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Cleopatra's Secret: Keepers Of The Light (2011)

by Lydia Storm(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Baby's First Shakespeare, LLC

review 1: This is one of those books that had so much potential to be something wonderful and then stumbled in the execution. The story of Cleopatra and Antony told with supernatural elements, wherein the Egyptian gods really do imbue the pharaoh's line and the priests/priestesses with power and abilities? Awesome!Unfortunately, the story suffers from choppy writing. Many times, a conflict is just starting to pick up steam when there's a sudden time jump, jolting the reader out of the slow and natural build and starting with something completely different.I loved the relationship between Cleopatra and Caesar. It takes a deft hand to establish a relationship to the point where a reader feels they understand it despite one of the two people involved having been dead for the vast m... moreajority of the story. Despite his death, Caesar remains a realistically influential character on those left behind, a presence that never quite fades but doesn't come to the point of overshadowing all else.Caesar provides a drastic contrast to Antony, but instead of highlighting the strengths of both men, it mostly serves to make the novel's hero look weak. He spends most of the book wallowing in misery over things that have happened to him, while both Cleopatra and Caesar deliberately take action. By the end of the book, I had absolutely no idea why Cleopatra would want to spend any time with Antony, let alone consider him the great love of her life.
review 2: If Game of Thrones took place in ancient Egypt and featured the characters of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, it would be this book. I really enjoyed the magical fantasy elements. The gods and Egyptian magic came to life in true epic fashion and the storyline was a big departure from any depiction of the Cleopatra story I've ever seen before. If people are looking for a strictly historical depiction of Cleopatra they might be disappointed, but if you love magic and fantasy, this book is for you. Or, at least, it was very much for me! less

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