Book of Souls (Gods of Egypt, #1) by Nadine Nightingale

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Synopsis:

They call me Angel of Death, but my name is Nisha Blake. I am Shepherdstown’s living urban legend. My life, a tale of the macabre.

People avoid me like the plague. Well, everyone but my friends. They don’t see the Angel of Death when they look at me. They see poor, broken Nisha—the bully victim, suffering from vicious night terrors and vivid hallucinations.

Things take a turn for the worse when Blaze shows up. He’s a too hot, tattooed, bad-ass MMA fighter from London, hell-bent on getting to know me. Since he walked into my miserable life, my hallucinations graduated to a point where I can no longer differentiate between fiction and reality.

I am insane.
Broken beyond repair.
Or so I think until—

I uncover a secret form the past—a link between all the deaths, my hallucinations, and my night terrors. It’s then I understand I’m not the Angel of Death.

I am something else.
Someone else.
 

^{*I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*}

I don't think that the blurb for this book did it justice. I admit that I was intrigued by the "angel of death" portion as well as the mention of hallucinations but it seemed like it would be a typical YA fantasy novel that focuses too much on the romance aspect. I'm never been so happy to be wrong. This book did have a bit too much romance in it for my taste but it mostly focused on Nisha and how when people die in her town that she tends to be in the vicinity.
I thought that the story was really interesting. I love the idea of having a character that feels emotions with such depth and is so empathetic towards others regardless of the cruelty that she suffers at their hands because they are afraid of her. I loved Nisha as a character. She cared about other people so much that she sacrificed her own happiness and ability to live life to the fullest in order to keep others safe. She bore the bullying and being treated as a pariah with grace. She went as far as to defend these bullies them saying that it was because they were afraid. I mean...talk about strength! This book was more psychological in nature than action-packed because Nisha struggles with what is real and not real. She believes that she is crazy so she tries to get through things on her own. I have reason to believe that the next book will have far more action in it. I want to say what I loved most about the story but there is nothing in the blurb about it so I don't want to spoil it for anyone. I will say that there is Egyptian mythology involved which I think is easy to ascertain from the book cover if you look at the symbols. I have always been fascinated by things of that nature and was excited that the author decided to run with it. I think that this was a solid start to this series and I am intrigued by what will happen in the next book.