Neferet, the newly invested God's Wife, is second in command in the land of Kemet. She loves her father, the pharaoh, but loathes her nefarious mother. After ascending to her prestigious office, Neferet learns that her mother is planning on giving her in marriage to her villainous half brother Zayem. As she struggles to escape her mother's clutches, Neferet feels like her Ba is missing. Part of her soul is gone and Neferet sees visions of a place far in the future and a unfamiliar face.
On the other side of the world and four thousand years in the future, Rebecca has just landed the coveted spot of lead dancer for the Chicago's Waterfront production of Aida. Rebecca's excitement is overshadowed by her frequent blackouts. Rebecca is also seems to be intuned with Egypt, to the point of feeling like she is Egyptian. This sudden change in Rebecca leaves her roommates and boyfriend scared and worried. Her problem is compounded by the mysterious arrival of Sherif, an Egyptologist who has taken an extreme liking to Rebecca. His interest soon sparks fear in Rebecca, who is struggling to keep herself in modern day Chicago.
I enjoyed this book quite a bit. Neferet's story was quite a bit more interesting that Rebecca's. But Rebecca still held a lot of mystery. Both girls responded to the other is different ways, and it was interesting to watch them struggle under the weight of self-doubt.
There were/are a few gaps that are still in my mind as I am fresh off the book. I still have some lingering questions about Sherif's background. I also wish that we could have had one final look at Rebecca's story. Maybe there will be a sequel?? Here's to hoping!
The writing in this book is rather malleable. Voedisch's writing can be soft as the lotus blossoms or as mad as a confused woman. She captures the essence of each of the girls. ( )

I was quite excited to read The God's Wife. I love historical fiction and I'm not terribly fussy about accuracy. However, I am quite fussy about good writing. I found the transitions between Neferet's story and Rebecca's story to be choppy and abrupt. There were parts where I wondered if my kindle was missing some pages. The writing is awkward and frustrating.

I was getting into the story but the following sentence was my breaking point: "This wasn't going to be the first time he turned her life upside down" (47% on kindle). Ugh.

With some dedicated proof-reading this story has potential. ( )

I am an Ancient Egypt addict. I love watching movies and documentaries about it, I love reading about it, I love learning about its mythology -- basically, I love it. So when I jumped at the chance to read this book.

Based off my rating, you're probably wondering what went wrong. It definitely wasn't the Ancient Egypt part. Voedisch has certainly done her homework, and while I thought that story was sometimes sacrificed to make way for informative passages about Ancient Egpytian culture that could have been deleted or worked in better, it was a good story. Honestly, without the modern-day portion, and with some more details and intrigues added into Neferet's part, this would have been a really good novel. It had romance, mystery, suspense, power struggles, plots to overthrow the Pharaoh -- everything you need for a good story.

Rebecca's story wasn't nearly as fascinating. I found her to be whiny and annoying. She just let things happen to her, or charged headfirst into a situation she knew would be bad. Also, when comparing her dance conflict to Neferet's life-or-death conflict, it seemed she was overly worried about petty issues. In order for both of these stories to have worked together, there needed to be a couple of things included in the novel:

1) A better explanation for how Rebecca and Neferet are connected. There was a strange chapter that I didn't think fit in with the story at all that attempted to explain it, but it needed to be better. I can't say more without ruining the novel, but I think there should have been more mention of their connection from the beginning.

2) A stronger emphasis on magic. There are a couple of times when huge things are done with magic, and they seem entirely out of place, because magic isn't a big focus in the novel. It should have been brought up more often.

Besides that, the end wasn't realistic enough for me. Even for a fantasy-type book, it just didn't work. I was left with a lot of unanswered questions.

*I was given a free copy of the book in exchange for my honest review* ( )