Curses and Smoke: A Novel of Pompeii | 
I read this book and enjoyed it. I also studied Latin in school and learned about Pompeii for a significant amount of time. I‘m looking for recommendations for other good books about Pompeii, fiction and non. I want to write my own story about the time and need more information and I‘m not sure where to look. #pompeii #reccomendationswanted #help #ancientrome
so-soGotta say, I didn‘t love this one as much as I wanted to. The word choice, at times, broke the illusion as it tried to appeal too much to the lingo of teens versus holding true to the gravity of the story. I was disappointed, to say the least, with the general arc of the plot. This book was very reminiscent of Shecter‘s novel Cleopatra‘s Moon, both in style and language.
so-soYA historical romance. Set in Pompeii right before the volcano erupts, and Lucia, the daughter of a brutal father who runs a gladiator school, has fallen in love with one of her father‘s slaves. Sweet but kind of obvious.
