In the book so far Maviah and Saba went to find Stephen who would lead them. Maviah waited for weeks while Saba went into the city to look for him, since it was too dangerous for Maviah to go in. Saba came back to her with Stephen and Sara and they set out to look for the mystic. If I were in the story I would be friends with all the characters, especially Judah. Judah seems like the kind of person you would want to be friends with. He always has a positive attitude, and is encouraging to everyone around him. I would not interact well with this world because it is in the desert and it would be really hot. I do not enjoy the heat and with the lack of water I would become very dehydrated. I would struggle to get along with Areta's wife, because she seems like a snake. She is mean to her stepdaughter and is a very conniving person. She tries to go behind Aretas' back to hurt people she doesn't like. It was her idea to throw Maviah into the prison for 2 months alone. Overall, I would not enjoy being in this book or living where and when this book takes place.
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So far in my book Maviah made a deal with King Aretas to spare her father's life and return the kingdom back under his control. What she didn't see coming was that Aretas would hold Judah's life hostage in case she did not succeed in her mission. So she set out towards King Herod with Saba by her side with an impossible ahead of her. Maviah and Judah have a very good relationship and love each other. Judah refers to Maviah as his queen and will go to the ends of the earth with her and to protect her. He killed a man, Bruno, because he was torturing her and beat her with a whip. Maviah loves him too but does not find herself worthy of his love, she believes she is worthless. Maviah and Phasa have become close friends after spending all that time together in Herod's palace. Phasa considers Maviah her sister, and the two learned to trust each other and work together. They both despise Herod, and it was Maviah who saved Phasa's life by telling her of Herod's plan to kill her. Luckily they fled together to safety where Phasa vouched for Maviah's life. If not Aretas would have killed her. Saba and Maviah have a strange relationship since Saba is dutifully in the service of Rami, who commanded him to protect and accompany Maviah at all costs. They have just been acquaintances for most of the book, respectful to each other. Saba was the only one who visited Maviah and was allowed to when she was in prison alone for 3 months. He was the only one she had contact with and talked with during that time. Without him, she would've gone insane. Then they left together to go back to Herod, and that was the first time he referred to her as his queen.
The book I am reading is AD 30. So far in the book the land of the has been ravaged by Thamud with the permission of Aretas, king of the Nabateans. The king of the Kalb, Rami bin Malik, ordered his daughter to go to King Herod to make peace with Aretas. She did not succeed and was taken captive to King Aretas, where his daughter, Phasa, pled for Maviah's life. I think in the next part of the book Maviah will go back to Herod and succeed in helping the Nabateans. She will probably be physically hurt in doing so, but also emotionally hurt from being seperated from the person she loves. I think that Rami will be killed by Aretas but he will give the kingdom back to the Kalb after Maviah succeeds. I have really enjoyed the book so far. It is a historical fiction so I like that it combines truth with some fiction too. I am planning on reading the sequel after I finish this book.
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