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I am enjoying character dialogues, which is all this novel entails. Therefore reading it is pleasant. One literary exception is authors being too dramatic and not simply stating that something is red. I loathe the fanciful, indulgent attempt at flair with "crimson" or "scarlet"; two words at which I cringe. Elizabeth does it a lot. Most notably, there is no pyramid exploration, which is the pull of this series!

This novel has the world's most poorly-written synopsis. Whoever threw it together made is sound like nothing happens and there is no mystery. However star feedback seems to say this is a favourite. It won't be hard to be better than #1 and #3. Amelia & Radcliffe Emerson are a mixed bag. Their son Walter / Ramses risks me not being able to stand him but I loved volume #2, at five-star level (when he was a baby).