Reviews

Worth a read

Admittedly, I started this book...years ago...in high school, and it's been published for years longer but Rick has a lot of books and there are a lot of other books in the world and I don't like to force myself to read things when it doesn't feel right.

Now, at 22 I have reread the entire book with a clear head and enjoyed it more than I did in high school.

Carter and Sadie are two very different kids; one raised on the road and very clearly a black youth, and the other as a regular student in London who, while still mixed-race, is white passing.

Rick made a very clear point of the racism these kids face - Carter feeling like he has to dress formally at all times to make himself look non-threatening, and Sadie being just dark enough for people to know that she isn't a white girl. They often have to convince people they're related, this calling out parts of the racism they face while together.

While this isn't Rick's most popular series I think this book had some stellar moments. We got our classic Percy Jackson references, but aside from that it was refreshing to read about the Egyptian Gods and the way they interact with their descendants.

Having Horus and Isis possess them should have been the siblings downfall but instead they grew stronger from it and even though they had to sacrifice things and people that they love they still managed to do what needed to be done.

Another high point of this book was the way that he told the story; split in two point of views, told in the way of a recording that hasn't quite been finished because he needs the story to come full circle by the time the last book rolls around.

The sibling dynamic is also, very spot on. Sometimes authors don't know how to write siblings and you can tell that someone is an only child but I could relate to Sadie and Carter as a sibling myself.

It may be another hot minute until I read the next few books in the series but it's worth the read! It would be an incredible audiobook to borrow if any libraries had it :)