Invictus

We Were Gods #4

by Ramona Meisel

“I want to take your wanton mouth into mine and blow stars down your throat.”

Invictus is a small collection of poems in the We were Gods universe, inspired by the tale of Achilles and Patroclus, set in the modern world. It accompanies the journey of two young people falling in love and how it feels for one of them to be left in despair. It takes love, loss, grief and rage and pushes them into raw words.

Unknown Binding

First published September 1, 2018

About the author

Ramona Meisel is an artist, writer and mythology nerd living in Germany. She’s a strange human hybrid of mended bones and a soul ripped apart at the edges. Her tongue is sharp enough to cut and her mind keen enough to bleed. When she’s not haunting the net she’s perfectly content to lose time in prose and poetry.

Reviews

[Fleur · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was getting ready to sob my little heart out, but instead I felt numb. Amazing, amazing work about passion, love, grief and surviving.

[row row · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars, another beautiful but little known retelling of Achilles and Patroclus that I think any Greek mythology fan should read. I don’t know why Ramona Meisel isn’t more recommended, because this writing is beautiful and I’m waiting for a novel.

[Mona · Rating 5 out of 5]

2nd read in December 2020:
I don't know how it's possible but I couldn't remember almost anything from this story so it felt like reading it for the first time all over again.
I forgot it ended like this, I forgot we had so much of Achilles and Patroclus before the accident. Everything broke me, I'm a mess.

1st read in May 2020:
Ah yes, a modern retelling of Achilles and Patroclus, of course I was going to sob.
Once again, it was so good.