3 stars only because it’s hard to rate these type of books

the twist, aladdin didn’t get to get the lamp back from the cave of wonders, jafar wanted to raise an army of the dead and force everyone in the world to fall in love with him and worship him and take over the world. jasmine and aladdin join forces with the “army of thieves” including morgiana, duban, and few other side characters part of the army.

it was fun to read, and of course easy since the world is already so familiar. buttttt i will say, jafar weirdly didn’t feel powerful enough to me. like he was powerful in terms of the magic he conjured and what he made the genie do for him, but i didn’t get that all mighty powerful fear instilled in me from HIM, like i did in the movies. he just had something a bit off. also the fact that all magic died with him???? NO. was not happy with that ending at all my heart kinda sank with disappointment. i kinda hoped that aladdin would end up with the lamp and make his own 3 wishes and use the last one to set the genie free to bring back elements of the original for a full circle moment. it didn’t happen tho..

3 stars is pretty solid for now, not sure if it’ll change later.