follows Amazonian Queens Hippolyte and Penthesilea in their stories of love, loss, and betrayal after an encounter with Theseus (boo hiss🍅🍅🍅). The story is well done and I like the small moments of kindness both queens share with children that I like to think help out in large ways. I also appreciate the connection to other stories the author has written. About 65% the plot felt like it stalled a little bit, but It picked back up around 75% until the end.