EGYPT EYES (Egypt adventure thrillers Book 5)

Theodosia age 11 p 26 and a handful of street rats are on the hunt for Egyptian black magic with no less than two secret societies after them. Theodosia is a charming and very adult personality, but it's frustrating for the reader that every other character in the book behaves like a complete fathead, including the ones Theodosia herself trusts.

There is an excellent B plot involving her brother, Henry and there are also some brilliant reveals near the end, but it was a bit of a slog to get through the middle.

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Nov 21, Katerina rated it it was amazing. This may just be one of my favourite series by far! At first, I felt so scared for Theodosia when she found Ali Bubu in the museum! I could only imagine the feeling of finding a creepy old Egyptian man who happens to know so much about you where you live!

To me, it was very odd that Theodosia's mother never told her about her interesting birthplace-which I hope to see Theodosia investigate more in the next book. I also found it very compelling that so many found out about Henry's discovery- The This may just be one of my favourite series by far! I also found it very compelling that so many found out about Henry's discovery- The Emerald Tablet without it being announced!

Seeing Grandmother Throckmorton's character change was definitely not predicted, yet cool to see another side of her. I also hope to learn how she and Wigmere previously knew each other. Theodosia and Will's friendship is constantly changing, and I enjoyed being introduced to his other siblings and their abilities.

Finally, the part that I found really beautiful, but sad about the book was the relationship that Theodosia and Henry grew to have. I wonder the feeling you would have when you finally form a good bond with your sibling, but leave again for almost a year. I felt so very sad at the moment when Theodosia saw the Maid and Henry packing for him to return to school. I hope he makes an appearance in the next book since his relationship with Theodosia is so endearing but incredibly funny! Also, why don't the Throckmorton's let Henry stay home like Theodosia?

I can't wait at all for the next book! I can only imagine the excitement it will be full of, and all the adventures and challenges Theodosia Throckmorton will face! Although, I'm very sad that The Last Pharaoh will be the last book in the series! I hope and wish for more!! Mar 26, Patty rated it really liked it Shelves: It is a pleasure to read an adventure of an eleven year old who is intelligent, thoughtful and a good friend. She is resourceful and dedicated to her love of anything Egyptian but now, through this story, she and so we find out why she seems so gifted.

Will the green tablet show her even more about herself and lost, powerful artifacts? The need to get the green tablet safely back to Egypt and keep it out of the wrong hands is getting more exciting and I can't wait to learn more about Egyptian l It is a pleasure to read an adventure of an eleven year old who is intelligent, thoughtful and a good friend. The need to get the green tablet safely back to Egypt and keep it out of the wrong hands is getting more exciting and I can't wait to learn more about Egyptian legends and antiquities, magic and curses in Theodosia's next adventure.

Dec 08, Davina rated it liked it Shelves: I really love the stories LaFevers chooses to tell about this bright and brave little girl but I always walk away from these books feeling like the prose only serves to connect point A to point B and I'm never really absorbed by her writing. Judging by the discussions in my youth book club, I also don't think she does a marvelous job of describing ancient Egyptian people, places and things very vividly for kids who are not already familiar. Pertanyaan2 mulai terjawab di buku ketiga ini.

Feb 10, Teddy rated it really liked it. Jul 07, Christina rated it really liked it. Henry coming back from school, a new character who seems to know all, and she can't stay out of trouble. Sep 21, Linus U.

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This book is intriguing, with the same magical-detective feeling as the first two books. Jul 20, Kelly. These are fun reads. Jun 03, Erika rated it it was amazing Shelves: The little one loves this series. Unfortunately, the next book in the series isn't on audiobook. Darn, I guess we will just have to curl up on the couch and read it togther: Dec 15, Beka rated it really liked it. Wonderful as all Theodosia stories are. This one was packed with a lot of action, but it also had quite a few interesting twists and turns.

As always, I can't wait to see what happens next. Dec 16, Clare Fitzgerald rated it really liked it. LaFevers ' delightful series been around when I was about ten or eleven. As it is, I'm unashamed to eat this series up with a spoon. I'd read the first two a couple years ago when I temporarily stole them from Asshole Ex's younger sister, and more recently, a friend of mine who works for HMH--after also getting me hooked on LaFevers' His Fair Assassin trilogy--procured me copies of books 3 a Miss Theodosia Throckmorton is the sort of MG heroine I would have been completely obsessed with had R.

