Cleopatra's Shadows

Cleopatra's Shadows is the debut novel by Emily Holleman. It is historical fiction based on the lives of Cleopatra's lesser known sisters, younger sister Arsinoe and older half-sister Berenice who became the first Queen to rule Egypt alone in a thousand years.

Interesting from an historic perspective about Ptolemaic Alexandria, yet Holleman never drew me in enough to care deeply about any of the characters in the book, and there was not enough written about the larger picture outside the palace walls; I was left with more questions than answers. A disappointing read about an intriguing royal family.