SHADOW OF THE SPHINX by Carla Jablonski

Shifting sands, eternal dust,
unending time moves as it must.
But ancient wisdom works through me,
time is mine -- where e'er I be.

Synopsis: 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!

My Review:
Possibly the bloop-iest Charmed book I've ever read. But asides from that, the story was pretty interesting and Paige was very expressive and humorous when she was a cat. Blooper #1: Cole's last name had somehow been changed from Turner to Porter. Blooper #2: Prue was killed by the Source's assassin Shax, not the Source himself. Blooper #3: Piper told Phoebe to dodge because she didn't want to freeze her. But aren't the sisters immune to Piper's powers? Blooper #4: Leo can't hear their call from the Underworld but can hear it all the way from ancient Egypt, 1243 B.C. Blooper #5: Read carefully... apparently all three sisters have the ability to throw energy balls (especially Phoebe), which is a demonic power. Piper threw one when escaping from the magic-proof cell, and Paige tried once at the River of the Nile. PS: Be prepared for an egotistical idiot called Tyler.
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