I'd read the first two a couple years ago when I temporarily stole them from Asshole Ex's younger sister, and more recently, a friend of mine who works for HMH--after also getting me hooked on LaFevers' His Fair Assassin trilogy--procured me copies of books 3 and 4. I read Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus all in one day, which was yesterday, when I was suffering a stomach bug that required a billion hours of napping to get over, otherwise it wouldn't have taken the entire day.

Despite my having forgotten quite a lot of what happened in the first two books, it was still a fun read, and most of it got explained again enough that I wasn't lost for long. The basic concept of this series is that Theodosia Throckmorton, the daughter of two Egyptologists who work at the Museum of Legends and Antiquities in London, can sense magic--specifically, curses of the sort that hang around on the ancient artifacts that tend to wind up in antiquities museums. She's also a fair hand at removing them, although occasionally something gets out of hand and we get a book.

In this third installment, Theodosia and her little brother Henry discover an emerald tablet, and it appears that everyone is after it. As one would expect, basically all the grownups in the series are oblivious numbskulls, even the nice ones, such as Theodosia's kindly but very career-focused parents. All the same, they are entertaining secondary characters, and some of them are even sympathetic, such as the socially inept Stilton.

The younger kids are much more fun, though, especially Theodosia's street urchin friend Sticky Will and all his weirdly-named brothers. This series strikes an odd middle ground of not overly romanticizing the Victorian era but not really dealing with any of its social issues in much depth either--it's just sort of dropped in there that, for example, Sticky Will's mother is still alive but is barely making ends meet as a laundress and will have to keep laundressing until she drops dead of exhaustion.

Upon reflection, I think this is probably appropriate for middle grade, so that the book remains a fun adventure and doesn't turn into an issues book, but the children who read it still shouldn't grow up to be intolerably stupid adults who think the Victorian era was all manners and spiffy hats. On to book four, while I wait for the second His Fair Assassin book to clear at the library. Originally posted at http: Jan 05, Elizabeth Miss Eliza rated it it was amazing Shelves: How did he get Ratsy to say what she herself said? It's got to be a trick! But when she's trying to loose her "protective detail" that the Black Sunners have set on her, the Egyptian Magician doesn't really With Will's brother in a mesmeric trance by the Great Awi Bubu he eerily repeats Theodosia's false prophecy to the Black Sunners: But when she's trying to loose her "protective detail" that the Black Sunners have set on her, the Egyptian Magician doesn't really bear thinking about.

But at least The Black Sunners have a tendency to take care of those other occultists trailing her, The Serpents of Chaos. But that Egyptian Magician comes to the fore when he appears one night at the museum, which her parents have shut down for two weeks to prepare for their gala opening to celebrate their recent discoveries from the Tomb of Amenemhab. He then asks for Theo to return to him an artifact of great value. But how could he know about the Emerald Tablet when she just discovered it in the basement mere hours before?

She needs to inform The Chosen Keepers about these events, but by forcing her to deal only with Fagenbush, she'll just have to find a way to keep him occupied After all, she'll do whatever is necessary to deal with Wigmere himself and cut out Fagenbush and use only Will, her street urchin best friend. But with a mummy who is haunting her brother, all these occultists and parents to keep happy, it's a wonder Theo gets anything done! But she has a feeling, if she could just find out who the wedjadeen are and get ride of the Emerald Tablet, everything would return to normal In the third installment of the Theodoisa series by R.

LaFevers', we once again are immersed in the wonderful world of Edwardian England in the grip of Egypt fever. I too have that fever. I don't know if it's contagious This book had a very satisfying ending to plot points that have been dangling for awhile, yet at the same time opening it up to a whole new level of awesome. The end of the Black Sunners and their uber creepy and inappropriate leader is at an end. The Serpents have had a little bit of a smack down and Tetley, that inconveniently "modern" mummy has been put to rest. Also, surprisingly, Theo's prophecy came true.

