Mirage. Monica Burns. 2015. [June] Samhain Publishing. 318
Pages. [Source: Netgalley eGalley]First sentence: Good Heavens, you’re a woman.
Premise/Plot: The
hunt for the lost city of Per-Ramesses. The fulfillment of an ancient and I do mean
ancient prophecy. Learning to trust in
spite of a very rocky start. We will
follow Alexandra Tablot and Altair Mazir on the adventure of a lifetime.
My thoughts: This was
an enjoyable read. It takes us from a
brief glimpse of late 19th century London all the way to the height of the
Egyptian archeological period. We have
intrigue, love, sex, and best of all adventure!
We meet Alexandra Talbot American archeologist trying to find her place
in the male dominated field. Then we
have Lord Altair Mazir half Bedouin half English. The descriptions in the book
were very on point on I could feel myself transported to each scene as I read
it. On the bad side I felt in some ways
that the attraction that the two main characters felt was very over the
top. From almost the very beginning they
basically wanted to rip each others clothing off and for the time period that
just wasn’t done. Then the first time
they do finally give in she is very knowledgeable in what to do and I find that
very unlikely. But, over all I did enjoy
the book the extremely steamy scenes between the lovers and the story itself
regarding the hunt for the lost city.
Rating 8/10
Recommendation: If
you love late 19th century period literature then you will enjoy
this. If you like adventure in the desert
and looking for lost Egyptian cities then this is for you.
*I received a digital
review copy for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All
opinions are my own.*
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