I look across the years in astonishment, for in the distance I see a simple, trusting girl. She is a stranger to me, yet she is familiar; her land alien, but it is mine. In unbroken chain, hand-in-hand with ghosts of myself, over the days and the hours, over years measured in heartbeats, I amRead More
SPONSORED REVIEW: Danika reviews Sekma by Nel Havas
Back in December, I reviewed The Apprentice Queen by Nel Havas. Recently, the author contacted me about her new companion book to that novel: Sekma. (I say “companion” because this book can be read before, after, or independently from The Apprentice Queen, but they are linked.) Sekma is a character that fascinated me in The Apprentice Queen, soRead More
SPONSORED REVIEW: Danika reviews The Apprentice Queen by Nel Havas
The Apprentice Queen is a story about how an ordinary person becomes a monster. Mitti grew up in a happy, not particularly well-off family in ancient Egypt. When she was ten, she found herself suddenly whisked off into the royal court, a snake pit of deception, betrayal, and political games. She is trained by the queen herselfRead More
SPONSORED REVIEW: Danika reviews Apprentice Queen by Nel Havas
Mitti is only ten when she’s taken from her family to be trained as an apprentice to the queen of Egypt. Her parents, having grown up in this political world and escaped it, are horrified despite the huge gain in stature for their daughter. As Mitti grows up and becomes more and more embroiled inRead More