Who would have thought that!?! But then again, as Awi Bubu told her, she is more than she could ever imagine. She has a role to play and her powers, as well as her travelling companions, indicate that the Gods themselves might have a stack. After all, who else do you know with an occasional jackal sidekick? Jul 02, Kelly rated it really liked it. My parents, though, should probably thank their lucky stars R. Theodosia is an year-old girl growing up in the Edwardian era.

You see, Theodosia has an unusual talent. She can detect curses on ancient Egyptian artifacts. Then, while helping her parents catalog a roomful of artifacts, she and her brother find the legendary Emerald Tablet, which is purported to hold the secrets of alchemy. Now Awi Bubu wants the tablet, and so do two secret societies: It did take a few chapters to get the hang of which secret society had what agenda, but after that it was smooth sailing. I will definitely go back and read the first two, though, because this was a lot of fun!

Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus is filled with well-researched Egyptian lore and populated by quirky, memorable characters, starting with its resourceful heroine. Theodosia has a witty way of describing situations, and some of the curses are simply hilarious. Girls will be particularly fond of the series due to its engaging female lead, but boys who like Egypt or sinister villains or stinky hexes will find plenty to enjoy here as well. May 30, Text Addict rated it really liked it Shelves: The adventures of Theodosia Throckmorton are one of these. Being the eleven-year-old daughter of obsessed early 20th-century British Egyptologists, Theo reads hieroglyphics almost as easily as English, and probably knows more about the ancient Pharoahs than about the British monarchy.

Her ability to perceive Egyptian curses seems to be an inborn ability, however.

This volume is the third of the series the fourth, The Last Pharaoh , just came out this April. The series involves three conflicting groups interested in the ancient Egyptian artifacts and magic that Theo knows perhaps too much about: Some of the artifacts that are in the museum are very powerful, and these groups want to get their hands on them.

Theo, with help from friends and occasionally the Brotherhood, has to figure out how to thwart them. The stories feature actual Egyptian history and culture, as well as that of Edwardian London crushing poverty, limited non-marriage opportunities for women and all. Dec 30, Karissa rated it really liked it. This is the third book in the Theodosia series by LaFevers.

It was a great addition to the series. If you liked the first two books I think you will enjoy this one as well. Theodosia is already knee deep in curses as she tries to frantically de-curse all of the Egyptian artifacts in her parents' museum without them knowing. When her brother Henry comes down to "help" he cracks a stone tablet and reveals an Emerald Tablet inside of it. Now all the different factions that Theodosia is in cahoots This is the third book in the Theodosia series by LaFevers.

Now all the different factions that Theodosia is in cahoots with want this Emerald tablet even though it is supposedly worthless; on top of this a third party enters the picture. Theodosia has to decide who she should entrust with the keeping of the tablet, while de-cursing artifacts, and trying to protect her brother from the soul of a vengeful mummy. All in all she really has her hands full, of course she can handle it because she is Theodosia.

This book is a bit different from the rest in the series in that the story is not as complete. Some threads are left dangling and some facts behind Theodosia's curse detecting powers are revealed. It looks like this series is ramping up to have some big action in the next book and the story is broadening to become bigger than the one book adventures we are used too.

Theodosia remains her clever and somewhat prickly self, but she is gradually learning the value of working with others. Both Sticky Will and Henry provide her with assistance in this book. The book itself is never boring with one action scene after another. The detail that goes into some of the rituals and some of the Egyptian history is really fascinating, although I am not knowledgeable enough to know how accurate it all is. If you like Egyptian history, adventure, and witty girls this is the book for you. It is appropriate for all age levels. The writing style itself is very well done and very readable; overall I really enjoyed the book.

I am eagerly awaiting Theodosia's next adventure which looks like it will take her into Egypt to face her unknown past. Jul 14, J. In the wake of the Twilight craze, we've all seen far too many vampire and werewolf stories flooding the market. Maybe there's not enough room for edgy romantic triangles in archaeology and Egyptology but it seems to me to offer plenty of fertile ground for fun stories. That's where Theodosia is a bit of fresh air - even if it does come from long buried crypts and the basements of British museum In the wake of the Twilight craze, we've all seen far too many vampire and werewolf stories flooding the market.

