LitPick Review
Mirany, a young women, is elected to be the bearer of the Gods. She has to tell the Speaker (who tells the people what the God wants) if the God is in the people's presence. Mirany lives with the nine, who are some of the most respected people in her country. There are people in the nine like the taster-of-the-Gods who do important things for the Gods and the people. When Archon, the ruler of the land, dies he gives Mirany a note saying that the Oracle is betrayed, the Speaker can not hear the Gods, and the Speaker is making ideas up in her head and in the people's favor. Mirany has to find the new Archon, but the new Archon lives in a very poor place far away. The Speaker wants a weak boy to be the Archon so that she can control the Archon and maintain power. The rest of the book is about Mirany's attempt to find the new Archon and end the drought that has plagued the land for the past 6 months.
Opinion:
I thought this book was very exciting, especially at the end. It also has a lot of myth in it and is a great book for those who love places like Egypt. The book was well detailed and the author had a lot of descriptions so you understood what things look like. The only problem with this book is that it is confusing. It gives you so much to read that you forget some important ideas and sometimes things just pop up out of nowhere and the author hasn't explained that part too well. Also the book got me questioning some things which were later answered but I also had some questions left. Nevertheless it all didn't matter because it was such an exciting story with amazing things happening.
