The story is told in a very modern tone which makes it an easy read and not as dense as most mythology. I love that Orgel is giving these goddesses their voices, they are so overlooked in mythology.

Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera each tell her own story from her own point of view.

These stories told within this book are so rich with detail, yet very understandable (even to a young audience). I really like that the stories are told straight from the perspective of the Goddesses themselves, which is something new, and it adds an interesting insight! In addition, the illustrations really enhance the stories! I am so impressed with this selection!

This compilation of myths features three major female figures/ goddesses in Greek mythology. Each of the stories focus on a particular goddess, Athena, Aphrodite, and/or Hera, and provides further insight as to how she came to hold such great significance in the culture.
I believe that this book's meaning and importance lies heavily in the messages it conveys to an older age group of young readers. By focusing on three female entities and highlighting their individual backgrounds, it not only discusses the Greek culture's value in them, but it also provides a more egalitarian outlook on important figures in spirituality. As a woman, much of what I would read when I was younger was focused on males as being the powerful historical and/ or religious beings and models for people to look up to. However, with We Goddesses, I believe that this shows how women too have an active stance and position in such realms and gives young audiences more advanced and open world views that do not point to the oppression or belittling of certain categories of being.

Author Doris Orgel brilliantly retells the stories of three of the most loved goddesses – Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera. The stories are told not in the third person in the normal form of a myth, but rather from the point of view of the goddesses themselves, in the first person. Each story tells how the goddesses was born or created, describes her powers and gifts, and retells some of the most famous myths about her. The stories are told in order from the moment of creation forward, along a connected timeline. For example, Hera’s story begins with her birth, then moves to her meeting Zeus, tells us of his adulterous love affairs, then their marriage, then his infidelity afterwards and how Hera deals with this. Athena’s story includes her birth, her childhood and youthful playmates, then the competition between her and Poseidon to become ruler of the city that will later be known as Athens. Aphrodite’s story includes her creation from sea foam, her first meeting with the gods and goddesses on Olympus, major love affairs she caused or was involved in herself, and her role in the Trojan War. All three stories are skillfully intertwined so the goddesses are connected by their relationships with each other and their relationships with Zeus, king of the gods.