Astarte’s Wrath

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Astarte’s Wrath

Astarte's Wrath

by: Trisha Wolfe
My Rating: five-stars



Published by: Trisha Wolfe on March 2nd 2013
Genres: Paranormal, Romance, Mature Young Adult, New Adult, Historical, Fantasy & Fairy Tales

Pages: 179
Also by this author: Of Silver And Beasts, The Darkest Part, Fireblood (Fireblood, #1)
Content Warning: sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence make this title appropriate for readers 18 and over.



Synopsis

A tragic love story.

Two thousand years before Dez Harkly developed her secret powers, Guardian Astarte was vowed to protect by the binds enslaving her to the Egyptian pharaohs. Discover the prophecy that originated from a very different time, and spans generations to link two very different girls.

This is the beginning.

Set against the backdrop of the Battle of Actium, in the city of Alexandria, Star struggles with her guardian duties as her feelings for the newly named pharaoh of Egypt grow deeper. Not only is Caesarion her duty, he's the son of Cleopatra, and he's human. All of which makes their love forbidden.

But when a conspiracy linked to Caesar creeps into Alexandria, Star must choose between helping her fellow Kythan free themselves of their servitude, and protecting her charge - the last pharaoh - while Egypt burns around her.






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Astarte’s Wrath is the second novel by Trisha Wolfe’s I’ve read. The first, Of Darkness and Beasts, I absolutely loved. So I was excited to read Astarte’s Wrath.

 

Before I began Astarte’s Wrath, I had an opportunity to talk to Trisha about the book and the extensive research she’d done in preparation of writing it. For over a year she researched the time, the people, the lands, the customs, the legends, Gods, anything and everything about the history surrounding Astarte and Cleopatra, filling notebook after notebook of information until she finally had to force herself to stop. She said she could have continued researching for months.

 

After talking to her I understood how important this book is to her. How much she poured her heart and soul into writing Astarte’s Wrath. So when I read it I really, really wanted to give it a great review and tell everyone how much I loved it. I wanted to point to all the areas where Trisha’s brilliance shined through. I wanted to tell everyone that this book, this piece of Trish, was a work of magic, that I could feel her love and enthusiasm for the project as I read it. That I was caught up in the magic she created…

 

And that’s exactly what I’m going to do, because the book is nothing short of brilliant. Trisha Wolfe left part of her soul in Astarte’s Wrath and you can feel it in every word.

 

 

I so was impressed by the way she seemed to seamlessly weave the history of the time with the pieces of fiction to form story she wanted to tell. She created a rich and colorful tapestry of characters both historical and fictional intertwined together in a complex and engaging story that had me flipping pages faster than my Kindle could keep up. 

 

I don’t know what I can say about the plot. I feel anything I say will spoil the book for anyone who hasn’t read it. It’s such a unique twist on the time period. It’s filled with history, but also fictional elements that add an exciting and engaging storyline that just pulled me in. There are deep, interesting characters, forbidden love, betrayal, loss, revenge, and so much more.

 

Even though many of the characters and a good portion of the story line is fictitious, Trisha did an excellent job staying true to history. I’m a sucker for happily-ever-afters, but if you know anything about the history of the time period, well, I knew one wasn’t going to come. And even with that knowledge the ending still tore at my heart. I’m not going to say anything more, but Trisha managed to make me cry and smile at the end of the book. It was both heartbreaking and, while maybe not happy, it ended just the way I think it should have. Perfectly.

 

Bottom line: Astarte’s Wrath is a five-star gem. It’s truly a work of art and straight from Trisha Wolfe’s heart.

 

Trisha is an extremely talented author. She seems to reach out from the pages of her books and touch her reader’s hearts. She is an author that other authors gauge themselves by, hoping they can recreate the magic she so effortlessly crafts.

 

About Trisha Wolfe

From an early age, Trisha Wolfe dreamed up fantasy worlds and characters and was accused of talking to herself. Today, she lives in South Carolina with her family and writes full time, using her fantasy worlds as an excuse to continue talking to herself.

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