Curse of the SphinxSphinx Series
Book #1
Raye Wagner
Genre:
YA Romantic Fantasy, Mythology
Release Date: August
11, 2015
ISBN: 978-1515305712
ASIN: B013PD4U5O
Pages: 344
Goodreads Rating: 3.71
My Rating: 4.5
Book Description:
How long can a monster stay hidden in plain sight?
Seventeen-year-old Hope Nicholas has spent her entire life on the run. But no one is chasing her. In fact, no one even knows she exists. With her mom, she’s traveled from town to town and school to school, barely staying long enough to meet anyone, let alone make friends. And she’ll have to keep it that way. It’s safer.
When her mother is brutally ripped away from her, Hope’s life shatters. Is this the fulfillment of Apollo’s curse, murder from the shadow monsters of the Underworld, or have the demigods finally found her? Orphaned and alone, Hope flees again, but this time there’s no one to teach her who to trust—or how to love.
Set in a universe where mythology is alive and well in the modern world, Curse of the Sphinx irresistibly blends action, suspense and romance.
Seventeen-year-old Hope Nicholas has spent her entire life on the run. But no one is chasing her. In fact, no one even knows she exists. With her mom, she’s traveled from town to town and school to school, barely staying long enough to meet anyone, let alone make friends. And she’ll have to keep it that way. It’s safer.
When her mother is brutally ripped away from her, Hope’s life shatters. Is this the fulfillment of Apollo’s curse, murder from the shadow monsters of the Underworld, or have the demigods finally found her? Orphaned and alone, Hope flees again, but this time there’s no one to teach her who to trust—or how to love.
Set in a universe where mythology is alive and well in the modern world, Curse of the Sphinx irresistibly blends action, suspense and romance.
My Take on the Book:
First and
foremost let me say that I loved this book! I’m a huge fan of mythology, Greek,
Norse and Egyptian being my favorites so this was a book right up my alley.
With that
said, there were a couple of off putting moments and personality traits of some
characters and the story did drag a bit at times but it in NO WAY took away
from the story’s overall greatness.
I loved the
Sphinx mythology and I’m gonna get my hands on the prequel to get a more in
depth look into this universe.
The characters
were solid and likeable and I found myself giddy with the cuteness that the
romance in this story brought to the whole picture this author was painting us.
I think the
off putting moments were mainly in the tone. I found myself a bit lost in terms
of who knew what. At moments I felt like our main character was interacting
with 2 different male leads as opposed to the one. I also found myself questioning
if he was who I thought he was or if he lost his memory or something along
those lines.
BUT, I still
loved Athan and Hope. I thought they were adorable!
4.5
Quills
I think I
mainly want to read the next book to see where these characters go and how they
develop because this was a pretty great beginning to what has the makings of a
great series. There is so much we don’t know and I’m excited to learn it all.
About The Author
Raye Wagner grew up in Seattle, the second of eight children, and learned to escape chaos through the pages of fiction. As a youth, she read the likes of David Eddings, Leon Uris, and Jane Austen. Inspired by a fictional character, Raye pursued a career in nursing, thinking to help the world one patient at a time.
One summer afternoon, when her then young children were playing in the pool, a plot dropped into her head, and she started writing.
She enjoys baking, puzzles, Tae Kwon Do, and the sound of waves lapping at the sand. She lives with her husband and three children in Middle Tennessee.
Origin of the Sphinx, a novella detailing the story leading up to the creation of the mythological creature, is her first publication. It is the beginning of the Sphinx series.
Curse of the Sphinx, the first book in the series, is completed, and set to be released in August 2015.
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