What did you read this year?
Elle’s
average rating for
2024
4.3
4.3
7.75/10
I absolutely adored the historical setting, the details were beautiful and really brought 1884 Egypt to life. You can tell the author put a lot of work into her research and it really shows in how alive this story felt. It made me want to revisit Egypt and soak in the history. The time period in question is chaotic and full of tension and this made for an compelling backdrop whilst also offering real history and mythology.
This is a histor ...more
I absolutely adored the historical setting, the details were beautiful and really brought 1884 Egypt to life. You can tell the author put a lot of work into her research and it really shows in how alive this story felt. It made me want to revisit Egypt and soak in the history. The time period in question is chaotic and full of tension and this made for an compelling backdrop whilst also offering real history and mythology.
This is a histor ...more
In the aftermath of book 1 we find our characters in the centre of some chaotic politics. Calderon is far from thwarted. With the verse watching them and protestors hounded them, Ezran and Foster are struggling.
When a PI tells Ezran that her just might be alive she jumps at the chance to find it. After half a lifetime thinking he’d abandoned her family she can’t rest until she gets him back. Unfortunately he happens to be stuck on a moon days af ...more