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Shadow of the Sphinx

Shifting sands, eternal dust,

unending time moves as it must.

But ancient wisdom works through me,

time is mine -- where e'er I be.

Paige Matthews is having a minor identity crisis. She is slowly but surely embracing her long lost sisters' witchy ways, but she doesn't want to overstep her boundaries. After all, she wouldn't ever want to replace Prue Halliwell -- even if she could. So Paige considers it a stroke of luck when, one day, her experiments with magic turn her into a cat. Who knew she had a knack for shape-shifting?

One problem: She can't shift herself back. Her sisters inadvertently betray her when they deposit her at a local animal shelter. Suddenly she finds herself the familiar of a cult that worships ancient Egyptian deities, and is catapulted into ancient Egypt! Piper and Phoebe discover the identity of the stray cat and rally a rescue mission, only to discover another cat-woman, also entrapped within a fortress-like sphinx. This kitty is one feline femme fatale, and the sisters are going to have to put human heads together to defeat her!

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3.0 out of 5 stars what!!!!, Jun 3 2004

By	emma doddle (phoenix, az) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shadow of the Sphinx (Mass Market Paperback)

this book has to many mistake to count pheobe and paige throwing energy balls cole still having powers? if your a big fan of the show this book will just annoy you with the amounts of faults in it. even if your not a fan and you just wanted to try it out there are much better charmed books out there

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1.0 out of 5 stars Just awful!, Mar 18 2004

By	"angeleyesluver78" (Bayonne, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shadow of the Sphinx (Mass Market Paperback)

I read several bad reviews before I bought this book and decided to make the purchase anyway, giving it the benefit of the doubt. I'm sorry I did. I had to force myself to finish this book only because I hate to just abandon a book. I try to give a book the benefit of the doubt and hope that it gets better and most times I'm pleasantly surprised by the end, but this book did not.

First of all Phoebe has never been able to shoot energy balls. Well, there was that time on the show when she was pregnant with Cole's demon spawn, but that is not the case in this book. The dialogue is just boring. It lacks the witty banter that the show always has. The action was seriously lacking as well, which is never the case for the show.

I am very disappointed in this book. Charmed is one of my all time favorite shows and I *thought* that any book based on its characters would be a good read. I was seriously mistaken. If I could rate this book lower I would.

Perhaps someone not very familiar with the characters and the show itself would enjoy this, but fans who have been there from day one will most likely find this horrible. You'd be better off saving your money on this one.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting Addition to the Charmed Series, Oct 14 2003

By	Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Shadow of the Sphinx (Mass Market Paperback)

Paige Matthews, is finally starting to adjust to the information of her being one of the Charmed Ones, and also to get used to her new half-sisters, Phoebe and Piper. She feels that for the both of her sisters to accept her, after Prue's death, she needs to prove herself to them. So Paige decides to try shape-shifting, which only brings along trouble. Soon she's a cat, and she can't turn herself back into her human form. Then Phoebe brings her to the animal shelter, where she is adopted by Tyler, a man fascinated with Ancient Egypt, who names her Bastet, and someone catapults the both of them into Ancient Egypt. Now Piper and Phoebe are searching for Paige, to turn her back into human form, but end up turning an evil Ancient Egyptian woman back into human form, and setting her loose to destroy the world. The Power of Three must defeat her before it is too late.

This is only the second CHARMED book in which I have read, and I am not one bit disappointed. Being very fascinated in shape-shifting, and Ancient Egypt, and being a cat lover, I felt that this book was fantastic. Jablonski did a great job with researching history, and making the characters and settings so life-like. A must-have book for all fans of the CHARMED series, or anyone interested in shape-shifting, Ancient Egypt, or cats.

Erika Sorocco

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3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Book!
I have read some other peoples reviews and they were defiantly too harsh! I love the show too, and i can understand why you fans are annoyed at the silly mistakes (eg. Read more

Published on April 19 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars A second chance.
I decided to finish this book, even with all the mistakes that were made...Cole's last name...Phoebe throwing energy balls. Read more

Published on April 10 2003 by Anthony Manno