***100 Days of Summer Reading 2023***
Reading Prompt: Mystery involving a romantically entangled pair of investigators
Virtual 12 sided dice roll: 4
This was fun! If you like a good mummy story, this is your book. I mean, the set-up is preposterous, but you just need to let go and enjoy the ride. And it's quite the adventure, as an ancient Egyptian wizard-priest attempts to take over Toronto. A pretty small potatoes take-over really, but nevertheless he needs to be stopped.
Tanya Huff has created three characters that I can't help but care about. I love Vicki Nelson, our tough chick and ex-cop. She may have visual handicaps, but she is not going to be patronized by anyone but particularly the two men in her life. Mike Celluci is still part of the Toronto PD, but he can't let go of Vicki. Through her, his eyes have been opened to the supernatural world and he can no longer ignore the things go bump in the night. He has reluctantly had to acknowledge one of those things, Henry Fitzroy, vampire and bastard son of King Henry VIII. He may be immortal, but Henry has learned the importance of having people he cares about, among whom Vicki features prominently. Used to being the badass of the city, Henry is challenged by the existence of a much older immortal.
Next month, Ms. Huff will be at a conference that I'm attending. I can hardly wait to hear her on some panel discussions that I plan to attend. I do hope she talks a bit about Vicki at some point!
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