After Talibah and Adom mother dies, their father decided it was time to show what he works on. Archaeology of pyramids. He takes them to one of the few queens of Egypt. Talibah begins to have visions and thinks she losing her mind. I know it is a juvenile kids book but I loved it. I learned about a female pharaoh I had never heard of and the people surrounding her. The mystical way Talibah finds out about the ruler is not really original but how light hearted the book is I am willing to let that pass. I love Talibah and her brother attitude and how they bond together to figure things out. The only thing to make this better if it were a series. So far as I know it is not. This book is floating around grade school libraries and shouldn't be. I loved the Egyptian history, lore and mystery, but the story itself was difficult to follow with multiple names for many of the characters, intricate implied plots and a maturity level too high for grade schoolers. This book is better suited for the high school set due to sexual triangles between pharaoh's and their advisors, resulting in illegitimate children, evil nightmares with haunted images, vicious dead pharaoh's curses, hearts being swallowed and bleeding walls. However, I wouldn't recommend it to teens either - again the plot is disjointed and characters hard to keep track of. The mystery itself is interesting, and tying in ancient Egypt with modern day is exiting. The clues, gifts and tombs are fascinating and make for a good story. I think the editor should have smoothed over hard to understand phrases and awkward narratives, either gearing this story to a more acceptable PG level or ramping it up to a full- fledged thriller. As it is, it sits in-between without an appropriate audience.
What do You think about The Pharaoh's Secret (2009)?
Very good a little slow at first but the ending is very good and intense
—umi
i like it you never kno wats goin to happen
—denissak
