The Red Pyramid Review

[Nicholas]

Carter and Sadie Kane are brother and sister, who at the beginning don’t really feel like they are. Carter, the eldest, had been traveling around the world with his dad, who studied Ancient Egypt, while Sadie lived in London with their grandparents. On Christmas Eve, Carter and his dad were with Sadie in London. Their dad took them to the London museum’s Egyptian section. That part of the museum was closed; however, their dad didn’t even want them in the section with him. He asked them to leave, which they did for about 20 seconds. When they came back, their dad was doing something strange with the Rosetta Stone. The stone exploded, and a fiery man appeared in the museum. He was the Egyptian god Set, who banished their dad to oblivion. Sadie and Carter must travel the world to escape Set’s horrible abominations, and to find their father. They travel to such places as Cairo, Paris, New York, Washington D.C., etc. Through the adventure Carter and Sadie slowly learn more about each other and feel more like a brother and sister. They also learn more about their family's connection to the ancient pharaohs, and their magical abilities.
Although I do love fantasies, and I did love the Percy Jackson series, this book took too long for me to get into it. Don’t get me wrong, I liked the book, but I felt it was too long, maybe 150ish pages until the book really got into the action and the adventure aspect that I love about Rick Riordan books. Once this part of the book started, I would give it 5 stars, but 150 pages to get to the good parts is kind of rough. I truly do love the adventure that the Kane siblings run into once they really do discover who they are, and what their history is. I would have to give this book 3 stars, mainly out of the fact that it has a slow beginning, but I do recommend this book if you are willing to tread through the first introductory part of the book.

[Kdrake1]

Thank you for your candor. Not every moment of a book is exciting, but moments can lead to excitement and adventure that were worth the wait.