That's where Theodosia is a bit of fresh air - even if it does come from long buried crypts and the basements of British museums! In this third book of the series, Theodosia is still trying to rid the Egyptian artifacts of curses in her parent's museum, the Museum of Legends and Antiquities in Edwardian London. Theo has a useful talent for detecting curses, and with a new exhibit about to open there's plenty to do. But when she attends a magic show for an Egyptian magician named Awi Bubu, it appears that he is more authentic than she expected. Soon after, she and her brother discover an emerald tablet hidden inside another artifact at the museum, and before long the Serpents of Chaos, the Arcane Order of the Black Sun, and even Awi Bubu himself are after it.

The only one who doesn't seem interested is the Brotherhood of Chosen Keepers - the very group who ought to be taking a most careful notice. Having enjoyed Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris recently, I found this one to be a little more exciting. It's a fun story with a clever wit to it. Theodosia is a likeable heroine who finds herself in impossibly dangerous and difficult circumstances, yet seems to take it all with characteristically low-key English stride. Fans of the Percy Jackson series ought to enjoy this one.

Oct 17, Sarah Sammis rated it it was amazing Shelves: Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus by R. LaFevers is the third in this middle grade paranormal mystery series. It's one of the very short list of series I am actively following. It also breaks my usual rule of only reading series books that can be read out of order. In book three, Theodosia is still trying to pick up the pieces from the Staff of Osiris mess.

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There are those who continue to insist she is more than just a precocious London child. To add to the chaos, a mysterious and sinister looki Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus by R. To add to the chaos, a mysterious and sinister looking hypnotist claims to know something about Theodosia's origins that could have repercussions for the whole world.

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That in turn made me think of the film Young Sherlock Holmes for the Egyptian connection. What's different about Theodosia, though, is that magic is real in her world. Spells and curses and dark magic are a constant threat to her. Carol Thurston has a book called The Eye of Horus which is split between modern day, and ancient Egypt. It is about a mysterious artifact mummy that the moderns in a museum are studying, and the ancient part is what happened to her. Other Ancient Egyptian Books Pauline Gedge is probably the queen of Ancient Egyptian writing, though the books are not considered mysteries: The hippopotamus Marsh Lord of the Two Lands: Volume 1 The Oasis: Lords of the Two Lands: Volume 2 The Horus Road: Volume 3 The twelfth transforming: Of course all of Christian Jacq's books.

Some books are better than others because they are translated into English. Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz has 3 books about ancient Egypt: Suzanne Frank or Suzanne Frank has a time travel romance series where the two main characters keep changing time periods. The first book starts in the modern day and the switches to ancient Egypt.

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It is called Reflections in the Nile. It is lite and fluffy, and a bit pink, but not bad. Judith Tarr has several books set in Egypt. She writes as though the magic and gods of the ancient world were real, so some don't like the 'fantasy' element. I can second the recommendation for Brad Geagley; I loved both his books. I have not heard whether any more are on the horizon, unfortunately. I couldn't get into P. I just didn't like his writing style. Maybe I'll try again one of these days.

Ficus, I'll be adding some of your recommendations to my TBR list. Thanks for the truly impressive post!! Thank you, hope you enjoy the books. I talked to him email maybe a year ago. He was at the publishing house that had Michael Korda as a big time editor. Korda was forced out and those under him were also canned. One of the them was Geagley's editor, so no more books. He has an agent, and the agent suggested that he not write another book of Egyptian mystery because he would get pigeon-holed as only doing one thing.

I think Geagley said he had the story arc mapped out for up to 7 books or so, and did want to continue at some point. He was working on a novel about Cleopatra, as his next project. Haven't emailed him recently, and don't know if he is still working on the book, or if he is done, and just trying to get it published. Updates on the books The series by Wilbur Smith has a 4th book which I missed: Rhadopis of Nubia Voices from the Other World: Ancient Egyptian Tales both of which I have ordered. Nefertiti by Moran Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead by Drake Both are good, though with some problems, and both have a second book coming that follows the story in the first book.

I read Moran's Nefertiti, and thought it was just okay. I felt like I was reading the same scene over and over between Mutny and Nefertiti. Hopefully, Brad Geagley will disregard his agent's advice about being pigeonholed. Isn't that what series writers do, write multiple books with the same setting?

