The finale of the book that I have been looking forward to having loved Amara"s journey so far from the Wolf Den in Pompeii to become a high powered courtesan in Rome. We delve into her next adventure. She's a shrewd character. Makes me wonder what is in store. Can't wait for this to be released.

A gripping start to Roman historical fiction, with strong female lead characters. I will definitely be reading the rest when it is published.

Loved this short extract of Amara in Rome, I'm really eager to find out what happens next in her story and whether she gets back to Pompeii before the volcano erupts.

I badly need to read the rest of this book as I want to know what will happen, how the author deals with Vesuvio eruption and a lot of things.
Highly expected

My most anticipated book of the year! I absolutely loved the first 2 books of this trilogy and recommended it to so many others, who have all loved it too!
This is a tantalising teaser of what’s to come, as once again, Elodie Harper transports us back to Ancient Rome, to follow Amara’s journey. I’m sad the trilogy is coming to an end, but excited to see how it does.
With thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this extract - roll on November!

I cannot WAIT for the third book to come out! I am a huge fan of this trilogy and have the third on pre order ready to go. I have loved following Amara's story so far and this first chapter has my intrigue from the get go! Can't wait!

This is a very short extract (10 pages). It's an intriguing start, pointing to a novel. concerned with political machinations and intrigue. What little we see of the historical context is well-realized and feels very well researched. The prose felt a touch clunky at times, which is why I'm subtracting a star.

Thank you to Head of Zeus Apollo for an extract from the upcoming ‘Temple of Fortuna’ by Elodie Harper due to be published in early November.

This is the third book in Harper’s Wolf Den Trilogy, following on from ‘The Wolf Den’ (2021) and ‘The House with the Golden Door’ (2022).

The trilogy follows the journey of Amara, originally a slave in Pompeii's wolf den and now a high-powered courtesan in Rome. As it’s 79AD the eruption of Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii is expected to be part of this final volume.

Obviously as this is a short extract, it’s impossible to say much about the novel as a whole. However, having read and loved the first two novels, I have every confidence that the conclusion will live up to the same standard.

I will update my Goodreads review when I read the full text later in the year, whether as an ARC or the purchased book.

An invitation to read the full novel, and I can't wait to do that. The writing and characterisation are excellent as always. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for letting me read an extract of the novel.

I’m more excited than ever for the third instalment of this trilogy! Roll on November! I’ve been a huge fan since the very beginning and I’m eagerly awaiting Amara’s final adventure.

This was so exciting! I can't wait to read the full book! I loved being able to dip back into the world of this trilogy, I was enthralled by the setting and the characters and having this extract has made the world so real again for me. The setting is so rich and the characters are so well developed and being able to see their character arcs reaching their pivotal moments as the trilogy comes to an end. This extract was just enough to have me once again desperate to continue with Amara's story.

The Temple of Fortuna is a book following Amara, in the final book in the trilogy. Whilst this was only a short sampler, I found myself really interested in reading this book as I have loved the other books in the series, and Amara is a wonderfully compelling protagonist. I thought the cover was also very beautiful and really worked well with the other book covers. I would definitely recommend this to any fans of the series (and would recommend the whole series to anyone interested in ancient history!), as I thought it was very well written and I enjoyed reading it.

This one of my most anticipated books of 2023. I have been obsessed by Pompeii ever since visiting many years ago and this extract is a wonderful tease of the final chapter in this fantastic saga.

The Temple of Fortuna is the conclusion to a trilogy of books that follow Amara as she progresses from a slave and prostitute in Pompeii in The Wolf Den (Book One and my favourite reads of 2021) to a freed woman navigating her newfound freedom and cultivating her own sense of power and autonomy in Pompeii in The House With the Golden Door (Book Two). This extract alludes to Amara working as a sort of spy, and moving the story from Pompeii to Rome, where she continues to navigate some of the more sinister aspects of society in order to guarantee maintaining her freedom.

Elodie Harpers' writing is a masterful description of Roman society and the Ancient World, this excerpt shows her continuing to weave an engaging writing style and real history into a detailed narrative. The writing is immersive and really makes it easy to imagine how the ancient world sounded, looked and even smelt like, this small excerpt was also able to express the tension in Rome (in contrast to Pompeii in books one and two, which felt removed from wider Roman politics) and its citizens trepidation towards foreigners. There is also a clear foundation in historical detail and accuracy, graffiti was commonplace in Roman towns and cities (there is so much of it in Pompeii in particular) and it is one of the indicators historians can use to understand what everyday people valued and feared. Additionally, it masterfully weaves in fictional people such as Amara, in real situations, with real people, such as Pliny the Elder (a naturalist who wrote extensively about geography and is one of our most detailed sources on the Campania region), the Flavian Emperors (Vespasian, Titus and Domitian) and even Berenice.

I am eagerly awaiting reading The Temple of Fortuna in its entirety, this excerpt has already laid a strong foundation and hooked me.