Author: Colleen Houck
Genre: Romance, Egyptian Mythology, Fantasy, YA/Teen
Age: 13+
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Summary (Taken from Goodreads):
When seventeen-year-old Lilliana Young enters the Metropolitan Museum of Art one morning during spring break, the last thing she expects to find is a live Egyptian prince with godlike powers, who has been reawakened after a thousand years of mummification.
And she really can't imagine being chosen to aid him in an epic quest that will lead them across the globe to find his brothers and complete a grand ceremony that will save mankind.
But fate has taken hold of Lily, and she, along with her sun prince, Amon, must travel to the Valley of the Kings, raise his brothers, and stop an evil, shape-shifting god named Seth from taking over the world.
From New York Times bestselling author Colleen Houck comes an epic adventure about two star-crossed teens who must battle mythical forces and ancient curses on a journey with more twists and turns than the Nile itself.
Reaction:
Holy Shizballz! I completely have a new opinion on Colleen Houck! I really liked her first series, The Tiger's Curse series, for about the first two or three books, but then I lost interest and her writing seemed to become a little lazy. But this book was bloody fantastic! It had everything that I could possibly want in a book, such as: a sweet romance, awesome action, and a cool plot line. I read this book in a day and I just couldn't put it down! I love, love, loved this book!
Characters:
Lilliana Young (aka: Lily):
I really liked Lily and how she wanted to take action in the book. She was more of a go-getter and more relatable than Kelsey was in the Tiger's curse series. Lily was afraid of what Amon was and what he wanted from her at the beginning of the book, but then she came to understand what needed to be done and she did it. She usually put herself before others throughout this book and I really liked that about her.
Amon:
Amon was awesome! I really liked how confused he was at the beginning of the book about the ways of the modern world. He kind of reminded me of Castiel from Supernatural every time he was confused about either phones, taxi's, or other things of modern origin. I can't wait to see more of Amon in the rest of the series.
Overall:
Please go out and read this book even if you didn't like the Tiger's Curse series. This book is really great and I promise that you won't regret it! I suggest you read this book if you have any interest in Egyptian Mythology, romance, humor, magical action, or zombie crocodiles (yes, there are zombie crocodiles in this book. It is awesome!).
Peace out -Terantum
