The author, G. Willow Wilson, did a spectacular job of writing a book that is part fantasy and part magic. I loved how everything blends together seamlessly, at times keeping me so riveted to the pages that I started to feel as if the mundane chores of everyday life were seriously and unnecessarily keeping me away from this story.
The main character, Fatima, a girl who was born into a Sultan’s harem, and never lived outside of the castle, was catapulted into a situation where she had to run for her life and spent much of the book looking after her close friend, Hassan, the Sultan’s cartographer. Fatima rises to the challenges she faces, and even though it seems at times as if leaving Hassan behind would hasten her on her journey, she refuses to go without him. So we have a strong, caring female character as a big bonus in this book.
I thoroughly enjoyed the story, and I would love to read more books by Wilson.
The main character, Fatima, a girl who was born into a Sultan’s harem, and never lived outside of the castle, was catapulted into a situation where she had to run for her life and spent much of the book looking after her close friend, Hassan, the Sultan’s cartographer. Fatima rises to the challenges she faces, and even though it seems at times as if leaving Hassan behind would hasten her on her journey, she refuses to go without him. So we have a strong, caring female character as a big bonus in this book.
I thoroughly enjoyed the story, and I would love to read more books by Wilson.