A review by rebelbelle13
Borrower of the Night by Elizabeth Peters

2.0

This series is covered in praise and high recommendations. After reading the first book, I really can't see why. The introduction was messy, the pacing was slow, the reasoning for searching for the treasure flimsy and the main character was not someone that anyone could identify with. I actually wanted to give up about 100 pages in, but decided to push through just to see if Vicky and Co. could actually find the ancient treasure. Vicky is narcissistic, pushy, cowardly, and egotistical. Tony, her lover, isn't much better. The real story here was the location, and the history of what went on behind the stone walls. As it turned out, i would have much rather read the story of Konstanze and Count Burkhardt. I doubt I'll be reading another one of these.