Arcanum Now Available as a Hardcover

In Book One we visit Ancient Egypt, and in Book Two we go to France 1500s.

The author had the perfect idea of using tarot to write (guide our main character through her issues, doubts, and story.

Flashbacks to ancient Egypt, where a girl learns how to be a master in seduction in a world where men see themselves as gods? Yes, please. She protects femininity with elegance, intuition, intelligence, wisdom, and female power.

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My Full Review:

"She didn't believe in fate; she created fate. She could heal, and she could slay."

The first two things that caught my attention immediately with this book were Egypt and Tarot. Being passionate about reincarnation stories, fated stars, and destiny (since I was a child I fell in love with Sailor Moon, as an adult Outlander, and my aunt's passion for tarot and the art around these decks), I couldn't pass this one.

The author had the perfect idea of using tarot to write (guide) our main character through her issues, doubts, and story. The moment we open the book we see five tarot cards but not just that, each card has two names, one for the present where Sarah is a modern NYorker talented, beautiful, and successful mother and married woman who still keeps her grandmother's teachings close to her heart turning her fragrance company into an international business that respects Earth and people's emotions.

She is turning 40 (very relatable), and she is feeling lost more than ever. Doing what society expects from her has worked so far, but it doesn't bring her fulfillment anymore. When we read the second name (card: The Empress), we notice Sarrah, an Egyptian girl in ancient times meeting the pharaoh's son and being instructed to seduce him by her (not so kind) uncle. It is full of intrigue and games of power and greed, too.

The tarot, reincarnation, and using senses and sensuality give an amazing mystical vibe to the entire book (present and ancient times).

Without any words and with only 5 cards and several names (whose characters we unveil slowly), we are captivated by this story and cast already. I couldn't stop. I wanted to know who they were in the past, who and what their relationship with Sarah was in the present.

Flashbacks to ancient Egypt, where a girl learns how to be a master in seduction in a world where men see themselves as gods? Yes, please. She protects femininity with elegance, intuition, intelligence, wisdom, and female power.

I love the character Leyla as well. After following some of the author's weekly readings on Instagram, how she lets the cards fly and pick themselves on their own, I recognize the author a lot in the way this character helps Sarah and teaches us about the deck and its meaning.

The first volume starts and ends the plotline of Egypt, giving us her entire life and events. It's slower to advance in the present, but I would say it's the perfect rhythm. It has a lot of romance (spice scenes with detail, not closed doors at all, as my fellow bookstagrammers say). The second book will take us to France 1500s, and we already get a hint with the epilogue.

Present and past lives intertwine, add more details, and complete each plotline, enriching our experience. Book one won't resolve the major plot (this is a series) but solidifies the path moving forward. Sarah already has a major character growth arc in book 1, so I am curious and excited to visit France 1500s next and see how the cast will play next.