Rick Riordan has done it again! Not only is he great at writing Greek and Roman mythology into fiction books but he succeed in engraving Egyptian mythology all in one universe. For starters I thought that this book wouldn’t be as interesting as the Percy Jackson series but I was wrong. It opens a whole new point of view. In Percy Jackson and the Lost Heroes the kids are seen worshiping gods or doing their bidding but in the Kane chronicles it is their JOB to NOT worship them but make sure they don’t exist on the planet. I wonder if the Egyptian world would ever meet the Greek world… I mean the Roman world meeting Greek makes sense since they’re closely related but Egyptian would have conflict. Yet I believe that Riordan would find a way.
I should have finish this sooner then I would’ve gotten the second book at Kinokuniya today. The one at the library is checked out sadly. Which is fine for now since the book didn’t end in a cliff hanger, more of a “can be continue”.
I guess part of why it’s as interesting as Percy Jackson is probably because I don’t know a lot about Egyptian mythology. It’s the thing that drew me away when the book first came out and it ended to be the thing that makes the book interesting. There’s no demi-gods just humans related to pharaohs becoming magicians and the gods having host bodies. I think it’s kinda annoying how the book is written in first person and switching between Carter and Sadie. I can already see romance for both of the siblings which will be interesting on how it plays out seeing as Carter fell in love with a copy cat and Sadie liking the god of death. I must read the second book soon because that’s when Sadie kisses him or so I heard.