TITLE: Sword of RomeAUTHOR: Constance O'Banyon
STARTED: December 30, 2007
FINISHED: January 5, 2008
PAGES: 306
GENRE: Romance
FIRST SENTENCE: Scattered members of the Badari Bedouin had been gathering from all corners of Egypt, thier numbers swelling as they arrived to pay tribute to their leader.
SUMMARY: [From a random website] When her brother, the prince, sends her to Queen Cleopatra for lessons in decorum, beautiful and sensual Adhania is at home in a city of scandal and intrigue where she catches the eye of Marcellus Valerius, Caesar's Master Architect, who knows how to please a woman.
THOUGHTS: Why must some authors insist on messing with a good thing? The age of Caesar's Rome and Cleopatra's Egypt is one of my favorite time periods. I was stoked to read a romance novel set in and around these historical figures.
Yea. Totally not worth it in the end.
The author messes with both history and these figures in a way that makes me actually dislike them. I also completely dislike the heroine. Adhania is one of those ladies who excels at everything - like running, jumping, and climbing trees - she's also the epitome of TSTL. Throw in the fact that the girl has absolutely no spine and I was kinda hoping that she'd die by the end of the book.
I don't believe the romance. I don't believe that motivations. The writing was dull. In short, this book was bad. Very bad.
RATING: 1/10 [Don't waste your time]
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