Now Reading: The Dark Prophecy (The Trails of Apollo book 2) by Rick Riordan

I think my Kindle needs a little break so I’m going back to my physical books for the meantime. I have a lot of catching up to do anyway. So let me start with this one.

The Blurb: (spoilers alert!)

GO WEST. CAPTURE APOLLO BEFORE HE CAN FIND THE NEXT ORACLE. IF YOU CANNOT BRING HIM TO BE ALIVE, KILL HIM.

Those were the orders my old enemy Nero gave Meg McCaffrey. But why would an ancient Roman emperor zero in on me (a Lester) in Indianapolis? And where is Meg?

Meg, my demigod master, is a cantankerous street urchin. She betrayed me ti Nero back at Camp Half-Blood. And while I’m mortal she can order me to do anything… even kill myself. Despite all of this, if I have a chance of prying her away from her villainous stepfather, I have to try. But I’m new to this heroic quest business, and my father, Zeus, stripped me of my godly powers. Oh, the indignities and pain I have already suffered! With impossible time limits, life-threatening danger… Shouldn’t there be a reward at the end of each task? Not just more deadly quests?

That’s all for this post. HAPPY READING!

Two book reviews in one

Okay. Yes, it has taken me a while to finish my books but I did finish 2. I decided to combine the reviews for The Chess Queen Enigma and The Carnelian Crow because I kind of didn’t want to stop reading. However, I will admit that I did slow down in both because both endings were not exactly ideal.

Anyway, let me start with The Chess Queen Enigma. The girls were tasked to play babysitter for the princess of Betrovia who had in hand a special letter that would end the rift between her country and England. However, things didn’t go as planned. A lot kind of went wrong for the girls in this one or at least, they were one step behind their foe. Yes, the Ankh is back and she’s back with a vengeance. She has a new plan in motion and it’s a dangerous one that has resulted in the death of several people and the near death of one pretty important character. In the end, the girls stopped the Ankh, if only for a moment, but unfortunately, the latter would have the last laugh in this situation. There are a lot of plot twists and surprises, some I really didn’t see coming so when I said the ending wasn’t ideal, I meant it.

Now for The Carnelian Crow. At the beginning, we meet Mina who is still reeling from the events of The Chess Queen Enigma. It has obviously taken a toll on her until she receives a gift from an unexpected visitor then things start to get interesting. She gets the chance to prove to herself that she isn’t a failure of a Holmes. For Evaline, things aren’t so peachy either. She’s still keeping up appearances with both her social life and her secret life. However, her sister-in-law drops a bomb on her by telling her that she needs to get married to save her family from financial crisis. Good gad! What is a girl to do? So things moved rather quickly in the book. The main issue the girls needed to face was all about The Carnelian Crow. For one, they didn’t know what it was and then as things started to be revealed, Mina finds out that she has a personal connection to it. The girls also face off with the Ankh once again and she does reveal her nefarious plot which will probably be the main plot point for the next and final book. There are still a few surprises in this book but not as many twists. However, the book ended with an arrest that was kind of the biggest surprise of them all. Again, not ideal.

How will things go for Mina and Evaline in the final book? Only time will tell. I need to wait until next year to find out. But I have a feeling that the last one is going to be one hell of a ride. A lot of loose ends need to be tied up and I can’t wait to see how everything connects.

That’s all for this post. HAPPY READING!