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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
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
medium-paced
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
🐊 What the River Knows by author Book review 🐊
🕯Read this in spanish so I'm including the Spanish cover as well🕯
⭐️ The Mummy but with Magic
⭐️ Adventure and Mystery
⭐️ Slow Burn
⭐️ Rivals to Lovers
⭐️ Magical Realism
My final rating is 3.75 ⭐️
It takes a 0🌶 rating for me (No explicit scenes. Just kissing)(YA)
🕯
Fun fact: Idk why but my Spanish edition of the book has a mistake that says the first chapter takes place 4 years after the prologue when it's actually a few months and I was so confused lol
When I was a kid I was obsessed with Ancient Egypt and the movie The Mummy, I would have died to read this book in that era. It would have probably become my favorite book of all time.
I did feel like the book was aimed at a bit of a more younger audience maybe but I still had a pretty good time with it.
The FMC, Inez, was very brave and resourceful I have to admit. She did trust people she shouldn't have but it's part of her journey from a pretty sheltered lady to who she is becoming by the end of this book. And I fear she has even more bad things to learn in the next one.
I loved the MMC, Whit, how he started shedding his armour for Inez. Again if I had read this at 13 he would have become my new favorite book boyfriend next to Jace Herondale. I fear for what he has done at the ending of the book but it will also make of a wonderful and painful drama so I'm here for the ride.
I felt like the book turned a bit predictable in the middle but I will admit that I did not expect the things that happened in those last few chapters. I cannot wait to read the sequel.
🕯
🕯Read this in spanish so I'm including the Spanish cover as well🕯
⭐️ The Mummy but with Magic
⭐️ Adventure and Mystery
⭐️ Slow Burn
⭐️ Rivals to Lovers
⭐️ Magical Realism
My final rating is 3.75 ⭐️
It takes a 0🌶 rating for me (No explicit scenes. Just kissing)(YA)
🕯
Fun fact: Idk why but my Spanish edition of the book has a mistake that says the first chapter takes place 4 years after the prologue when it's actually a few months and I was so confused lol
When I was a kid I was obsessed with Ancient Egypt and the movie The Mummy, I would have died to read this book in that era. It would have probably become my favorite book of all time.
I did feel like the book was aimed at a bit of a more younger audience maybe but I still had a pretty good time with it.
The FMC, Inez, was very brave and resourceful I have to admit. She did trust people she shouldn't have but it's part of her journey from a pretty sheltered lady to who she is becoming by the end of this book. And I fear she has even more bad things to learn in the next one.
I loved the MMC, Whit, how he started shedding his armour for Inez. Again if I had read this at 13 he would have become my new favorite book boyfriend next to Jace Herondale. I fear for what he has done at the ending of the book but it will also make of a wonderful and painful drama so I'm here for the ride.
I felt like the book turned a bit predictable in the middle but I will admit that I did not expect the things that happened in those last few chapters. I cannot wait to read the sequel.
🕯