Medallion of Murder by BR Myers | Blog Tour & Giveaway | Book Review

Title: Medallion of Murder
Series: A Nefertari Hughes Mystery
Author: BR Myers
Publisher: Blue Moon Publishers
Published Date: September 18th, 2018
Genre: Mystery, History based, Egyptology, YA
Page Count:283
Format: Kindle

My Rating: ★ ★ ★.5 

Goodreads Summary: 

Still struggling with nightmares from the past summer, Terry tries to bury her secret guilt and enjoy her family’s first Christmas in Devonshire. But when a murdered man is found with a postcard addressed to her, Terry fears the repercussions from that fateful night in Egypt are becoming a reality.

After she receives a coded message from Awad, Terry and her best friend Maude are thrown into the hunt for a lost medallion, an artifact that possesses a great power—and a gruesome destiny. As each clue leads to more disturbing truths (and bodies), Terry begins to suspect she’s the real target of the search. When Awad goes missing, she becomes certain the Illuminati are involved, and has no choice but to risk losing the thing she cherishes the most to get him back. 

But Terry will soon discover the secrets of the tomb cannot be erased by distance or power, because the ghosts of her past are closing in quickly… and this time, they refuse to stay buried.

Author Bio: 
Always in the mood for a good scare, B.R. Myers spent most of her teen years behind the covers of Lois Duncan, Ray Bradbury, and Stephen King. Her YA contemporary coming of age novel, GIRL ON THE RUN, was chosen by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre as a BEST BOOK for TEENS for 2016.

When she’s not putting her characters in awkward situations, she works as a registered nurse. A member of the Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia, she lives in Halifax with her husband and two children—and there is still a stack of books on her bedside table.

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 My Review:

Thank you to Xpressobooktours for the free copy and being able to be apart of the blog tour. 

Full disclosure I didn't realize this was the third book in the series until I went to start reading it. Some of my opinions on it will not fully reflect the series nor should it stop you from starting the series. 

I absolutely loved the history parts of this book. I grew up loving everything about Egypt and I am so glad to finally be seeing it in a YA series. I know several middle-grade series our about Egypt but I personally haven't seen many ya ones, if I'm missing them please let me know what they are so I can read them!

A lot of the relationships I found a little confusing at times to figure out who was who and how they were all connected. I did figure this all out about 20% into the book. This was completely my fault though because I hadn't read the first two books. I also found the Illuminati a little confusing as well, because of how secretive everything about it was.

What I liked.
I really did like the history as I mentioned before. I also liked how the main character Terry does use a prosthetic leg and that is made to be normal, no one was weirded out by it including her boyfriend as they get more serious and started talking about certain things. Terry's best friends are amazing and I adore them. They are supportive and informative and just jump right in and find ways to help Terry solve the problem that they are being faced with. Awad was a character I was a little unsure of at first, because of certain things and I really didn't trust him fully because of how secretive he was being about certain things.

What I felt meh about.
How secretive everything was about certain things. I really didn't see a point in half of it because of how dangerous things got by the end. People needed to know the secrets, but couldn't for reasons that I kind of understand, but I still don't like the reasons.

Overall I did enjoy this book. I will say that this is a series that builds off of each book so it should be read in order to fully understand everything. I do want to read the first two books in the series and reread this one because I do think I missed a lot of things because I just didn't understand what was going on. I will review the first two books when I read them, and possibly add more to this review after I have reread it. 



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