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Simply inexplicable

Revisado: 11-27-21

Although this series started well, each book is progressively disappointing. Despite the somewhat negative and at times offensive portrayal of black Africans depicted in this series, I very much enjoyed River God. The Seventh Scroll was an entertaining departure to modern day. Desert God, was at least a continuation of the original story, but the character of Taita was wildly different from the amusing, egotistical and hilariously narcissistic, but lovable character that you come to know in River God. The Quest, however, is a stunning and utterly mind-boggling inaccurate departure from the story that the author so artfully wove in River God.

It is as though The Quest was written by a different author about an entirely different main character having the same name of Taita. Not only is Taita different, but the author repeatedly contradicts the facts of his own previous story. The character of Lostris was never in love with Taita. The premise of River God was the great love between Lostris and Lord Tanus that would transcend the ages. The author depicts Taita as an ancient virgin in Book 4, when in Book 1, he was gelded on the command of his maniacal master as punishment for having taken another slave as a lover. That Taita the eunoch magically grows a penis, is made young again and claims the re-incarnated Lostris as his lover is nauseating. Another of the wild inaccuracies in The Quest is that in their first life, Taita met Lostris as an adolescent on the verge of womanhood, contradicting the plot of River God, in which Taita raised Lostris from infancy after her mother died in childbirth. Either way, it is straight-up creepy that Taita should have a sexual relationship with a child whom he raised.

It is as if the author suffered a bout of total amnesia and does not remember writing River God. He completely destroys his own characters and tells a fantastically ludicrous tale that left me feeling bewildered throughout. It ruined the series for me. Do yourself a favor and stop listening after Book 1. If you must, proceed with caution through Books 2 and 3, but do not waste your credit on Book 4. Book 1 was a masterpiece. I felt saddened to see a talented author destroy the marvelous story he originally created. Simply inexplicable.

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Utter garbage

Revisado: 09-07-21

This might be the worst thing I've ever listened to. I love Egyptian history and historical fiction and didn't realize this was a trashy Harlequin romance when I purchased it. If inaccurate history, dreadful story line and poorly developed characters with giant cocks are your thing, then go for it. This is the book for you. I like romance, but prefer something with substance and class. This is not it.

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