“Sixteen-year-old Portia White is used to being overlooked—after all, her twin sister Alex is a literal genius.

But when Portia holds an Egyptian scarab beetle during history class, she takes center stage in a way she never expected: she faints. Upon waking, she is stronger, faster, and braver than before. And when she accidentally touches the scarab again?

She wakes up in ancient Egypt—her sister and an unwitting freshman in tow.”

 

I wanted to like this one more than I did.  It can be hard for me to get invested in YA fantasy books.  I finished it and I’m still not super clear on exact why everything was happening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


“Trinity Jordan leads a quiet, normal life: working from home for the Hive, a multifunctional government research center, and recovering from the incident that sent her into a tailspin. But the life she’s trying to rebuild is plagued by mishaps when Li Wei, her neighbor’s super sexy and super strange nephew, moves in and turns things upside down. Li Wei’s behavior is downright odd—and the attraction building between them is even more so. When an emergency pulls his aunt away from the apartment complex, Trinity decides to keep an eye on him…and slowly discovers that nothing is what it seems. For one thing, Li Wei isn’t just the hot guy next door—he’s the hot A.I. next door. In fact, he’s so advanced that he blurs the line between man and machine. It’s up to Trinity to help him achieve his objective of learning to be human, but danger is mounting as they figure out whether he’s capable of the most illogical human behavior of all…falling in love.”

This was a good one.  I don’t usually listen to romance on audio.  I like to skip the sex parts and that’s harder to do but this was only available on Audible.  I’d recommend this one anyway though.  Great worldbuilding in a near future world. 

 

 

I have so many books out from the library right now.  I went a bit overboard requesting things for Blackathon.  I never learn how to pace myself.