It's like the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy.

As always, I want to let others know that I received this book as a gift from my publishers. In this instance, I have not met the author, but hope that at some time I will.Do you remember the first time a book took you out of your culture? I think for most of us it happens in childhood. For me, my passage to other countries and times came in the form of fairy tales and legends. We had a fat volume of Arabian Nights (most likely edited for kids) with lavish line illustrations. That was my first i...

The feeling you get when one of your most anticipated books lives up to your expectations is one of the best. It’s the contentment that you feel about not hating everything you read. It’s the peacefulness that you feel knowing that you actually can like books. And most of all, it’s the excited feeling of finally NOT being crushed by overwhelming disappointment that a book turned out to be as good as you thought it was. Unfortunately, The City of Brass did not give me ANY of those feelings whatso...

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I can tally my life in good days and bad days, and thanks to this book, this turned out to be a very bad day.I’m less of a person and more of a physical manifestation of how much this book disappointed me. It’s like my personality has been factory reset and all I want now is to go out into an empty field and scream for about an hour and generally just give in to the brief privilege of hating myself for harboring so many expectations.I really can’t wait to not be let down by every single one of m...

Edit: I've decided to not go back to this book. For one, I realised how relieved I felt when I decided to quit on it.Second, I would stop mid-sentence and paragraph several times. Third, I do not think I'll be missing out on greatness if I don't read it. 🌚Farewell, book. We broke up for good. --------------------------------So, this took a turn. 😬I want to blame the book. I think I will blame the book. But this could also very well be that I haven't been in the mood to read fantasy books in fore...

Full review FINALLY posted Every time I think about this book and how excited I was to read it and how it caused me the biggest disappointment of my life I laugh through my tears bc wHY WAS I EXPECTING ANYTHING LESSIm aware ^ sentence made no sense but im really fragile and vulnerable and sad right now also it took me like 3 weeks to read this book ??? so I also feel scammed. I want a refund my time and tears.i'm terribly sad to be writing such a review because i had SO MUCH HIGH hopes for th

SO GOOD. I’m obsessed omg! It took me a while to grasp the world & names of things, but once I had a decent understanding the story took off. I was always waiting for some kind of twist because it’s just one of those stories where you know you’re not getting the whole picture, so I’m verrrry excited to get to book 2! Nahri and Dara and Ali...AHHHH :-)

May 2020 edit: if you're going to read this for the first time, I recommend not doing it via audiobook, the narration is okay but the Arabic is butchered. So i know that if I didn't already know this story by heart, and love it so much, I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much.I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review.Full review originally posted on my blog: Word Wonders Content Warnings: Death, blood, violence, assault, passing mention of rape.Well. Thi...

3.5⭐️✨ The long-overdue review finally posted.✨This could and would have been a 5-star read for me had it not been for that incredibly slow start all the way through almost the end of the book. The first half was very much foundational which introduced us to the world, the characters, as well as the inner workings and machinations of the city of Brass. Obviously, this is highly appreciated but I don’t think we needed to spend the entire three-quarters of the book just getting introduced to thing...

Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature:Nahri, a young woman living alone in 18th century Cairo, gets by doing minor cons, fake healing rituals and a little theft. She knows nothing about her parents or heritage but, in addition to being able to diagnose disease in others with a glance and occasionally truly heal them, her own body automatically heals of injuries almost instantly and she has the magical ability to understand ― and speak ― any language. Nahri’s life gets upended when she...

HERE IS MY BREAKUP LETTER~ I am sorry but I don't think we can work this out. Believe me when I say that it is not YOU—it is ME. That does sound like the biggest lie, doesn't it? But I haven't even explored you entirely and I can't judge something I haven't seen the full potential of (that just sounds very inappropriate in my mind now). For a brief time, we knew each other...10 chapters to be precise, I liked you, or maybe I liked the idea of you because everyone else liked you. Then I even

Ugg, tried a reread but didn’t like it at all the second time. I’m not sure why I thought I liked it the first time around. Unhauling special edition. 😕Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾

I was entranced from the beginning of this book. Politics, schemes, magic, brutality, and beauty all wrapped into one. I cannot wait to continue with the series. I’ll be doing a full review and discussion on my channel.

ARC provided by Harper Voyager in exchange for an honest review.The City of Brass was unlike any Fantasy novel I’ve read before, and I completely adored it. This debut novel is easily one of the best books I’ve read in 2017, and I will sing its praises even after its release on November 14th, 2017. Please guys, don’t sleep on this story, because it has not received the hype it deserves. This is the first book in an own voices Muslim Fantasy series, that walks the line between Young Adult and Adu...

“So you just live quietly with these powers?" he demanded. "Haven't you ever wondered why you have them? Suleiman's eye... you could be overthrowing governments, and instead you steal from peasants!”Nahri grew up in the streets of 18th century Cairo — a con artist and a thief.Though possessing mysterious healing abilities herself, Nahri does not believe in magic. It comes as a shock to her when one night she accidentally summons a djinn named Darayavahoush.Dara informs Nahri that she is not a no...

i really wanted to LOVE this book but unfortunately it just didn't work for me 😭i wasn't super invested in the characters so i didn't really care about what was going on (i also found it confusing at times). it definitely wasn't a bad book and the world was amazing, it just didn't work for me personally.

the only way to describe this book is as an enticingly ambitious journey. one you will need to be prepared to endure, because it is long and somewhat exhausting. as the most rewarding journeys tend to be. but i assure you, you will experience some of the most magical surprises and adventures, meet some of the most complex and intriguing characters, and devour some of the most deliciously crafted words along the way. and once you finally reach the destination, well, its a wonder beyond anything y...

It’s time to polish that special lamp gathering webs in the attic, put a fine edge on your bladed weaponry, remind yourself of ancient tribal insults and outrages, dust off that list of wishes that is around here somewhere and vacuum your magic carpet. You are about to be transported. “The Magic Carpet” (detail), 1880, by Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov © State Art Museum, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia/Bridgeman Art Library Nahri, our Aladdin here, is a twenty-year-old thief and con artist, working

“Often the mightiest things have the humblest beginnings.” This was a wonderful and immersive fantasy. Though at times the world building was pretty damn heavy and I still don’t understand everything even after finishing all 500 pages. (Like the difference between Djinn and Daeva, and what the war was actually caused by.) There are loads of tribes, and religions and stuff.Despite this, Nahri is a fantastic heroine. She is feisty yet soft when she needs to be, able to take care of herself withou