Hello lovelies!
Veterans Day or Remembrance Day is
this upcoming Monday; a time to remember those who have been lost in war, be
thankful for those who have sacrificed themselves for our freedom, hope for a
better future, etc… we had a Remembrance day assembly at school on Friday and
throughout most of the assembly I had tears in my eyes. I have never actually
known anybody who had fought in the war, but it was just so sad and, I can’t
even describe it. Anyways I will be
reviewing the book Chaos of Stars and the info, review and everything else will
be down below ↓. Hope you enjoy!
P.S. Extra information about Egyptian
Mythology will also be below.
P.S.S. Thank you to Emma Right for
being out first follower on Bloglovin’
Title: The Chaos of Stars
Author: Kiersten White
Pages: 288
Genre: Paranormal Fantasy, Love & Romance
Publisher: Harper Teen
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Reading Level: Young Adult & up
*Caution: spoilers in this review!
Synopsis
Isadora''s family is seriously screwed up.
Of course, as the human daughter of Egyptian gods, that pretty much comes with the territory. She''s also stuck with parents who barely notice her, and a house full of relatives who can''t be bothered to remember her name. After all, they are going to be around forever-and she''s a mere mortal.
Isadora''s sick of living a life where she''s only worthy of a passing glance, and when she has the chance to move to San Diego with her brother, she jumps on it. But Isadora''s quickly finding that a "normal" life comes with plenty of its own epic complications-and that there''s no such thing as a clean break when it comes to family. Much as she wants to leave her past behind, she can''t shake the ominous dreams that foretell destruction for her entire family. When it turns out there may be truth in her nightmares, Isadora has to decide whether she can abandon her divine heritage after all.
My Thoughts
I was very very very very excited to
read this book at first when I found it at the library. It was about a mortal
girl named Isadora, whose family was a bunch of immortal gods and goddesses, not
just any gods, Egyptian gods and goddesses. The Egyptians have always been kind
of a mystery I guess, we know the key points of their history and religion but
there aren't really any details (like most ancient history), which makes even
more interesting and intriguing. Added to that I have always been interested in
story plots about mortals being related to immortals. It has always been an
interesting topic in my opinion because well, it could be true but it most
likely isn't.
At the beginning of the book Isadora,
the main character and the narrator makes it seem like her goddess mother; Isis,
is ignorant and a horrible mother in general. Isadora’s father Osiris is kind
but has always been in the background really, and wasn't really ever involved
in her life. To sum it all up Isadora’s family is seriously screwed up but that
can be expected if you family consists of million year old gods and goddesses.
Isadora started to really “rebel” against her parents around her early tween
years (9-12 yr old) after she figured out that the room her parents gave her to
paint and decorate as her own was really a…tomb! Dun dun dun! After she figured
that out it all kind of went downhill from there, it didn’t really help that
Isadora’s mother had a child every twenty years. It gave the impression that
Isis only had mortal children so that she could have “followers” that would
pray to her every day, which Isadora refused to do.
Surprisingly Isadora’s family finds
out that Isis is pregnant again, four years early! This angers Isadora and
reminds her that she is replaceable and that her family doesn't actually love
her, or so she thinks. Suddenly Isis and Isadora start to have weird and
frightening dreams, which is a sign that something bad will happen soon. To
protect her daughter Isis decides to send Isadora to live with her brother
Sirus, and Isadora jumps at the chance to get away from her crazy family. When
she arrives at San Diego, she does most things that her mother would disapprove
of, like eating sugar, junk food, cold foods, etc. Unfortunately she can’t
completely escape her old life, her mother had volunteered her at the San Diego
museum to watch the transportation of her family donation of “rare” and
“valuable” artifacts. In San Diego Isadora finally is able to live her somewhat
normal, sixteen year old mortal life. Along the way she learns about love, friendship
and family.
Don’t worry, I won’t spoil the end,
even though I spoiled everything else (sorry!) I did enjoy this book but I wouldn't say it was one of my favorites. In my opinion it had gotten a little
confusing between the relationship between Isadora and her mother. Sure it
changes throughout the book, which is expected, but at the beginning of the
book Isadora held a bitter hatred for her mother, but when she arrives at San
Diego it’s almost as if Isadora is conflicted between loving and caring about
her mother and hating her mother. There were times when in one chapter Isadora
would be hating her mom and family then in the next she would be worried about
them and wondering what they were doing. That personally confused me because I
was expecting a very deep and bitter hatred toward Isis but I got some of that
mixed with love and care, which can also be expected. That is pretty much the
only thing I hated about the book. Although I didn't really like Isadora at the
beginning, she was a little bratty and immature but she grew on me. The more I
read the more I kind of understood what she was going through with an
overbearing parent. I loved Isadora’s
new found friends; Tyler and Scott though, they were loud and hilarious. Tyler also
reminded me of Blondie and when I told her that, she agreed with me after she
read a few of Tyler and Isadora’s conversations. On my goodness though!
Isadora’s new love interest was the best part, her had me swooning and
squealing every time I read about him. He a poet, who writes epic poetry, he
has pretty blue eyes, he is a foodie expert, he likes Greek mythology (which
I’m obsessed with) and the best part he is a romantic at heart! The attraction
between him and Isadora was unbearable I remember wishing that they would get together
sooner while I was reading the book.
In conclusion I really did enjoy
reading about Isadora’s journey throughout the book, and her thoughts when she
was out “finding” herself. I give this book 3.5 poppy's out of 5 poppy's
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Egyptian Gods & Godesses
Information
Isis: The mother of Horus, The wife and sister Osiris, daughter of Geb and Nut, the sister to Set and Nephthysis. She is the godess of magic, marriage, heeling and motherhood. Isis is also the queen of the gods.
Osiris: The father of Horus and Anubis, and the husband and brother to Isis, the son of Geb and Nut, the brother of Nephthysis and Set. He is the god of the underworld and the afterlife.
Horus: The Son of Isis and Osiris, The half brother to Anubis. He is the god of war, sky and falcons. Horus if the king of the gods. (in this book he is also the husband to Hather)
Hather: The daughter of Ra. She is the goddess of love. (in this story she is also the wife to Horus and the goddess of beer and love)
Set: The son of Geb and Nut, the brother to Osiris,Isis, and husband and brother to Nephthysis. god of deserts, storms, evil, and chaos
Nephthysis: Wife to Set, Mother of Anubis, daughter of Geb and Nut, sister to Osiris, Isis and Set.
Anubis: The son of Nephthysis and Osiris, and the half brother to Horus. He is the god of judgement of life and death.
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