Seems like sort of silly advice to me. I thought the writing in Moran's book was better, and she sucked me right in. I felt a certain high-school-ishness to the book because their outlook Mutny, Nefer, Ankhenaten , expectations, and behavior were often so trivial and over the top emotionally, over minor stuff.

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I suspect the advice was because he was just starting out, and lost his place. Perhaps there isn't a big market for historical fiction mysteries that aren't blockbusters? I think Robinson and Haney have had to stop too. But I agree its sad. Publishers probably don't want to wait for a series and a following to develop anymore. Now is books and if you aren't a best seller its out the door.

I found a series by Christian Jacq, can't remember where! They are set in the time of Rameses. So far 6 books; Ramses: The Son of Light, Ramses: The Eternal Temple, Ramses: The Battle of Kadesh, Ramses: The Lady of Abu Simbel, Ramses: Under the Western Acacia, Ramses: The Temple of a Million Years. Has anyone read any of these? I have yet to start the series, but am interested from reviews I have read.

Lord Meren books-- I believe Robinson got dropped by her publisher, which is why the series suddenly stopped. I read the first two of the Ramses series by Jacq. The first one was a few years ago, and I remember enjoying it a lot. The second was a few months ago, and I didn't enjoy it quite as much as I expected. The writing isn't really great, though perhaps that's the translator's fault. Have you gone ahead and read any of them? If so, what did you think? Doherty has actually done any research on ancient Egypt, it does not show. He could not be bothered to find an Egyptian personal name for his detective; many details are simply wrong; and his depiction of Egyptian court life is, to put it mildly, bizarre.

I can't believe these got published, especially when so many authors are having trouble getting their books accepted. Lauren Haney is a bit better.

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Her idea of featuring an "MP" in Nubia is great, but I don't think her prose captures the reader's attention very well it doesn't capture mine, anyway. She's done some reading, but apparently in out-of-date books, and I think she's been influenced by other novelists. At some point, one of her characters says, or thinks to himself, that no Egyptian army had been seen in Nubia for twenty years--this during the coregency of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III!

That was enough to make me stop reading right there. Also, in one story, the Steward of Amun and Overseer of Works Senenmut puts in a cameo appearance, and the other characters talk about him as though he's--well, rather dim. He's one of the last figures from Egyptian history that I would describe as dim! I've finished two or three of Robinson's books, and they're a bit over the top, but fun to read when battling a cold or recovering from deadline stress.

Like many novelists who choose Egypt as a setting, Robinson goes in for a good deal of melodrama and portrays Egypt under Akhenaten as a sort of cross between Stalinist Russia and Spain of the Inquisition. I don't think much of Akhenaten, but that's a little harsh!

Pauline Gedge used a real Egyptian story as the basis for Mirage, but she turned a rather sympathetic set of characters into monsters. Read "Setna" in one of the Egyptian literature collections available I recommend Miriam Lichtheim and compare. Unfortunately, I can't think of any books set in ancient Egypt that I can wholeheartedly recommend. Even those that are well-written from the standpoint of prose style, even those that have exciting plots, get a lot of details wrong Eighteenth Dynasty Egyptians did not use coins, for example, or breed goldfish and needlessly sensationalize history.

We can only wait and hope. I have never read anything scholarly on the period, so I can't catch any of these sorts of errors, although I had the sense of Robinson being a bit over the top she also wrote romances and the mysteries had a bit of that feel , and Haney being a bit more realistic, but with dryer prose. There's a great deal of interest in ancient Egypt but very little thorough studies are made, most people only know what's presented in popular culture. It seems to me a quickly changing field of knowledge, to some extent, since there are actually new things being found even if in the depths of old collections in Cairo or elsewhere that shed new or a different light upon events and life in the times.

It's too bad that there isn't a series that gets it quite right yet, but maybe someday!? Can you recommend any good NF books on ancient Egypt? There are now many good books available on different periods of Egyptian history and various aspects of Egyptian culture, although some subjects are still relatively neglected at least in terms of books you'd find in a public library. Look for recent catalogues of museum exhibitions; they often have up-to-date background articles by prominent scholars. Pharaohs of the Sun covers the Amarna period, for example, and Hatshepsut: Aidan Dodson has written a number of popular books, which you should be able to find without too much trouble.

Salima Ikram did a good introduction to mummies, with many intriguing illustrations.