Name: Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
ISBN: 9780618756384

R. L. LaFevers

Twelve-year-old Theo uses arcane knowledge and her own special talent when she encounters two secret societies, one sworn to protect the world from ancient Egyptian magic and one planning to harness it to bring chaos to the world, both of which want a valuable artifact stolen from the London museum for which her parents work. 20,000 first printing.

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos

Sarah Sammis

At the library I picked up a copy of Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris and quickly realized I had picked up the second book in the series. Since it was obvious to me that I would adore the series, I took the book back and found the first one so I could start at the beginning.

Now I cut my mystery reading teeth on Elizabeth's Peter's Amelia Peabody series. In that one Peabody and Emerson have a son who promises to be a better Egyptologist than either of them. He's so perfect at it (and everything else) that he's on my list of most annoying series characters ever. Theodosia is a lovely and refreshing parody of characters like Rameses.

Theo's parents specialize in Egyptian antiquities. Her father runs the museum and her mother mans the digs. What they don't realize is their precious antiquities are usually cursed. She has the inborn talent to recognized cursed items and the know-how to neutralize them.

Like her male counterpart, Theo has a cat of dubious personality. The cat becomes even more a difficult creature to handle when its accidentally cursed. The cursed cat brings to the book a nice mixture of humor and suspense.

I've only scrapped the surface of this book. Although Theo tends to ramble at times, I loved the book and I plan to read the other books in the series.

athena

Twelve-year-old Theo uses arcane knowledge and her own special talent when she encounters two secret societies, one sworn to protect the world from ancient Egyptian magic and one planning to harness it to bring chaos to the world, both of which want a valuable artifact stolen from the London museum for which her parents work. Reprint.

mighty dragon 

Well, I had pretty high expectations for this book.

It seemed to me Theodosia is quite uhh somewhat a Mary Sue character (rich, smart, always get all she wanted). Like there are times when I wished she'd get caught (I mean... she's 11 and she done a lot dangerous stuffs, she ought to get caught right??)

And there's this thing with Sticky Will; she asked for his help for her dangerous business and she didn't give him anything in return??? :/


Anyways, I enjoyed it though. I just wish it's more... I don't know, her lucks ran out or something?

Sonja H

Nicht überragend gut, aber eine nette und unterhaltsame Geschichte mit einer sympathischen Protagonistin.

Anastaciya

ah, I didn't like Theo... the book is well written, intriguing, and I believe is quite good for its audience. but in my opinion, I've read better middle grade books.

Allison Garrett

Ellie Younger

Cindy Lee

Theodosia Throckmorton has her hands full at the Museum of Legends and Antiquities in London. Her father may be head curator, but it is Theo—and only Theo—who is able to see all the black magic and ancient curses that still cling to the artifacts in the museum. Sneaking behind her father’s back, Theo uses old, nearly forgotten Egyptian magic to remove the curses and protect her father and the rest of the museum employees from the ancient, sinister forces that lurk in the museum’s dark hallways.

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos

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