Lily Young is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art when she
finds an Egyptian prince, Amon, who is supposed to be long,
long dead. Now, he has been reawakened to stop the darkness
in Egypt, coming from the god, Seth. When Amon unexpectedly
ties Lily to him, she must join him on his quest to
reawaken
his two brothers and prepare for battle.
Though I have her other books waiting on my shelf,
REAWAKENED is the first Colleen Houck book I've read, and
I'm so pleased that it will not be the last. This adventure
story is rich with mythology, romance, and action, and the
pacing makes this novel hard to put down. The plot builds
beautifully and quickly, weaving in several twists and
turns, and easily having enough substance to go for several
books.
Amon and Lily have a sweet, slow-burn relationship full of
the classic forbidden romance tension. I love Amon's
honesty
towards Lily and her sass towards him. However, there are
times when Lily feels like more of an observer than a
participant in the story. Amon and his brothers have such a
huge legacy and duty, which overshadows Lily at times. Even
in
the beginning, one expects the relationship between Lily
and
her parents to play more of a role, but her parents are
largely forgotten after the beginning. Of course, this may
be something addressed in later books as her character
develops, but with Amon's sometimes overshadowing of her,
development in other relationships beyond hers with Amon
would have been nice.
Colleen Houck knows how to write an absorbing novel, and
with the cross-continental adventure, deep romance, and
lovable characters, I can't wait for the sequel to
REAWAKENED.
The first book in a new multi-book series from New York Times
bestselling author, Colleen
Houck,
about a teenage girl entangled in an epic Egyptian quest full of romance,
adventure, and
mythology!
When seventeen-year-old Lilliana Young enters the Metropolitan Museum of
Art one morning
during
spring break, the last thing she expects to find is a live Egyptian prince with
godlike powers, who
has
been reawakened after a thousand years of mummification.
And she
really can’t imagine
being chosen
to aid him in an epic quest that will lead them across the globe.
But fate has
taken hold of Lily, and she,
along with her sun prince, Amon, must travel to the Valley of the Kings, raise
his brothers, and
stop an
evil, shape-shifting god named Seth from taking over the world.
From New
York Times bestselling
author Colleen Houck comes an epic adventure about two star-crossed teens
who must battle
mythical
forces and ancient curses on a journey with more twists and turns than the
Nile itself.
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