Delzelle has written a thoroughly engrossing novel that crosses ancient Egypt and the present day. The book keeps one glued to their seat until the last page. I look forward to Delzelle's next book.

"This is a tale of vengeance."

A vengeance started with Set and his brother, Osiris, and continued to Alex and few mad people around her.

Alex won in auction an ancient Egyptian mask on eBay! But, this is not good news. She was so excited that buy it at a low price. A beautiful gold mask that your cat hates! You should trust your cat and get rid of the mask soon as you can. Or, Stuck with the walking dead man, revenge god, and so many other crazy things.

Death Mask: A Tale of Vengeance by Nora Delzelle was a mystery and urban fantasy story that I wish was with more detail about Set and Horus, or in ancient times. It was easy and enjoyable reading this fast-paced, suspenseful, and surprising story.

Many thanks to Xpresso Book Tours and NetGalley for giving me the chance to read Death Mask: A Tale of Vengeance by Nora Delzelle, I have given my honest review.

Writing and publishing a book is an admirable accomplishment. It’s also one that’s been made increasingly easy in these days of digital publishing, meaning almost anyone can do it. When, the thing is, of course, no everyone should. Or they should as a vanity project, but the readers must go in with expectations adjusted accordingly.
This seems to be the case here. The author has obviously put a lot of work into crafting this tale to reflect her interests (good ones, mythology, ancient past, etc.) and her talent and the latter just isn’t quite there. This book is actually a really good example of a decent if not original idea executed with a flat, bland write by numbers approach.
It practically screams amateurish debut…the stilted dialogue, the carboard cutouts of characters, the cheaply rendered romantic entanglements. At its very best, it’s as generic as the cover. Otherwise, it’s just a pure waste of time. Not that much time, but still…time. And the author plans to continue with this too, serializing it, which is just…
The basic plot here is this…a 24 year old woman buys an ancient Egyptian mask off the internet and finds herself enmeshed in a historically fraught conspiracy and an ongoing battle of forces greater then herself. Through assistance of her devoted potential love interest and extended, extensive dream sequences, she must sort it all out and you know she will, because sequel.
So essentially this is like Ancient Aliens, The Mask and maybe The Mummy getting together and producing a malnourished deformed offspring that should have probably been aborted, because despite the individual and very different awesomeness of the parent properties, some things just shouldn’t breed.
Throughout the book the main protagonist is described several times as unoriginal and not very bright. Well, given the quality of narrative here, it probably wasn’t an intentional sign of self awareness but there, a perfect description for this book. It isn’t the worst thing out there and, to its credit, well edited, it’s just a bland dud.
It has managed to gather some really good reviews though, so my opinion is definitely in the minority here. Make your own choices. You will, anyway. Thanks Netgalley.

There's a lot of potential in this story and I think that some editing would surely help.
The plot is well developed and entertaining, I found the characters a bit underdeveloped.
It's a good idea even if it's not my cup of tea
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine