I believed that I loved ancient egypt as setting but the last 2 books I've read in that setting (which includes this one) might shook me off my lofty perch.Seriously, I expected differently from this book. I'm familiar with the Phryne Fisher and Corrinna Chapman series. Therefore, I expected something along similar lines but in ancient Egypt which could be a lot of fun. In comparison, whilst I have my personal reservations on those 2 series, there were so much more fun reads than this book. Greenwood painted vivid images of ancient Egypt and her characters but gosh, it can be just so... dry! Halfway through, I started to skim through these descriptions just to get on with the story.Lastly, if I read the word "phallus" (or any variations of it) one more time, I... am... going... to... scream. I think it's used at least 100 times. I'd be interested to know if anyone's counted but I can't be bothered myself.
