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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
I wanted to DNF this book when I first started. I read over 100 pages and just wasn’t getting into it, so I placed it down for a later time.
I am glad I ended up picking it back up. While it was a rough start, the excitement, adventure and yearning did start to pickup.
Some of the romantic moments were oddly worded or placed, for example (trying my best with no spoilers), at one moment, where our male romantic lead, Whit, is showing our female main character something special, kind of like a Christmas gift, he’s helping her untie some knot, a makeshift harness if you will and then our female main character, Inez, has this thought that she wants his hands all over her body. Keep in mind she’s just made this life shattering grand discovery too that would probably make any normal human paralyzed with grief.
It just felt so goofy and this wasn’t a one off. I know romantasy is all the rage right now, but can we just take a step back and truly acknowledge if it adds to the moment or is for the trend.
Anyway, that’s why it’s a 3. It wasn’t bad and I look forward to seeing if book 2 remedies these issues.
It isn’t the authentic “Egyptian” cultural experience many are looking to read about. It’s more Hollywood with its ancient Egyptian aesthetics, the film, the Mummy, is close enough comparison.
I am glad I ended up picking it back up. While it was a rough start, the excitement, adventure and yearning did start to pickup.
Some of the romantic moments were oddly worded or placed, for example (trying my best with no spoilers), at one moment, where our male romantic lead, Whit, is showing our female main character something special, kind of like a Christmas gift, he’s helping her untie some knot, a makeshift harness if you will and then our female main character, Inez, has this thought that she wants his hands all over her body. Keep in mind she’s just made this life shattering grand discovery too that would probably make any normal human paralyzed with grief.
It just felt so goofy and this wasn’t a one off. I know romantasy is all the rage right now, but can we just take a step back and truly acknowledge if it adds to the moment or is for the trend.
Anyway, that’s why it’s a 3. It wasn’t bad and I look forward to seeing if book 2 remedies these issues.
It isn’t the authentic “Egyptian” cultural experience many are looking to read about. It’s more Hollywood with its ancient Egyptian aesthetics, the film, the Mummy, is close enough comparison.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was such a fun read. I liked playing with different tropes. I found Inez a little annoying sometimes but I had such a great time reading it
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loved this one! Different from a lot of books I read. The setting was so fun and I loved the slow burn. That ending though 😩
Lots of twists and turns and that ending... what a cliffhanger. Starting the next book right now!
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The fmc acts like a little child. She acts like a spoiled brat who has never been told no in her entire life. She is dumb and constantly makes dumb choices and the scene with the ring annoyed me greatly. She could have avoided it and if nor turned it in her favor, but no she acts like a child and later she again acts like that when she decides to sneak out. The mmc is also annoying and arrogant. The author is trying to make him look cool and cocky, but fails. Everyone important treats her like a child and she proves them right. I don't feel any chemistry between them, their romance is painfully forced. You don't need to have a romance in every book. when she arrives in Egypt alone and with loads of baggage she decides to treat the person who is supposed to help her badly just because of his accent, because he is British. Who acts like that? When she is alone in a train with a random man she decides to treat him badly just because. That scene was created purely to get that ring stolen because people do not act like that and it was infuriating. I don't like the writing. I don't like when authors write almost entirely in English, but decide to put random words from different languages to make to show that the characters speak those languages, it doesn't feel genuine. Either write in English or that language fully, and I am not talking when the language is used organically, for names, dishes or words that cannot be translated etc., here it just feels fake. We are supposed to be in the year 1884, but the way they speak is too modern, the attitude are also too modern.
I could get over them, especially the insertion of words if the characters weren't so dull, if the book and characters weren't so boring and if the fmc didn't read like a 14 year old.
The book also likes to dump information on us by making the mc have internal monologues, or long conversations, instead of implementing it naturally. I don't really see the point of the magic. It could be replaced with everything and the book wouldn't change. Also supposedly, the mmc is engaged but still flirts with the fmc and the romance is still going, he steals from her and I don't want to read about that especially since I am sure the author is going to make them get back together in the second book.
This is pitched like The Mummy, but it could never compare to it.
I could get over them, especially the insertion of words if the characters weren't so dull, if the book and characters weren't so boring and if the fmc didn't read like a 14 year old.
The book also likes to dump information on us by making the mc have internal monologues, or long conversations, instead of implementing it naturally. I don't really see the point of the magic. It could be replaced with everything and the book wouldn't change. Also supposedly, the mmc is engaged but still flirts with the fmc and the romance is still going, he steals from her and I don't want to read about that especially since I am sure the author is going to make them get back together in the second book.
This is pitched like The Mummy, but it could never compare to it.
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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