His Face Is the Sun

I received this book as an ARC

This was an unexpected find but I was intrigued by the premise of an ancient Egyptian themed story. The challenges.... As with most books that start a fantasy series, the world building is a lot and makes the progression of the story very slow at points. It was able to keep my interest but I kept asking myself when we were going to really get going especially considering this is a YA book at about 500+ pages.

That said, once the story did get going I really enjoyed the mythology, the magic, etc. You can absolutely tell the author has a deep connection to Egyptian history/culture and tried to create an amazing fantasy world. I was also surprised by some of the gore which was welcomed, just not something you usually find in a YA.

All in all I think this book is a great start to the series and sets up the next book. I'm intrigued to see where the author takes the story and our characters next!