by Michelle Moran, 2009 · 416 pages
This reads like a richly textured journey into ancient Egypt, full of sensory detail about palace life, religion, and court politics. The prose is accessible and propulsive enough for genre fans, carried by a sympathetic first person narrator navigating suspicion and survival in a world of ritual and power. It is the kind of book you sink into for the setting as much as the plot.
historical fiction · immersive · dramatic · atmospheric
Reading age: 14+ (young adult)
Spice: 1 out of 5. kissing and romantic longing, nothing explicit