The Mirror and The Stone of Zozan by Lashonda Beauregard
Publisher: Self-published
Genre: Historical, Sci-fi/Fantasy
Rating: 3.5 stars
Reviewed by LavenderThe Egyptians battle their long-time enemy, the Tygenians, throughout history to protect their magical stones. A young warrior, Zozan, along with the help of her two new warrior friends, help Pharaoh Ahmeus and Queen Zeferti of Lower Egypt protect the magical stones while Queen Shanara of Upper Egypt has a plan of her own.
The concept of The Mirror and The Stone of Zozan is alluring. However, there is some vagueness and “telling” as opposed to “showing” the events unfold, but an interesting set-up and characters fill out this story. Some grammatical errors and repetition are to be found.
Stories from the present to Ancient Egypt are linked together and create good tension. A lot is at stake.
With an exotic local and an interesting premise, as well as characters to root for, this is a good story, despite its issues. It is a tale heavy on dialogue and light on setting with characters’ words filling in many of the blanks for this and characterization.
Plenty of intrigue fills the pages of this story, which is presented mostly in the present tense, for a sense of immediacy. Tension remains high throughout as characters with tough decisions to make press forth.
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