It's really a romantic novel for people who started their fandom journeys with Egyptian mythology. Everybody is rich, everybody is tall, but there's also a rich tall sun-hungry daddy pharaoh that is lusting over, well, everything.
I enjoyed the human nature of Ramses, the beauty of re-discovering things. Elliot and Lawrence?? It's so sweet, mildly weird with Julie being in love with Elliot instead of his son, purely Anne Ricean kind of love and it felt so right. I wish my book wasn't so old, but this really seems like a novel worthy to re-read to decompress.
I know there's two more books, but subverting of ''folly of the immortal trope'' is a nice enough ending. Does the elixir of immortality smell like vampirism? Yeah. But that's okay. I'm mostly very really glad Elliot took it, even though, if it truly was Lawrence calling him ''home'', they will never see each other again.
My brain chemistry might have been changed by Anne Rice's works.
by skylerren
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The way Anne Rice writes immortal characters is just different from everyone else – they actually feel human instead of just brooding in corners for centuries. Ramses discovering modern world through Julie’s eyes was probably my favorite part, like watching someone fall in love with life again
Never got around to reading the sequels but heard they get bit more convoluted. Sometimes perfect ending is just knowing when to stop