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carlacbarroso's review
adventurous
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
gailforce's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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? It's complicated
5.0
I love time travel books and this one has a unique view on it's workings and possibilities.
The topic is one I enjoy immensely, the dual timeline about Egypt and pharaos is well thought through and my imagination ran wild with the possibilities Sahara could encounter while traveling.
Reading this book with the other timelines woven in made this a great read and I hope to be able to read the next book in the series as well!
The topic is one I enjoy immensely, the dual timeline about Egypt and pharaos is well thought through and my imagination ran wild with the possibilities Sahara could encounter while traveling.
Reading this book with the other timelines woven in made this a great read and I hope to be able to read the next book in the series as well!
vicrine's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-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? It's complicated
4.0
gloriaclover's review
5.0
I like well-thought out time travel, interesting characters who struggle and grow and hang with interesting people and have a love relationship and well, go on some sort of an adventure too. Sahara Aldridge had the right amount of curiosity, spunk, and determination. A charming romantic potential. An interesting job. And secrets. Oh, my, the secrets.
I also found the double layer of history in this book fun. Set in the early 1940s, some of the characters were able to travel back in time to ancient Egypt. So, as reader, we get Egypt in the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the recent past.
I enjoyed everything about it, and look forward to having my remaining questions answered in the next two books. Satisfying as a stand alone.
I also found the double layer of history in this book fun. Set in the early 1940s, some of the characters were able to travel back in time to ancient Egypt. So, as reader, we get Egypt in the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the recent past.
I enjoyed everything about it, and look forward to having my remaining questions answered in the next two books. Satisfying as a stand alone.
lcglassford's review
3.0
Not my favorite by this author, but a fun time travel adventure in the land of Egypt!
socorrobaptista's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Uma interessante narrativa que inclui viagem no tempo, relações familiares complexas, e muita aventura. Gostei bastante.
nightstorm's review
3.0
I received this book on Kindle as a Goodreads giveaway. This was a quick and fun read with interesting characters, and I will likely pick up the next book in the series. I really enjoyed the premise of the story, which is the idea of a world where some people can time-travel via genetically inherited abilities. The main character, Sahara, is a young archeologist working to discover the long-lost tomb of King Tut in the early 1920s. She receives a note from a friend that leads her to question her parents' deaths years prior. As she starts to unravel the mystery of what actually happened to her parents, she realizes that what she thought was a hallucination was actually a quick trip through time. She decides to deliberately jump through time to find answers, and from there the story really starts to take off.
What I enjoyed:
- Sahara is a great leading lady. She is strong and skilled at what she does, and it's easy to resonate with her dream of discovering something monumental while struggling to be taken seriously.
- The theme and historical research is fantastic. The world of ancient Egypt felt real and believable, as did the 1920s archeological digs.
- The style and rules of time travel. I appreciated that the time travel system was revealed over the course of the story instead of info-dumped all at once. Plus, even though time travel has been done before, some of the quirks of this particular system made it feel fresh.
- Story jumping between Sahara and her parents. As we follow Sahara, we are given occasional flash-backs to her parents' story, showing how and why they disappeared. That storyline ended up just as interesting to me as Sahara's, and I am looking forward to seeing how their story arc develops over the series.
- Undramatic blooming romance with Jack, the reporter. Sahara's relationship with Jack starts off on the wrong foot, but she slowly thaws over time. I appreciated that the romance was only a tangential part of the storyline, albeit not a totally unexpected one.
What I didn't enjoy (both of these are minor criticisms):
- Sahara is a headstrong character, and she had several face-palm moments well past when she should have learned her lesson on rash actions. It's hard for me to feel emotionally invested in a life-or-death scenario when a character lands there mostly due to poor decisions. One or two mistakes, sure I'll cut Sahara a break for having just jumped thousands of years into the past. Four, five, six...now my eyes are starting to roll JUST a bit when she lands in trouble...again.
- Some of the Egyptian characters were not very deep. Maybe I was distracted by the time traveling, but I found it hard to care much about the swirling Egyptian politics that Sahara navigates through. I imagine I'll pay more attention to the historical drama in the next book, because the first book in any series has to take time to lay the groundwork of the world, characters, and tension points.
What I enjoyed:
- Sahara is a great leading lady. She is strong and skilled at what she does, and it's easy to resonate with her dream of discovering something monumental while struggling to be taken seriously.
- The theme and historical research is fantastic. The world of ancient Egypt felt real and believable, as did the 1920s archeological digs.
- The style and rules of time travel. I appreciated that the time travel system was revealed over the course of the story instead of info-dumped all at once. Plus, even though time travel has been done before, some of the quirks of this particular system made it feel fresh.
- Story jumping between Sahara and her parents. As we follow Sahara, we are given occasional flash-backs to her parents' story, showing how and why they disappeared. That storyline ended up just as interesting to me as Sahara's, and I am looking forward to seeing how their story arc develops over the series.
- Undramatic blooming romance with Jack, the reporter. Sahara's relationship with Jack starts off on the wrong foot, but she slowly thaws over time. I appreciated that the romance was only a tangential part of the storyline, albeit not a totally unexpected one.
What I didn't enjoy (both of these are minor criticisms):
- Sahara is a headstrong character, and she had several face-palm moments well past when she should have learned her lesson on rash actions. It's hard for me to feel emotionally invested in a life-or-death scenario when a character lands there mostly due to poor decisions. One or two mistakes, sure I'll cut Sahara a break for having just jumped thousands of years into the past. Four, five, six...now my eyes are starting to roll JUST a bit when she lands in trouble...again.
- Some of the Egyptian characters were not very deep. Maybe I was distracted by the time traveling, but I found it hard to care much about the swirling Egyptian politics that Sahara navigates through. I imagine I'll pay more attention to the historical drama in the next book, because the first book in any series has to take time to lay the groundwork of the world, characters, and tension points.
auntblh's review
2.0
I received a copy of this in a Goodreads Giveaway. I liked some aspects of the book such as the ability to time travel and the archaeology. However, I wasn't too fond of Sahara. The story also seemed disjointed to me as well and even a little repetitive. I don't think I will read any more in the series.