Scribbler’s Ink Saturday Book Review

If you are looking for a terrific, fast paced, don’t want to put it down read to curl up with this weekend, then check out Author Betsy Ellor’s new release. 

Some books don’t just invite you into their world, they place you shoulder to shoulder with the heroine and invite you to stay. Hera: Kingdom of Lies by Betsy Ellor did just that for me. The storytelling is masterful. The characters are complex and morally tanged leaving the reader never sure who was good, bad or living somewhere in the uneasy gray. Hera’s evolution from dreams of love, marriage and queenship to frustration, fury and unwavering resolve felt relatable. What I loved most is how this author writes with the reader, not at them. I didn’t observe Hera’s choices, I experienced them beside her. 

Rooted in Greek myth intertwined with modern fire, this novel reimagines Hera not as the jealous villain we think we know, but as a woman coming into her own power Before Olympus gleamed. Before Zeus ruled, Hera did. When Zeus fresh from war and drunk on his own charm and ego, seizes control what begins as a seduction qui9ckly become entrapment. Forced into a marriage she never wanted, Hera must learn how to survive and rule within a system designed to silence her. Through cunning, strategy, unexpected alliances and fierce maternal devotion, she reshapes power on her own terms, even as betrayal, desire and divine politics threaten to undo everything.