Member Review
Review by
Michelle R, Reviewer
The Mummy meets Death on the Nile? I don't think I've ever requested an ARC so fast.
I was obsessed from page 1. I took my time reading this only because I couldn't think about it ending and the long wait until we could delve back into the lush, historical world.
This is literally everything I've been wanting in a fictional book about Egypt. With the touches of magic and immersive landscapes, the book came to life with each turn of the page.
Inez was a bit naive but she was so headstrong. What wouldn't she do to find her parents? I couldn't stand how her Tio kept blaming her for the messes she found herself in, when if there had been honest communication, she wouldn't have even been in them! But alas, that is *always* the main issue in YA books...or any book. Communication. It's always going to boil down to it. And I'm always going to want to ring the characters neck not utilizing it.
Whit. I don't know where he falls in all of this. But he's book bf material. Good. Bad. Neutral. I don't even care at this point.
The magic with Cleopatra. I want more. I want a prequel of this Cleopatra and the world she lived so badly. The glimpses we got just simply aren't enough. I think Isabel Ibanez could really write the perfect Cleopatra historical fantasy book that I've needed my whole life.
So to put one final rave into this review. The way the author puts down into her characters how I feel about the artifacts removed from the tombs and resting places, just thank you. I can't believe history has desecrated these ancient places. It's one thing to go and visit and admire while leaving these places whole. It's another to remove anything from the grounds. Culture and history and beliefs were stolen from these lands and it's not right.
So.
This book was perfection for me. Pure perfection. The wait until we can dive back in will be agony as who knows when it will be since this one still won't be out into the world for months. But if there's anything I've learned, it's that the author is going to absolutely make the wait worth it.
I was obsessed from page 1. I took my time reading this only because I couldn't think about it ending and the long wait until we could delve back into the lush, historical world.
This is literally everything I've been wanting in a fictional book about Egypt. With the touches of magic and immersive landscapes, the book came to life with each turn of the page.
Inez was a bit naive but she was so headstrong. What wouldn't she do to find her parents? I couldn't stand how her Tio kept blaming her for the messes she found herself in, when if there had been honest communication, she wouldn't have even been in them! But alas, that is *always* the main issue in YA books...or any book. Communication. It's always going to boil down to it. And I'm always going to want to ring the characters neck not utilizing it.
Whit. I don't know where he falls in all of this. But he's book bf material. Good. Bad. Neutral. I don't even care at this point.
The magic with Cleopatra. I want more. I want a prequel of this Cleopatra and the world she lived so badly. The glimpses we got just simply aren't enough. I think Isabel Ibanez could really write the perfect Cleopatra historical fantasy book that I've needed my whole life.
So to put one final rave into this review. The way the author puts down into her characters how I feel about the artifacts removed from the tombs and resting places, just thank you. I can't believe history has desecrated these ancient places. It's one thing to go and visit and admire while leaving these places whole. It's another to remove anything from the grounds. Culture and history and beliefs were stolen from these lands and it's not right.
So.
This book was perfection for me. Pure perfection. The wait until we can dive back in will be agony as who knows when it will be since this one still won't be out into the world for months. But if there's anything I've learned, it's that the author is going to absolutely make the wait worth it.
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