Review: Get to Know Agathon's Daughter
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2012
This is the first book in a trilogy and I cannot wait for the next installment! This tale of a strong willed, strong minded slave Hestia will hold you from the very first pages. The women of ancient Athens were not exactly free no matter their status. The only woman that had any freedom at all were the Hetaera - the educated courtesans of prominent men.Hestia is a slave in the household of Agathon. As he dies she learns a secret that will change the course of her life. Agathon's wife is a most unpleasant woman; unhappy with her lot and looking to change it. The choices she makes send her on a very dangerous path. Agathon's son thinks he will be in control of his life after his father's death but soon learns that is not the case. He has strong feelings for Hestia but his mother's plans for him do not include his loving a slave.Such a delightful, tangled mass of both good and conniving characters! I was drawn in from the very beginning and I stayed up until 4AM to finish the book. While I don't thank Ms. Tyrpak for my lack of sleep I do thank her for a great story. I can't say it was page turner since I read it on my Nook - it was a page clicker! I couldn't click those pages fast enough. heh. The writing was descriptive of time, place and emotion and the characters very well drawn. I am most convinced that I would not want to be a woman in Ancient Athens! But that does not mean I don't want to keep reading about them....I will wait most anxiously for the next installment of this series. I want to see Hestia discover just who she is and get the love she so deserves. I am sure it is not going to come easy but I am sure she will get what she deserves