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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I was fairly quickly captivated by Inez on her adventure to Egypt. The author does a great job of immersing the reader into late 19th century Cairo. I also loved the magic throughout the story. The up-and-down relationship between Inez and Whit was sometimes irritating, but I like Inez's pluck and her adventuresome spirit. I'll read the second book soon.
I just could not. I read 20 percent and admitted defeat because I hated everyone in the book and was grinding my teeth. I'm so disappointed. The setting has me so hopeful.
This book had a very cool feel to it and good twists and turns but I don’t know that I would recommend it to people because it has a huge cliffhanger at the end and then I decided to read spoilers for the sequel because I was kind of stressed out by the “trust no one” type books and it sounds like the sequel is even more of that and a messy plot.
I was excited for a book about old-school Egyptologists, but this was pretty mid. The enemies to lovers trope seemed kind of forced and without any real chemistry backing it. But the characters were pretty flat, so it’s hard to create chemistry with that.
The book was also pretty slow due to all the “I came to Egypt to find the truth,” “You have to go home” back and forth for the whole book.
The magic in the story didn’t make sense since it wasn’t well explained and just kind of randomly popped up occasionally. It was like the author wrote most of it without any magic and then decided it was needed for one plot point.
I also felt that the author was trying to push a modern agenda about stolen antiquities. That agenda in itself isn’t bad, but the way she went about it didn’t work: it was still about non-Egyptian “saviors” of cultural heritage without a strong Egyptian perspective (even though it is supposed to take place in Egypt).
The book was also pretty slow due to all the “I came to Egypt to find the truth,” “You have to go home” back and forth for the whole book.
The magic in the story didn’t make sense since it wasn’t well explained and just kind of randomly popped up occasionally. It was like the author wrote most of it without any magic and then decided it was needed for one plot point.
I also felt that the author was trying to push a modern agenda about stolen antiquities. That agenda in itself isn’t bad, but the way she went about it didn’t work: it was still about non-Egyptian “saviors” of cultural heritage without a strong Egyptian perspective (even though it is supposed to take place in Egypt).
adventurous
slow-paced
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
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
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Thank you Wednesday books for my eARC!
I have read Isabel Ibañez's previous books and What The River knows is undoubtedly her best works yet, the book has an enticing historical background of Egypt in the 1800's, that its self would have been enough reason for me to pick up this book but the author's clever mix of a bit of mystery is everything I needed, it added a bit of flair to the already intriguing storyline. I knew Isabel's is a great storyteller who can map her plots with such vivid and rich details, I absolutely loved the amount of detail she gives us about ancient Egypt that goes back to Cleopatra and Roman history(I ate it up). If you are a lover of The Mummy universe with a hint of Indiana Jones/ National Treasure ,it is hard to not fall in love with this book. Without having to say, the setting of this book is my number one favorite thing from the story
I also have to mention how wonderful the characters are, well written, complex and fun. The MC Inez is such a lovely character with persistence, bravery with a touch of feminism, she would redefine the rules or go against any unrealistic conventions. I adore her unruly yet chin up attitude in every situation she is thrown into, and the adorable romance with hand grazes and soft kisses with a hot and cold Mr.Whit is all I wanted. He is often broody yet a charmer that would sway anyone, I really enjoyed their chemistry. There are some fun elements like family dynamics, brutal betrayals and even more brutal cliffhangers lol, I am going to wait for the sequel with not so much patience.
I have read Isabel Ibañez's previous books and What The River knows is undoubtedly her best works yet, the book has an enticing historical background of Egypt in the 1800's, that its self would have been enough reason for me to pick up this book but the author's clever mix of a bit of mystery is everything I needed, it added a bit of flair to the already intriguing storyline. I knew Isabel's is a great storyteller who can map her plots with such vivid and rich details, I absolutely loved the amount of detail she gives us about ancient Egypt that goes back to Cleopatra and Roman history(I ate it up). If you are a lover of The Mummy universe with a hint of Indiana Jones/ National Treasure ,it is hard to not fall in love with this book. Without having to say, the setting of this book is my number one favorite thing from the story
I also have to mention how wonderful the characters are, well written, complex and fun. The MC Inez is such a lovely character with persistence, bravery with a touch of feminism, she would redefine the rules or go against any unrealistic conventions. I adore her unruly yet chin up attitude in every situation she is thrown into, and the adorable romance with hand grazes and soft kisses with a hot and cold Mr.Whit is all I wanted. He is often broody yet a charmer that would sway anyone, I really enjoyed their chemistry. There are some fun elements like family dynamics, brutal betrayals and even more brutal cliffhangers lol, I am going to wait for the sequel with not so much patience.