Not for me

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So this book sounded like something that would be really fun and interesting. I love learning about ancient Egypt and the first few chapters grabbed my attention. From there things went down hill for me. Our main character, Hui, is so beyond clueless. We start off with him hatching a plot to steal the kaa stone, a magical stone that will bring whoever owns it wealth and power. Things go south, of course and his brother Qen, ends up throwing their other friend to an angry horde of bandits to save his own ass. They get away with the stone though and bring it home to their father who plans to give it to the Pharoah, who will in turn showed their town with wealth. Hui also witnesses a disturbing ritual between Qen and his stepmother.. that gives him big creepy vibes. It becomes obvious that his brother and step mother are no good, but Hui is too dumb to realize it until its much too late and they have murdered his father and framed him for the murder. Hui becomes an outlaw on the run and must learn to survive on his own.

The plot was good, it's the style of writing that I didn't like. There was so much action but the writing style and the dialogue between the characters was so monotone that it was kindof boring. I also felt that the characters had no voice or personality, it was hard to follow who was saying what because they all sounded the same. So while I'm sure some people will love this story, it just wasn't my cup of tea.