A fun, clever ride if you love Greek mythology with a sharp feminist twist. Bea Fitzgerald does a fantastic job flipping the script on Ariadne’s story, turning her from a abandoned maiden into a fierce protagonist who is totally done with the "heroic" men taking all the credit. Her partnership with the chaotic wine god Dionysus is pure gold, filled with the exact kind of snappy, witty banter that fans of Fitzgerald's will love.

The fake-marriage trope is executed beautifully, and the romance is a perfect slow-burn that keeps you hooked while the characters work to reclaim their own narratives.

If you prefer standard myth retellings, the highly modern sensibilities and contemporary dialogue style might take a moment to get used to. Still, it is a deeply empowering, wonderfully inclusive, and fiercely entertaining read that firmly cements Fitzgerald as a must-read author for myth lovers.

Thank you very much for the ARC!

I fell in love with the myth of Ariadne and Dionysus when reading Jennifer Saint's debut novel based on the myth. I was so excited when I saw that Bea had an upcoming novel about them!
I absolutely adored this book and it certainly did the myth justice for me. Dionysus will always be a favoured God of mine and his love for Ariadne and vice versa is such a lovely thing to read about in Greek mythology.
Bea's books always have inclusivity involved in them which are relevant to both the modern world today and the world of Greek mythology. I can't wait to reread this!

Really enjoyed this!! Bea is definitely an auto buy author for me. I loved the story a lot it didnt feel slow at all and kept me intrigued all throughout. The romance was great and i loved the different themes included.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4.5/5

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for the opportunity to read an ARC of This Divine Revelry ahead of its September release.

I’ve read Bea Fitzgerald’s other three mythology books, so I was very excited to dive into another Greek mythology retelling — and this time it’s Ariadne’s story, with Dionysus thrown into the mix.

The book gets off to a seriously action-packed start, before settling into the heart of Ariadne’s story: betrayal, revenge, feminine rage and a woman deciding she’s had enough of being a footnote in a man’s story. And honestly… nothing hurts quite like a woman scorned. 😂

One of the things I always love about Bea’s books is how easy they are to read. Her writing has such a natural humour to it, and This Divine Revelry had me genuinely laughing out loud, particularly the banter and dynamic between Ariadne and Dionysus. Their relationship was definitely one of my favourite parts of the book.

I also really appreciate the way Bea continues to play with gender and sexuality in her mythology retellings rather than simply defaulting to traditional, heteronormative storylines. Dionysus being gender-fluid non-confirming adds another interesting layer to the character and to the story, and it felt very naturally woven into the narrative.

At its heart, this is a story about women reclaiming their power and refusing to let men control the stories that define them. Ariadne’s journey from being used and discarded to deciding she can rewrite the narrative herself was incredibly satisfying.

There’s feminine rage, revenge, romance, humour and a whole lot of Greek mythology — basically everything I’ve come to expect from a Bea Fitzgerald retelling.

I think this might actually be my favourite of Bea’s mythology books so far. 💜

Women don’t need to be footnotes in men’s stories. They can change the whole damn story.

4.5 ⭐️ (rounded up) 🐬

This was such an entertaining read. I really enjoy this depiction of Ariadnes story and how new life was breathed into the familiar mytho and seeing Ariadnes develop as a character and come into her own as the plot progressed.

Dionysus was such a chaotic menace, but so utterly charming, and I really liked the way that his imperfections and insecurities were portrayed as it made him feel like such a real, relatable character. The slow burn dynamic between him and Ariadne was so beautifully done.

Theseus is up there as one of my least favourite ‘heroes’ in Greek Mythology, and I’m so pleased that he was portrayed in this as the arrogant and selfish prat he is.

As someone who has read and adored Bea Fitzgerald other mythology retellings, I really liked having appearances, mentions and references to other characters from those books.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced reader copy of this book. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Bea Fitzgerald is back with her best book yet, full of her trademark mix of whimsy, action, romance, and timely life lessons! This Divine Revelry is both the darkest AND the funniest of Fitzgerald’s Greek myth retelling quartet, in some ways the most grown up and the book I’d most want young girls to read. Ariadne and Dionysus’ story broke my heart into a million pieces and remade it into a better, more hopeful vision of what the world could be.

I love that the story breaks away from the virginal young girls finding her true love and sealing it with loss of the big V. Because as Bea points out, how gross is it that we are still indoctrinating young girls that their worth as human beings is giving their body to a man, essentially reducing girls to chattel? Ariadne faces some seriously messed up relationships with the men in this story, but I love that Dionysus is able to first and foremost be her friend to help her overcome the many ways society harms young girls.

I also loved the mental health and gender rep with Dionysus, which clearly comes from an informed and empathetic place. I can honestly say I’ve never highlighted an ebook more - I am going I have to buy more sticky tabs to annotate my gorgeous hardback!

By far Bea Fitzgerald’s best book to date. I do not accept this is her last retelling, we need to start a petition to convince her to write more, because if this one is any indication, she is a master of her craft and sorely needed.

Thank you to the publisher for the eARC via Netgalley, which I have voluntarily chosen to review.

I devoured this book completely. Absolutely could not put down and when I did all I wanted to do while at work was get home to read it.
To begin this book had be laughing, kicking and giggling my feet, outraged and then crying. My emotions were everywhere and I loved it.
Every character in this book was so fleshed out especially Ariadne and Dionysus. As individual characters there is so much to love about them especially the personal growth but together I was obsessed. It was so funny with their constant back and forth especially towards the end because I swear Ariadne was trying to give him heart failure.
I loved exploring the relationship Ariadne had with her sister as I love a complicated family dynamic especially within royalty. Her brothers were also intriguing. Her father should be locked in the labyrinth.
The side characters absolutely dominated this book, they were all so incredible especially Opora and Silen who I cried over. Like if I wasn’t already crying over Ariadne and Dionysus those two done me in.
Hermes was so funny in this book and honestly any little snippets of the gods were interesting to see all the dynamics.
Helen being mentioned!? I was making a little timeline in my head of this book series and now want to do a chronological read through.
Perseus hated. Despises.
Theseus…I already hated that man from Queens of Themisecyra by Hannah Lynn…I didn’t think I could hate him even more but shocker I can! Honestly props to Bea for that. I genuinely wanted to go into this book and beat that man up. Anytime a woman was near him all I wanted to do was shout “RUN! RUN NOW!”
The pacing of the book was great, I was never bored once. There was always something interesting happening be it action or with the characters.
The writing was also amazing. Funny yet moving when it needed to be.
Overall this book was incredible and I honestly want to re-read it already.