The title had me from the start. Loved the organization and it’s a very easy read. Not overly wordy, but still informative. The artwork was wonderful.

Entertaining and funny collection of stories about women in mythology around the world.

As a huge fan of the Hindu goddess Durga, the cover of this book instantly drew me in. I liked that the stories were spread over a wide variety of cultures; some I knew more about and others I had never heard of. The different anecdotes were about four to five pages long, so I could get a quick read in whenever I found time. There were also really cool illustrations. The language was informal and spiced with a lot of dry humour. Sometimes I would have wished for a little more depth, but all in all, this was a worthwhile read.

Thank you, NetGalley and BenBella Books, for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

Thanks so much to NetGalley for the free Kindle book! My opinions are my own and are freely given.

This is the perfect book if you want to learn more about women from mythology, gain a firm understanding on their stories, but don't want to struggle with long boring texts. Each story is told in just a few pages, condensed enough that you get all the details you need without the feeling it was rushed.

The illustrations are amazing. I am so happy to see an author not using AI for their artwork. This illustrator was amazing.

Loved the book so much!

I enjoyed this book. It was funny, informative, and had pretty illustrations. I do wish the sections were more fleshed out and we were able to learn more about each woman featured, but I understand that it is more a brief overview.

I wanted to like this more than I did.

While I appreciate the wonderfully diverse range of women discussed in the book (a bunch of whom I'd never even heard of) there was so little information about each of them that I was quite often disappointed. This is a really great starting point, but all it does is get you interested enough to go off and do your own googling to find out more about the women who interest you the most. Perhaps this is the author's intention, but I would have preferred more detail, even if it made the book longer. It was quite simplistic and lacked some of the nuance that more complex myths usually have. I think this will appeal to anyone who is keen to see just how important woman have always been, and to see their stories from a different perspective.

This kind of book is really important, it makes stories that have shaped cultures for generations easy to read and gives you a new way to look at them.

I enjoyed the modern tone in which it was written, light hearted, fun and very easy to read. It was great for reading straight through, or jumping around. The artwork was fantastic.

Thanks NetGalley for this ARC

A light hearted, bite sized look at some of the more fascinating women in world mythology.

It reminds me of the Horrible History books, the sort of irrelevant humour and casual style that makes those books so popular. The book was certainly easy to read, and each character only had a handful of pages as it covered their stores. Even when the women in question were having some of the worst things happening to them, the author manages to keep it positive, spinning all manner of good results from terrible actions - usually because of some man in the story.

The artwork scattered throughout the book was great, I don't know if it was done by the author herself, but whoever it is, they really captured the fire, the fury and the forgiveness of these baddass women throughout the world.

I loved that it included so many mythological figures from outside the usual Greek/Roman pantheon that we only ever tend to hear about. I was pleasantly surprised to discover a couple of figures I'd never heard of before. While I would have loved more detail about all the characters covered within this book - and perhaps info on a few not mentioned - the subject is just too wide to ever do it justice. Let's hope for a volume two perhaps.

This was less than I expected by the cover. It was not detailed enough. It was not for the appropriate perspective for non fiction.

That said it was funny and I did learn a lot.

Love love! This is like the best type of encyclopedia of the Greek goddesses. This an easy guide to a modern take of the stories of these characters. Easy reference material and a fun read.

I love a good mythology book but one that is about tough ladies? Even better. There were a few women I had never heard of and that made this book even better. I highly recommend this book for lovers of badass ladies in mythology and people who want a quick boost on why the patriarchy must be overthrown at all costs. Seriously though, this is a very good collection of quick descriptions of tough as nails ladies kicking butts in antiquity. 4.5

This was a fun little read (and great for short spans of reading) of some awesome women in myths and history. I enjoyed the humor and the easy to digest descriptions, especially for some of the ones I wasn’t familiar with already. I wish it’d had a bit more depth to the profiles but it is a great “get your feet wet” journey that would make you go look into your favorites.

Thank you NetGalley & Ninth Bridge for letting me read & review this book!

This book!!! First off i am very well versed eith Greek and Indian myths, but I loved the tales from other regions and cultures too!! The narration if the tale makes it a very easy book to peruse and revisit as the chapters are self contained. Its a come and go book where there's not too much traceability across the chapters and that makes it a very facile read for squeamish readers who want to get their beaks wet in mythology and lore.

I absolutely loved the illustrations which stayed true to the region and cultural ethos of the queens amd goddesses themselves. All in all delighted with the book and cannot wait to get my hard copy to add to Rick Riordans greek myths

My biggest complaint about this book is that it ends. I love the modern voice through out, though it can be a teeny bit cringey in a few spots. The book is organized in a way that makes it easy to either read all the way from start to finish like a normal book and then come back later to skip around to read just the stories you want to read again. I also really liked the artwork. The art style manages to be unique while still feeling true to each culture woman represents.

This was such an interesting read!!

Making a book about women and how badass they truly are and how MEN?! have perveted these women is trully a badass move 💪​💪​

I loved the style of the book with all the magnificent illustrations. The modern writing and the humorous tone were so well done and some of the jokes made me laugh out loud (in public mind you)!! ❤️

I knew about many of these stories (not all in details) but some I hadn't heard of and I'm so glad I now know their story too. I also loved all the details given and the different versions/explanations of the myths. I don't think I have a bad thing to say about this book, I will definitely buy the book once it hits the bookstores :)))

ALSO : The art in this book is so pretty I wanted to tattoo them on my arms!!!❤️❤️❤️