Desirae Murray answers “Is this a stand-alone? Or a sequel to Song...”

Taylor asked this question about Circe:

Is this a stand-alone? Or a sequel to Song of Achilles?

Desirae Murray For the first question no, because we are immersing ourselves into the mind and experience of a powerful female titian in a world controlled by men. "…moreFor the first question no, because we are immersing ourselves into the mind and experience of a powerful female titian in a world controlled by men. "When I was born, the name for what I was did not exist;" Before Circe existed, she was already deemed lower than gods and mankind itself. Her story, although sad, is not considered a stand-alone because family life and exile has ostracized Circe to the point of honing her magic skills. As for the second question yes, SoA is a modern re-telling of the Iliad and Achilles is the star along with his boyfriend Patroclus. While the previous tale concerns of heroic warfare, in Circe, Odysseus is dissing the romantic allusion of the Trojan War.

Real heroes are not so honorable, Odysseus used nighttime raids to gain the upper hand, and Helen, snuck outside of Troy's walls to sleep with her vengeful husband Menelaus. By doing this in the novel, readers are given an expose of how stories are told; Circe has lived longer than humanity's existence. So it only makes sense that, in reality, the tale in itself is determined by individual perspective.(less)

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