Asenath byAnna Patricio★★★★☆Asenath was not always her name, and she was not always froma powerful and wealthy Egyptian family. When she was young, her life waschanged forever when she was kidnapped and never saw her family again. Aftersome time, she was saved from her horrible fate and given a new life as aservant. While she did her duties, a couple became taken withher and, having always wanted a child of their own, decided to adopt her.This started her life as Asenath, again changing her life forever.
Asenath had everything she could have dreamed of and livedvery well, but she still felt an emptiness until she met Joseph. He made herfeel things she had never felt before, and she enjoyed talking to him.Unfortunately, fate was not on their side, and, just as she was able to see himagain, he was taken away from her, sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit.Asenath had to go on with her life, hoping there would be a way to get him out.
This book surprised me. In the beginning, I wasn’t sureabout it, especially since I don’t normally read historical fiction. The lovepart is probably what mostly caught my attention; I always like a good lovestory. After I got past the beginning, I began getting into it, and, as I gotfarther in, I found myself wanting to turn the pages more and more to find outwhat would happen next.
I really was taken in by the love story, which was probablymy favorite part. I often forgot that the story was taking place in Egypt. Ithad a forbidden love thing going on because Joseph wasn’t in the same “class”as her, and, especially because he went to jail, the entire time, I’m screamingin my head at her parents, “Hello, she was a servant before you adopted her!”It was a great love story that came full circle. It even had a twist that Inever saw coming. I really loved it and was like, “Oh my, that is amazing.” Itreally touched my heart.
The author did really well with this book. I don’t know muchabout the Egyptian time, but I felt like the author gave me a good feel of thetime and place. I liked the characters, and they felt real. The authorimpressed me, and she did great with the beginning, middle, and end, bringingthe story full circle in one book. It had a good ending and didn’t leave meexpecting another book because it felt complete.
I received a request from the author to review this book.
