I have always been fascinated by Ancient Egypt and wanted to know everything there is. Anytime there is a new mummy or tomb discovery on the news, I eat that up like candy. Samantha is also very obsessed with Ancient Egypt and I know that if she reads this, she will love it just as much as I liked it.
We follow Nefertiti as a young child. The book starts out with her having constant nightmares about lions chasing her and eating her in the Red Lands. She tells her father Ay, who is one of the Pharaohs advisers and the sister to Queen Tiye, the Great Royal Wife.
Nefertiti shows every adult around her that she is not going to be forced to marry and have babies. She wants more out from her life and she learns to read and write in secret. Eventually, the Queen demands the the family come to the palace and "forces" a betrothal of Nefertiti and the Queen's son/ Nefertiti's cousin Thutmos. He is the crown prince and he is a little asshole who cares about nothing except his cat and allying himself with the high priests once he is Pharaoh.
I started reading this book on International Women's Day and there were a lot of inequality of the sexes. Obviously, that was how it was back then. The men whole heartedley believed that women were only good for having sons and taking care of the house. Also, Nefertiti was a bad ass. She didn't take shit from any of the men. She held her ground and did a lot of damn back talk to the Queen.
I give this a 3 stars because I was kind of bored in the beginning. Once she got to Thebes and the palace, then it starts getting interesting and it became mysterious and thrilling. I did research Nefertiti while I was reading to see if any of it was historically accurate and it was. The crown Prince was named Thutmos. He did have a cat. I enjoyed it enough to go ahead and request the second book from the library.
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