Fascinated by the myth of Cupid and Psyche throughout his life, C. S. Lewis wrote this, his last novel, to retell their story from the perspective of Psyche’ s sister, Orual: “ I saw well why the gods do not speak to us openly, nor let us answer . . . Why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? How can they meet us face to face till we have faces? ” Lewis provides an engaging retelling of one of the most popular myths from antiquity with what The Saturday Review called “ new meaning, new depths, new terrors. ” With his trademark insightfulness, Lewis reminds us of our own fallibility and the role of a higher power in our lives.