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My Rating: 4.5/5
Part of a series? There is a sequel in the works.
Genre(s): Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance.
Description/Blurb:
Sophie has always felt out of step—an outsider, even amongst friends in her high school with all the hype about celebrity culture. Her life in L.A. seems to have been already written for her, but when her junior year starts, it all takes a drastic turn. When she crosses paths with the school's heartthrob, Nate Werner, they fall for each other in a way neither can understand. What they don’t know is that by giving in to their desires, they are unlocking an ancient Egyptian prophecy that threatens to return Earth to the dark ages.
To undo the curse, Nate and Sophie embark on an adventure that takes them across the country. But their quest is not only to save the world as they know it. It is also a fight for their very survival. Behind the scenes, there are those that are counting on them to fail.
To undo the curse, Nate and Sophie embark on an adventure that takes them across the country. But their quest is not only to save the world as they know it. It is also a fight for their very survival. Behind the scenes, there are those that are counting on them to fail.
My review:
The year of the great Seventh is refreshingly different from a lot of the young adult books I've been reading lately, I liked how deep the author went with the mythology and I was sitting there trying to figure out the meaning of the prophecy along with Sophie (though I must admit I didn't manage to work anything out for myself). It was also quite nice to hear about L.A. without it all being about glitz and glamour with the main character being obsessed with designer *insert designer item here*, which I have seen in a couple of books to the extent where I felt like I was reading a fashion magazine but anyway back to the point! It was new and refreshing, sort of like the His Dark Materials trilogy (mainly because of the attention to detail) meets the film the Mummy.
The book itself is not written as if it is aimed at young adults in particular, ok the characters are high school students but the writing itself is a bit more mature than what goes on in a typical teenagers head, this combined with the power of the story itself (really trying not to give away spoilers in this review so I apologise for being vague) makes this a book I would recommend to older readers as well. I also liked that the characters reactions to the events are consistent and wouldn't be unexpected in real life, the characters don't automatically forget about the way others have acted in the past and the protagonists don't brush off fatal situations as if they were nothing which makes the characters much more relatable in my eyes.
I would recommend the Great Seventh to anyone who likes mystery with perhaps a bit of fantasy thrown in and I can honestly say that I will find myself rereading this book at some stage and reading the sequel, especially after the dramatic set up for it at the end of the book!
The book itself is not written as if it is aimed at young adults in particular, ok the characters are high school students but the writing itself is a bit more mature than what goes on in a typical teenagers head, this combined with the power of the story itself (really trying not to give away spoilers in this review so I apologise for being vague) makes this a book I would recommend to older readers as well. I also liked that the characters reactions to the events are consistent and wouldn't be unexpected in real life, the characters don't automatically forget about the way others have acted in the past and the protagonists don't brush off fatal situations as if they were nothing which makes the characters much more relatable in my eyes.
I would recommend the Great Seventh to anyone who likes mystery with perhaps a bit of fantasy thrown in and I can honestly say that I will find myself rereading this book at some stage and reading the sequel, especially after the dramatic set up for it at the end of the book!
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