I have to say, over-explaining often got in the way, which is especially annoying in a short book. I was thinking of rounding the 3.5 stars down, but the originality (and the cover) won me over.
A free copy of this book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review.The book starts off with a prologue of a soldier running away from an oncoming flooding of water of his city. In his last moments he curses the greedy king who has caused the destruction and lives of the citizens. It then m...
3.5The world building is wildly ambitious for this story, and mostly it's really impressive. I really liked the basic set-up of Djinn vs. humans and the alternative historical setting; the characterization and action set-ups were likewise very strong. For me at least, this felt like a draft, which...
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