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Cleo by Lucy Coats: A Book Review

Cleo Author: Lucy Coats Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, YA Publisher: Orchard Books Release Date: May 2015 Pages: 384 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: "Trust Me. However it Looks..."       Cleopatra has grown up surrounded by the secrets and treachery of the Pharaoh's court. Cleo knows that she was chosen by the goddess Isis at birth . . . but now her monstrous half-sisters have seized the throne and betrayed the old ways for a bloodthirsty new god.       Cleo's life is in danger--and so is her whole country. Who can she really trust? Could the mysterious boy from the Great Library hold the key?       A captivating story full of the glamour and intrigue of Ancient Egypt.       My review: After the death of Cleopatra’s mother, Cleopatra’s father goes to Rome, and her sisters become the Pharaoh’s Egypt. They get rid of the worship of the old traditiona...