Sweetbitter Song

Sweetbitter Song

Author: Rosie Hewlett Listening Length: 17h 47m
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Perfect for fans of The Song of Achilles and from the award-winning author of The Witch of Colchis comes a profoundly moving story of two women on the shores of Ithaca, in the shadows of a legendary war, who must face their own battle – one of sisterhood, survival, and a forbidden love that could destroy them both. On...

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Chapter 47

Bodies churned in a sea of drunken flesh.

It was chaos. Chaos wrapped in the stench of wine and sweat and meat.

I walked silently beside Penelope, wondering if there were any sight more vile than a room full of intoxicated, entitled men.

Once the suitors noticed Penelope’s presence, they began to cheer, ogling her with hazy eyes. They did not look at her as a queen but as a prize, a vessel for their own glory. I fought the urge to bare my teeth at them.