February 26TH, 2025
GoodReads needs to address their policy regarding a one time review on a novel, irregardless of the number of times you’ve read the book.
Because, in all fairness, people mature, pick up on different aspects of a novel, and short of editing the original review, it’s not fair, or no longer even an accurate representation of what the reader took away from the novel.
If you can add multiple times, you’ve read a particular book, then you should have the ability to list your viewpoints, observations, and sentiments. The next time around, so much more can stand out you may have missed the first time around.
After all, most of us hope for the best, and strive for evolvement and developmental advancement with maturity as we age, with us aspiring to transpire and cultivate our former soul to a higher level of growth, consciousness, and wisdom, regardless of where we gain this insight from, whether it be through reading, studying, or personal experiences.
It also didn’t help that the second installment date was postponed numerous times, and as much as some of us read, it may appear as a blur or a blip the next installment we pick up, adding to the confusion almost 3 years later.
I appreciate or NetGalley and publishers, for giving me the opportunity to review the ARC of book 2 in the series.
I had to anxiously wait for the call from my local library again, in order to bring myself up to speed as to what took place before, by reasborbing book 1.
It didn’t take long before major events cropped up, and brought forth the memories, of what happens later in the novel. Though out of fear
I might miss something, I wanted to continue reading through to the end.
I’m so glad I did read it through to the end again. I picked up on a lot more the second time around. Especially at the end. The challenges , struggles, conflicts, all take place at a fast paced speed, and rapidly emerge, and I found it was easy to forget some of what had transpired.
The worlds in which all this takes place in are simply amazing, coming alive in Abdullah’s descriptions, whether it’s at the souk, the underground markets, the palace, or under the sand seas for the Jinn’s worlds.
The character developments are comprehensive, insightful, and balanced and fleshed out-whether it’s friend or foe. You can’t help but root for Loulie, as well as Mazen, and even Alsha, hoping she makes the right decision and comes over to the good side of the dispute.
Absolutely 5 stars of entertainment!
Original Review From August 25TH, 2022
I was thoroughly captivated from the beginning of this book, only to be very disappointed with myself when I realized I had messed up.
This was an interlibrary e-book loan, and I had totally forgetten until it was too late and automatically removed and returned from my books. Turns out the wait time was over 3 weeks so it was easier just to start over when it finally arrived-again.
I absolutely loved the majority of this book. As usual though, with any read, there were a couple of things I found great delight in, as well as a couple of things that I didn't care for or that flat out annoyed me.
So well written, it draws you in with the flow of the writing. Loved the main character and her back story. It reels you in moving forward, causing you to want more, and being disappointed when you really must put the book down for a bit. (This is the part where you have to be the sensible adult and own up to responsibilities and the daily drudgery of chores. Yuck!!)
The world building is so vivid in its characterizations and depictions, you feel as if you're experiencing it first-hand, in person.
I generally wait until all books of a series have been released before starting, but I couldn't help starting this one, even knowing the second isn't due to be released until the fall of 2023. Now, I'm anxiously awaiting the release. Argh!
One part where I got annoyed was during a majorly intense battle where things were presented almost too fast and hard. It caused me to feel overwhelmed, and I was having trouble following along and keeping up, let alone to separate out and understand what everyone was saying. All at once, "truths" started coming out from all the major players in the book and I actually had to re-read them a couple of times, in order to understand what exactly was the importance and weight of all the information that had previously been withheld. It became a huge overload of information. I felt like I was going to short circuit at one point from the massive dumping of data.
It wasn't enough for me not to continue reading, and the ending itself, all made it worthwhile. I am SO GLAD I didn't. Now I'm just stuck in limbo, impatiently awaiting the 2nd and 3rd to be released.
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I absolutely LOVED this book!!!
It feels like, all of the books I have been reading lately, are filled with much sadness, loss, extreme violence and excessive amounts of detailed sex (The Witcher series to name one, which I loved) but I wanted a change and this was exactly what I was looking for. It ticked all the boxes for me personally. No, it is not full of spicy sex scenes but if you are looking for a good read, that has a little bit of everything, from action, adventure, magic, humor, unlikely friendships, a quest, just a great unique story, that will take you away to another place, neither here nor there, then this is the book for you! Yes, it has a bit of murder, death, torture and possession but it was not to the point of gruesome or gory. (it is classed as adult fantasy but I personally, thought it could be in the category of young adult) As with any first book in a series, there is a lot of world-building and getting to know the characters, the Jinn being my favorite. It is so well written, I can not wait for the next book in this series. And just look at that cover, I mean, come on, I'd buy it just for it's beauty alone but the pages within, are truly just as beautiful. 5 Stars *****
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