Review: Highly recommend. Top marks for this YA adventure.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 19, 2014
I loved everything about this book. The story was engrossing and full of surprises, the writing style was excellent and there was an intelligent message behind the book. Along with brilliant characterisation it ticked all my boxes for a great read. I highly recommend it.The overall story is deceptively simple, Julie and Flynn are forced to join their parents, eminent archaeologists, on a trip to Egypt to investigate the mystery surrounding, Djedefre, the forgotten pharaoh. But there were so many different layers and twists and turns to the story, this simple plot description doesn't do it justice - you'll have to read it.Characterisation was excellent throughout. I especially liked the perfect capturing of the contrary nature of a basically good teenager in Julie Gerber, the main character. I thought the balance between pace and detail was spot on and suspense built and built as more secrets of the past were revealed. The writing was clear and concise and merged the present day with ancient Egypt effortlessly.Overall if I could give 6 stars I would.