RTC- I need time to process just how bad this really was.

I received this free in exchange for an honest review.

Thes is sent back in time, to when the pyramids of Giza are still being built, to find his friends soul, kill mummies and have a grand adventure with a princess.

Loved - Egyptian mythology.
Liked - Thes is a werewolf.
Didn't like -
1. The writing.
"Hot.
Burning. My skin was burning.
I opened my eyes.
Bright. Too bright.
I tried to turn, to roll away, but i couldn't move. Not well. Not quickly.
I swallowed... tried to swallow.
Throat to dry.
I raised one hand, trying to blot out the sun. Pain shot through me, gnawing at my flesh like a thousand fire ants.
It was bright... so bright.
I stared at the sky through my splayed fingers, eyes squinted nearly shut. My mouth was dry... so dry. I tried to lick my lips, but my tongue stuck to them. The taste of blood filled my mouth. Sour and metallic like dirty nickels."
I'm incredibly grateful that the writing style was like that for the first chapter only, unfortunately even though the style changed it didn't mean it got better.
2. The plot -
A lot of the story didn't make sense. It felt like I was jumping into the middle of a series. So I checked and no, this is definitely the first in the series. I read some more and still found it hard to believe this was the first in a series, so I had a closer look at the authors other books and realised this is an offshoot from a different series. That's all good and well, but you should be able to pick up the first in a new series and understand what is going on. It should be able to be read on its own, this doesn't at all.
3. The plot - Convenience...
Instead of making the story even a little bit believable or explaining how things work the author just skipped things or inserted a magical device to conveniently move the plot along.
The characters are in one spot and then all of a sudden they are somewhere else. We don't know how or what they went through to get there, just bam they are there. Its usually during these times the characters find something else that will conveniently move the story along. Like Thes's tunic, he shreds his clothes when he turns, but you can get enchanted clothes that survive the change. One minute he is destroying his clothes and then he tells us that Aziza found him an enchanted tunic at that place they went through earlier. You know the one that we didn't actually see or hear anything about until now. How convenient.
Also in case you are wondering how Thes is getting around in the desert and not eating at all, don't worry, Aziza gave him a magic ring to stop him from feeling hungry. Don't know how she got this ring or when especially considering all these mummies were awakened by Thes just before this book starts, maybe she was buried with it. It doesn't matter, its convenient, so it doesn't have to make sense.
4. The plot - How to make a story interesting?
Lets give it a fast paced plot, with lots of action and well written three dimensional characters. Oh wait, that's to hard. Lets just make the good guys the bad guys and the bad guys the good guys. And then have the new good guy and a couple of Gods jump in to explain it all.
It seems the author thinks his audience is stupid.
5. What are Goddesses good for in this book? It seems not much. They just make gooey eyes at our young hero, hit on him and wait for their husbands to show them some attention. Oh hell NO.
6. The dialogue - How do you think 4000 year old mummies would talk?
Aziza our resident mummy hunting princess, really nails her dialogue.
"For a guy who turns into a raging wolf monster you're surprisingly wussish."
Imhotep pops in with this great zinger...
"Firstly, I'm not helping you, and secondly, mwa ha ha ha!"

I can't recommend this book. Try a Rick Riordan series, they do mythology brilliantly.