2.5 stars
Disclaimer! I was granted an ARC of this book from HarperTeen via NetGalley in return for a fair and honest review.
Isadora is the youngest mortal daughter of Isis and Osiris, yup, those guys, the Egyptian gods. As seasons passed, and their believers started dying away, Isis found a solution to make sure she, her husband and all their immortal family still have worshippers, by having a mortal child every twenty years. She keeps them close, then sends them out into the world to manage on their own when they’re old enough, but they still pray to their parents, thereby ensuring that the deities are not entirely forgotten. Said children can speak all known languages in the world, but Isadora doesn’t seem grateful for such an awesome ability.
She’s has been at odds with her mother since she got old enough to discover that the fun room she played in when she was little and was encouraged to decorate, was in fact her tomb. The situation doesn’t improve when she discovers that her mother is pregnant again, ahead of schedule, as Isadora is only sixteen. She’s none to happy about being replaced as the baby of the family, and when Isis (and Isadora herself, although she lies to her mother about it) start having very ominous dreams, she’s thrilled to go along with the plan to travel to America to stay with her brother.
Her brother, twenty years her senior, is happily married and expecting a child of his own. Isadora, determined to be as sulky and disagreeable as possible, finds it impossible not to love her new sister-in-law. While she’s in the US, she gets a summer job at museum, that’s about to host an exhibit of ancient Egyptian artifacts donated by her mother (who everyone just thinks is an Egyptian eccentric). She makes friends with one of the other volunteers at the museum and meets the dreamy and mysterious Ry. While the ominous dreams appear to have stopped, her room at her brother’s is broken into and thrashed. Later, the driver delivering the artifacts for the exhibit is attacked. Could her mother be right? Is there someone actually after her? Full review on my blog.
The premise sounds awesome! I hate it when a potentially good book and great idea are screwed up by a annoying character.
Oh, the plot was also very predictable. Still didn’t stop me from reading the whole thing in an afternoon, partially because I was hoping there would be some sort of twist in there eventually.