Sera is used to being forgotten and is happy to be, even if her healing powers have waned in the years since people forgot her real name.Everything changes when a minor god turns up and reveals her scorpions are being blamed for a poisoning. Determined to prove her innocence, Sera must take her place as a goddess once more and uncover the plot threatening to destroy her.-Protectors Of Poison is … Of Poison is part of the Forgotten Gods series and is Serket’s full story. It is based on Egyptian mythology.
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SomeTimes, Poison Heals What Ails You!
What’s A Forgotten God to DO…
When She’s being Framed for Attempted Murder of Who God,
By Her Very Own Venomous Scorpions… Her Babies NO LESS!
Well she Travels to Clear Her Name,
And, if Possible, Heal the Damage,
From the Poisson Done in Her Name!
Maybe SomeWhere along the Way…
She’ll find SomeOne to Heal Her HEART TOO!
I received Laura Greenwood’s “Protectors of Poison: A Zodiac Shifters Paranormal Romance: Scorpio” via B00|{$P®0UT; I recommend this book to others based upon its own merits. All opinions expressed within this review are uniquely my own & freely given!
Until next time… Happy Reading!
A quick but fun read. Loved the Egyptian mythology.
Protectors Of Poison: Scorpio by Laura Greenwood is the 1st in the Forgotten Gods series.
Immortal, almost forgotten about and working as a veterinary assistant, Sera has very little of her God powers remaining. When Sed shows up asking for her help, she doesnt believe that there is anything she can do.
A quick read, but I really enjoyed this Egyptian fantasy romance!
Protectors of Poison: Scorpio by Laura Greenwood is a Zodiac Shifters Paranormal Romance that I listened to on audio narrated by Sabrina Sterling. This is book one in the Forgotten Gods Series and can be read as a stand-alone.
I absolutely love Laura’s books! I really enjoyed this series based on Egyptian Mythology. I look forward to reading the next book in the series Priestess of Truth.
Sabrina did an amazing job on the narration. She really knows how to bring a story to life. I look forward to listening to more of her work in the future.
A short fantasy of Egyptian gods with a splash of romance!
Sera is a lonely woman who spends her time healing animals as a veterinary nurse. She hides the fact that she is actually Serket, the Egyptian goddess of healing, but she has lost most of her powers over the years. Unexpectedly, one of her fellow gods finds her and asks for help. Will Sera help him and get pulled back into her old society?
This is a surprisingly meaty fantasy story in spite of being so short (2.5 hours). It is told in first person perspective only from the point of view of Serket. The romance subplot is sweet with closed-door love scenes, a writing choice that worked well. It would probably be rated PG if it were a movie. I loved how the gods’ powers worked similarly those in Neil Gaiman’s famous novel “American Gods”. When humans forgot their names and no longer worshipped them, the immortal gods’ powers were severely reduced. When this happens, a goddess basically must live like a human. I really like Serket and Zed (I am unsure of the spelling). Serket is a gentle soul, but she has an inner strength and good moral fiber. I love the quick pacing of the story and the suspenseful scenes. I highly recommend this audiobook to anyone who wants a short fantasy with shape-shifting Egyptian gods.
The female narrator did a very good job. She did a very good Egyptian-sounding accent for Zed, and he sounded like a sexy man. Minor characters sounded nicely distinctive. I am on the fence about the choice of accent for Serket. She speaks with a distinct London accent. Perhaps Serket has been living in London a long time (it is unclear in the story) but I think that Serket should have a trace of an Egyptian accent, or at least reacquire an Egyptian accent after being around Zed a while. Serket’s English accent does sound pleasant, and the narrator properly conveys her gentle soul with her voice. Overall, I enjoyed the narration.
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I enjoyed the way that Sabrina Sterling narrated this story, the various accents she used worked well.
This story is relatively short but feels perfectly formed. I enjoyed the mix of modern day and the ancient gods of Egypt. It kept me interested all the way to the end and I could have happily spent longer with the characters.
Egyptian mythology with a fun twist Protectors of Poison is a short listen, Sabrina Sterling the narrator made it a wonderful addition to the Zodiac shifters series, and this was my introduction to both of these shifters.
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Ancient Goddess Serket…
Captivating paranormal shifter adventure and romance set in Egypt with ancient Egyptian mythology, plenty of suspense, intrigue, twists and romance. Loved it! Enjoy!
I received an arc copy and am happy to leave my honest review.
A Zodiac Shifters book, where the h is a rare scorpion shifter, and a god. Originally from Egypt, and many millennia old, her magic is healing.
Received this Arc and I’m leaving an honest review.
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What a great story. I loved the way the old gods were brought in to the present and to fall in love. The characters were fun and the story was exciting.
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I was offered an opportunity to read this ARC and since I hadn’t read any of the series previously but had seen it advertised, I wanted to take a chance. I’m so glad I did. I’ve always ben enthralled with mythology and this storyline is loosely based on Egyptian Mythology and it’s gods.
Serket, aka Sera, is a small god of healing working as a human in a veterinarian office. Her magical healing powers are almost completely gone, no longer able to help humans, she does have enough to help with animals occasionally. That’s where Sed, the protector of Kingship, found her. He had turned into a jackal so she would help him and then in turn ask her to help the god Osiris who was dying.
