Point of View

The novel is written in first person from the limited perspective of Bri Greene. The limited perspective means the reader knows only what Bri knows. There are several situations in this novel in which Bri knows something is going on but does not understand. When Bri and Circe find Persephone in the Poison Garden involved in some sort of ritual, Circe becomes angry. Bri does not understand what she is seeing, meaning she is not able to explain this to the reader. There are enough details that the reader may come to some conclusions, but Bri does not understand until they are on the island of Aeaea where Persephone dies. Another example of this limited perspective is that Circe and Marie protect Bri from seeing what happens in the Grotto under the Brooklyn Museum. In that case, Bri does not see enough to even offer...