I Can’t Wait For…Inanna by Emily H. Wilson
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about but haven’t yet read. Most of the time they’re books that have yet to be released, but not always. It’s based on the Waiting on Wednesday meme, which was originally hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
This week my Can’t-Wait-For Book is Inanna by Emily H. Wilson!
Inanna (Sumerians #1) by Emily H. Wilson Genres: Fantasy
Published on: 1st August 2023
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The fates of a young goddess, a warrior, and a mortal soldier collide in this enthralling and lyrical fantasy re-telling of The Epic of Gilgamesh that will captivate readers of Madeline Miller and Jennifer Saint.
Stories are sly things…they can be hard to catch and kill.
Inanna is an impossibility, the first full Anunnaki born on Earth. Crowned the goddess of love by the twelve immortal Anunnaki who are worshipped across Sumer, she is destined for greatness.
But Inanna is born into a time of war. The Anunnaki have split into warring factions, threatening to tear the world apart. Forced into a marriage to negotiate a peace, she soon realises she has been placed in terrible danger.
Gilgamesh, a mortal human son of the Anunnaki, and notorious womaniser, finds himself captured and imprisoned by King Akka who seeks to distance himself and his people from the gods. Arrogant and selfish, Gilgamesh is given one final chance to prove himself.
Ninshubar, a powerful warrior woman, is cast out of her tribe after an act of kindness. Hunted by her own people, she escapes across the country, searching for acceptance and a new place in the world.
As their journeys push them closer together, and their fates intertwine, they come to realise that together, they may have the power to change to face of the world forever.
EXCUSE ME
WHAT
IS THIS REAL? CAN IT BE SO? HAVE ALL MY DREAMS COME TRUE AT ONCE AND NONE OF YOU TOLD ME???
You don’t understand, Inanna has owned my soul since baby!Sia read Hal Duncan’s Vellum – she’s probably my very favourite goddess ever, and I never meet anyone who knows about her, you have to hunt for stories where she’s even mentioned, and forget her being featured.
AND NOW IT’S HER NAME ON THE COVER AND I AM JUST SHRIEKING FOR JOY!!!
I’m already excited for Wilson’s take on the Anunnaki, just from the hints gleaned from the book description – and it’s a retelling of The Epic of Gilgamesh as well?! I don’t know what we did to deserve this but if you do, let me know so I can make sure it happens again!
I admit, it sounds like Wilson is not going with the homoerotic interpretation of The Epic (I’m genuinely surprised the blurb doesn’t even mention Enkidu, who is, depending on your take, either Gilgamesh’s bestie or lover, but in either case is very much Gilgamesh’s Most Important Person) which is a bit disappointing, but I will forgive a lot to see the original Queen of Heaven get the attention and adoration she deserves!
And the COVER, designed by Julia Lloyd! Someone really did their homework – those eight-pointed stars are Inanna’s symbol, a shape which is literally known as the Star of Inanna (or Star of Ishtar, Ishtar being Inanna’s Akkadian counterpart/aspect)! And her WINGS, and the ziggurat! I’m impressed and delighted and grateful for the care and attention to detail that went into this.
It makes me very hopeful that the book itself will be the same!
You can read an excerpt of the first chapter here!
I will be counting down the hours until this one!
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