Status Updates From Mara, Daughter of the Nile

I'm finally done!

This book is taking forever, even though it's good.

“She scorned them?”
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

When you’ve had a rough day… but at least you’re reading a wonderful book.

I… CANNOT… HANDLE… THAT… CHAPTER 😭😭😭😭😍😭💜💔💔😍🥺🥹😩

Oh, the way the feeling of dread in this moment is something that I will always vividly remember.

I saw my mom this evening and told her I was rereading this book. I wish y’all could have seen the way she clasped her hand over her heart and said, “Oh!”😍😭😜

“But waiting was hardest.”

Preach😭🙈

"Better we die, my lord, than Egypt."

Dear goodness😍 It’s never any surprise to me that Sheftu was my first literary love 😍💜 What a character… 😍🙃💜

One of those books where it's pretty much just non-stop, "OhmywordIlovethissomuch😍😍😍"

“When he smiles—I know not how to tell you of his smile. It is like a magician's potion. ...”

She stopped in confusion at the amusement on the king’s face. “He was not described quite thus by the last messenger—who was elderly and male,” said Thutmose drily.


🤣🤣🤭This had me cackling😆

“Describe Sheftu? Mara was thinking. As well describe the shape of the wind.”

“… it took gall to send them fetching and carrying as if she were some great lady.

But gall Mara had, in plenty, …”

"This is better," he approved. "I dislike an atmosphere of deceit. It is far better to be frank with one another, don't you agree, Captain?"

I just... I can't handle it 🥰😍🥰 What a delight it is to read a good book💜

“She would not have been human had she not reacted to that smile.”

I legitimately forgot that they use “Pah!” as an exclamation in this book🙈 That’s something they say in The King’s Bride 🤪🙈

“It was a crass and ugly world where such a girl could be kept a slave.”

I’ve been wanting to reread this one for so many years 😭💜 Already so happy.

"It was dangerous to have brains these days in the land of Kemt."