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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i found inez to be really frustratingly accurate to a teenaged girl- which is a good thing if you’re looking to rip all of your own hair out every chapter or so
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse
Moderate: Addiction
A 3.5, but I hate to say that I had to round this one down. I love the concepts in this novel. Magic? Egypt? Archaeology? Love it! I even mostly enjoy Inez as a character, and I’m interested in her dynamic and romance with Whit moving into the next book. Without spoilers, I also love a few big moments that happened in the last few chapters that will leave lasting consequences. It takes guts to stick to that and I think it’s great. I particularly enjoy Ibanez’s knack for writing complicated family dynamics.
My problem is… the first 70% of this novel, which unfortunately is way too long for it to drag like this. It took soooo long to get to the tombs. So long!!! So much of this novel is Inez whining about getting the truth out of her uncle, trying to escape whatever room she’s confined to, run off and cause more problems. Nothing really happens except her trying to make stuff happen and it’s not all that exciting. The last 30%? Great! I wish that we had spent more time on the archeology digs instead of getting to said digs. It would have had more exciting action, more interesting conversations. It just felt really slow until we got to Cleopatra’s tomb, and then that went by too quickly.
The prose itself is really good, and I’m invested enough to pick up the second one – in fact, there’s a lot I’m excited to discover – I just wish the good parts of the book hadn’t been stuffed into the backend.
My problem is… the first 70% of this novel, which unfortunately is way too long for it to drag like this. It took soooo long to get to the tombs. So long!!! So much of this novel is Inez whining about getting the truth out of her uncle, trying to escape whatever room she’s confined to, run off and cause more problems. Nothing really happens except her trying to make stuff happen and it’s not all that exciting. The last 30%? Great! I wish that we had spent more time on the archeology digs instead of getting to said digs. It would have had more exciting action, more interesting conversations. It just felt really slow until we got to Cleopatra’s tomb, and then that went by too quickly.
The prose itself is really good, and I’m invested enough to pick up the second one – in fact, there’s a lot I’m excited to discover – I just wish the good parts of the book hadn’t been stuffed into the backend.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
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:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
So much happens in this book?? Like it was fast paced but bc so much was happening it felt really long
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
adventurous
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:
No
I feel like I just went on an amazing adventure FULL of twists and turns! 🤯 What a cliff hanger to end on!!!
Just too sappy, cozy, mysterious, but the mystery wasn't really compelling. I may come back to it again. It definitely did not give The Mummy vibes like TikTok claimed. Yes, it has Egypt. Yes, a big and a girl. But Rick and Evie they were not. At. All.