WINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDEN POPPY OCTAVIA E. BUTLER AWARD 'A brilliant and luminous writer'
Madeline Miller author of The Song of Achilles and Circe 'Riveting sublime magical and
wildly subversive' CristinäGarcía author of Dreaming in Cuban 'A natural storyteller'
Washington Post Theirs was a love that defied the gods... Beautiful headstrong Psyche has
captured the eye of every suitor - but also the jealous gaze of Aphrodite. When she is tied to
a rock to be sacrificed to a 'monstrous husband' no monster arrives: instead she is spirited
away by Aphrodite's daughter Eros. Eros goddess of desire can change gender at will. In her
hidden palace she visits Psyche under a cloak of darkness unable to reveal her face. As they
discover new pleasures together Psyche is tempted to break her vow not to look... Gloriously
anarchic and seductive Caro De Robertis' gender-fluid retelling of this classic myth is a
masterpiece. GLOWING READER REVIEWS 'A beautiful story about the power of autonomy' ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
'Heart-wrenching hard-hitting beautifully written sumptuous poetic romantic and (because
Eros is the goddess of desire) utterly scorching in places' ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ 'A gorgeous retelling
and one I will no doubt read again! ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ 'Overall stunning prose incredible chemistry
gorgeous characters just a beauty of a retelling!' ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ 'I cannot tell you how much I
loved this there will never be enough words to describe how much I enjoyed the experience of
reading this (and believe me there were many tears involved)' ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ The Palace of Eros was
a Sunday Times bestseller w c 19 08 24
