Customer Reviews

Tomb of the God King

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I was a huge fan of 'The Mummy' when it was released in the theaters, so I looked foreward to reading this story. I am happy to say I was not disappointed. What a great story. Written in first person with delightful characters and plenty of action. I only wish the story was longer, I did not want to adventure to end.
If you liked The Mummy, you will like this story. Just add a sharp mouth Englishman, a hot gunslinger, good m/m action and romance.

This was a good story. I liked the heros (Christian and Eric) and even the bad guys. The chemistry between Eric and Chris was believable. But this book contained some "slow parts". I found myself fast-forwarding in some sections, maybe it was too predictable. It is a "Mummy Story", which has been told and re-told "ad nauseam". I guess I was looking for something along the lines of Julia's "Jumping Into Things". Now, that is a great book, showcasing Julia's talent.

"Tomb" is a light but very enjoyable read which, while it doesn't rise to the level of one of Elizabeth Peters' "Amelia Peabody" mysteries, did give me a taste of what a Gay romance/mystery set in early 20th century Egypt could present to readers. The author has woven a thoroughly enjoyable tale, with very satisfying characters and a storyline that kept my attention and interest throughout. I also found the element of supernatural horror that the author introduced to be inventive and definitely out-of-the-ordinary from predictable "mummy" or "curse of the pharaoh" fare.

My only complaints about this book relate to issues that have nothing to do with the quality of the writing or the story itself. First, I found the lack of right justification to be distracting (and the ragged margin gave the book an appearance of being less professional than it actually is). Secondly, there are a handful of chapters in which the proofreading was very sloppy. Missing words and letters, word substitutions (e.g., "to" instead of "do") and similar errors sometimes necessitated breaks in reading flow that should not have been necessary. In my opinion, both of these flaws, though relatively minor, are "publishing disservices" to what is an exciting and entertaining story, told by the author with energy, humour, and a fine appreciation of romance between two Gay men.

I would certainly enjoy reading any future adventures of Eric and Christian. In my opinion, as is the case with the first of the "Amelia Peabody Mysteries," "Tomb of the God King" and its lovable protaganists beg for a sequel.

This sounded promising, a combination of male on male erotica with an Egyptian archeology background. But I was disappointed in the whole thing.

The two main characters are stereotypes and their dialogue is so stilted that I found it -- while not offensive -- hard to swallow (so to speak.)

The sex scenes are routine and repetitive, the mystery not so much, and the supernatural aspect was pretty weird and unbelievable.

All in all, a quick read (with some skimming near the end), but not satisfying.

Note: Although the Torquere Press printing is 232 pages, it's really much shorter since the type is pretty big and the margins are very wide. Plus there are quite a few typos scattered throughout the book.

I didn't like this book---the summary looked promising, and I enjoy stories with the characters that were described. But all I got was a badly written first point of view story that required large font to fill in a few bloody pages to make the page count. The characters turned out to be completely BORING; I can't even recall what they 'look' like, or what their personalities were supposed to be. Everything was written in such a way that I couldn't 'see' the desert or tombs, where I couldn't be drawn in to experience everything in a way that makes every reader able to connect with the characters. The total situation with the tombs and the king being forced back to life and its background setting was pretty cool---it was just very disappointing to have it surrounded by a boring man-love that seemed forced.