Are you intrigued yet? I thought so, so was I. Laura Greenwood has taken Egyptian Mythology and wove it through a paranormal romance to make a book so intriguing with characters containing personality traits and quirks that make them humanly relatable, a plot that wove through seamlessly and a slow burning romance that makes you sit up and take notice, waiting to see what happens. I loved it and of course, will have to continue finding these books to see what all I’ve missed.
Sera was a veterinary nurse working on an injured kitten and, with no one near her, she used her healing powers to knit the bones and heal the abused animal. The vet was ready to begin surgery, but she told him it did not appear necessary. He came into the room and praised her magic touch with animals, startling her that he came so close to the truth! Her powers were too weak to help humans now, so she did what she could for animals. As they left for the evening, a jackal ran in front of Sera’s car! The vet pulled up beside her car. She knew the animal was injured, but the vet could not permit a wild animal into the clinic due to possible disease. So Sera lied and told him she had a friend who worked at the zoo and would take the jackal to him. Instead, she took him home and cleaned the infected wound on his belly. Then she went to bed.
In the morning, she went downstairs to check on the jackal but instead found a man! He said, “Hello Serket.” She asked him not to call her that, but he was a god as she was and they knew each other by sight. Sed, one of the minor gods, told her he was there because Osiris had been poisoned. He said one of her scorpions from her temple had been used, but she told him she had no more scorpions and her temple no longer existed. Because no one had been to her temple or even said her name, her powers had faded. She still had immortality, but her healing was greatly reduced. He asked for her help, but she said no. Then she reconsidered, but when she came back downstairs, he was gone.
Because she is the only one who can save Osiris, Sera returns to Egypt. She works with Sed to find out what is happening, who is trying to set her up, and who tried to kill Osiris. And while they are getting to know each other better, they begin to feel an attraction. Will they solve the mystery? Will they save Osiris? And what will they do with that attraction that won’t go away?
This was a very good story. I loved how the author wove the Egyptian mythology, which I was unfamiliar with, into the story. I thought the author handled it all very well, bringing the gods to life so we can know them better. I enjoyed the mystery that was presented. The characters were very likable and I hope we see more of them going forward.
The Egyptian goddess Serket is alive in modern times (known as Sera) and working as a veterinary technician. Known for her healing, Serket’s powers are on the wane because Egyptian gods and goddesses are largely forgotten. Sed, a jackal god, appears to her as a wounded jackal, and she rescues him, not knowing of his divine state. Soon, he lets her know and also asks her if she is involved in the poisoning of Osiris, as the venom appears to have come from one of her scorpions. She is not involved in this, of course, so they join forces to try to figure out what exactly is going on.
Will they figure out the source of this poisoning? Will they be able to save Osiris? Will Serket regain any of her power?
What an interesting, quick read. We don’t often see ancient Egyptian mythology in paranormal stories. Sed and Serket are ones I haven’t heard of before, so it was fun to see them in action and learn a little bit about them and their myths. Even though this book was short, the author had good pacing and characterization. I’ll be interested in reading more of this.
This is a new author for me, but I read the blurb and decided to give it a try since I love mythology. This is a quick read but she gave each deity their own personality, and the story flowed well. There wasnt alot of steam but a great romance, and a well written book.
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I really loved this story. Yes, it is a quick read but it is definitely good. It has some mystery, suspense, drama, and romance. It is extremely well written and the characters are beautifully developed. I loved Sera and Sed together. They have great chemistry and personalities. The story is different with the Egyptian Gods and how they would be in today’s society. It made a very unique story. I would have loved it to be longer just because I would have loved to read more about Sera and Sed. But, the shorter story doesn’t leave you feel like you are missing something. It was definitely worth reading and doesn’t disappoint.
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Serket aka Sera the shifter/Vet nurse was special but she was having her own problems she was loosing her powers something was happening in Egypt to all the old Gods major and minor and her friend Sed came back to get her to come and help someone she knew before she left many eons ago who is dying. She doesn’t want to get involved because of her lack of magic. This has some interesting characters and situations. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This book is based around ancient Egyptian Gods and Godesses, this is this first book that I think I have read with this type of thread. I really enjoyed this book and it does raise the question ‘what if?’
Strong characters and a well thought out story make for a book you have to force yourself to put down.
I have always loved Egyptian mythology, so this book bringing them to life in a modern world is fantastic. Even loosely based on Egyptian gods, it is a great look at what could have been. I really loved it and want to read the whole series. I requested an advanced reader copy and am under no obligation to leave this review.
She has hidden from the world since her powers have decreased which is the way she liked it. Then she finds her kind are being blamed for a easy of poisonings. She needs to step up and try to find out what is going on. Will she finds out? See if she will
I generally really like this authors books. This particular book wasn’t bad but I really didn’t connect with the characters. I think it was just too short for it. I did really like that the mythology behind the story was Egyptian, it’s definitely not the norm and was a fun choice.
***I decided to review an ARC of this book.***