Ms. Penn does extensive research before writing her books by visiting places and immersing herself in the culture. In “End of Days” is a twisted original story taken from her experience mixed with some mythology, religion beliefs and amazing layers of history. This book reads beautifully as a stand-alone story.
The author admits to have taken some artistic license with the location and has put forward a fast-paced adventure bringing her protagonists Morgan and Jake from Iraq to the Appalachian Mountains, to Israel to the tombs of Egypt in a race against the Brotherhood of the Serpent to find the seals before the resurrection of an evil from his prison.
For those who may be longing for something apocalyptic and find mythology of snakes fascinating this is a story for you, definitely writing about ancient serpent and experiences of believers is not for everyone. Mithridatism is a real practice exploited here. Definitely Ms. Penn possesses not only knowledge but also a fertile imagination and a great sense for drama. As always the style shines, is richly written and expertly said: the narration and dialogue comes as expected from Ms. Penn: excellent. The multiple characters held their places also.
Having said this, this story wasn’t for me. Sometime didn’t click and I had a hard time staying focused. Maybe too many serpents and weird action, I simply couldn’t enjoy this twisted story…maybe it was too twisted for me.…..
I am a huge fan of Ms. Penn and have enjoyed many of her books, some more than others of course but unfortunately this latest missed the mark for me…..
I received an ARC from the author for a honest and unbiased review
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