A review by tsenko2
The Painted Queen by Elizabeth Peters, Joan Hess

2.0

This book (chronologically) follows a significant change in the relationship between Ramses and Nefret but there is almost no interaction between them. Also a new character, Sennia, introduced in the previous book is not mentioned at all. Horus, the cat, is another character I missed, as well as the kitten Ramses had started bonding with. Sethos shows up a few times and has an interesting episode with Ramses. Elizabeth Peters died before completing this book and it was completed by Joan Hess. This led to many errors (detailed by other reviewers) and very inconsistent characterizations. The editor did not protect his authors, the readers, or the Amelia Peabody franchise.