Theodosia And The Eyes Of Horus (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
This is the third book in LaFevers' young adult series about budding Egyptologist Theodosia Throckmorton. Be sure to read the books in order of publication as the three stories lean heavily on each other making reading them out of order an impossibility.That being said, I was a little put out by the extent that this book relied on the previous books in the series. Generally, I was able to recall the previous stories with LeFevers' reminders. But, at one point our heroine hears mention of a name and comments that she had heard this name discussed by another party in the book some weeks prior. Reading this on a Kindle, I was able to search the name, thinking I had missed some minor point earlier. There were three mentions of the name in the book and all three occurred within paragraphs of the first mention with nothing but a sparse reminder of who the person was. Fortunately, the name was only a background name and really didn't play at all into "Eyes of Horace". I still have no recall of this background character.That aside, LeFevers does write a good YA story that has me wanting to continue on to book four in the series.4 STARS Can the Theodosia series get any better? Well, I guess that it just has! This is book #3 in the series meant for children but how could adults not love it too? I have given 5 stars to each of the 3 books. Imagine my joy when I opened this book, bought from amazon, and discovered that it's autographed "Look for the Magic! R.L. LaFevers". That made it even sweeter.This series is set in London in 1907. In this book, Sticky Will, Theo's pickpocket young friend, drags Theo to a magic show featuring Awi Bubu, an ancient Egyptian magician. Although at first Theo thinks that he's a fake, he spouts back to her a "prophesy" she gave to the weird leader of the Black Sunners group. Theo's brother Henry is home for the Easter holidays and he accidentally finds an ancient emerald tablet. Soon everybody is after the tablet: The Black Sunners, the enemy group Serpents of Chaos, and Awi Bubu too. Lord Wigmere, Theo's ally and head of the Brotherhood of the Chosen Keepers, refuses to hear any messages from Theo or Will because he wants Theo to go through the proper channels. Theo doesn't trust her contact, Fagenbush. So Theo is on her own and she has her hands full!
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A compelling mix of action and tension, with surprising twists at every turn.
—RoseShill
