Reviews by Steve

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I chose to review The Red Pyramid because I love books/ series that take a creative twist on mythological and historical events. This one was far from disappointing. Carter and Sadie Kane are siblings with a strained relationship. After their mother passed away, they were separated. Carter travels the globe with their father researching ancient Egypt, and Sadie lives with her grandparents due to a nasty custody battle involving a spatula fight (read the book!). During one of their visits, their father destroys a priceless museum artifact and releases five Egyptian gods, including Set, the god of evil.

After he banishes their father, Set turns his attention on the kids, who barely escape. Now they are being hunted by the minions of Set and also the House of Life, an order of magicians who date back to ancient Egypt and have a grudge against anyone who aids the gods. On top of all this, Carter and Sadie learn they have magical powers dating back along their lineage to the pharaohs themselves and only have five days to learn how to control these abilities before the world ends. A lot of pressure for a couple of kids.

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In The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks, Azoth is a guild rat who wants nothing more than to escape that life. He is routinely beaten, threatened, and assaulted for no other reason than he is a poor kid from the wrong side of town. Then along comes Durzo Blint, professional wetboy. If someone needs to be dead, he is the man to go to. He begrudgingly takes Azoth under his wing and trains him. He routinely tells Azoth “Assassins have targets, wetboys have deaders. A target can be missed, but if a wetboy takes the contract, that person is dead. They just don’t know it yet.” Durzo and his associate, Count Drake, change Azoth’s name to Kylar Stern, and pass him off as the spawn of a noble family that lives outside the country to avoid suspicion.

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