Having enjoyed my last Amalia Carosella – By Helen’s Hand ( review) – I most certainly couldn’t pass the chance to encounter my next favourite book.īeing passionate about mythology and folklore, Tamer of Horses was so up my alley, it is putting harsh competition to my love of dark chocolate, Christmas cookies and frozen strawberries, which is saying a lot since I am a fanatic of all those things. Pirithous needs a strong queen at his side, and Hippodamia will certainly be that-if he can win her loyalties.īut no matter their differences, neither Hippodamia nor Pirithous expected their wedding banquet to be the first battle in a war. There are those among the centaurs who feel it comes at too high a price, and Peleus, King of the Myrmidons, lusts for the lush valley of the Lapiths and the horses that graze within it. But not everyone wants peace on the mountain. The oaths and promises protecting the Lapith people from the Myrmidons have lapsed, and the last thing Pirithous needs is to begin his kingship by making new enemies. But Hippodamia can hardly refuse to marry him without betraying every hope her people have for peace.Īfter the death of Dia, queen of the Lapiths, tensions are running high. It would be a fine match if Pirithous weren’t more pirate than king and insufferably conceited, besides. The king of the centaurs saved her, raised her as his own, and in exchange asks for only one thing: she must marry the future king of the Lapiths, Pirithous, son of Zeus, and forge a lasting peace between their peoples by giving him an heir.

More than two decades before the events of Helen of Sparta…Ībandoned as a baby, Hippodamia would have died of exposure on the mountain had it not been for Centaurus. *ARC provided via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review*

By Helen's Hand by Amalia Carosella