Review: Good story in the middle, but in need of more substance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2013
Origin of the Sphinx is definitely a setup book for others to come, yet I'm not sure how well it works as a stand-alone book.  It almost seems like the intro to the beginnings of an adventure, kind of a backstory, but doesn't seem substantial enough, to me to warrant its own book.  Even as a novella, it should feel a little more complete.Some of the writing in here was very good.  Other parts were a bit uneven.  I'm not sure how the beginning and the end (both set in what sounds like present day) tied in with the rest of the book--the characters weren't fully explained here.  Even reading it a couple of times through, I wasn't sure of the connection.  The middle section, set back in ancient Greece among the Gods and mortals was pretty good.  I think I would have rated this a bit higher if it wasn't for the fact that I was scratching my head about the modern-day part, and I just didn't think this quite held up on its own as a stand-alone book, it seems just like a segeway into the real story, but what that story is about (except it has something to do with a sphinx) is very cloudy.  More should have been defined here.Nik's Picks Book Reviews[...](The author provided me a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.)