l1ndz7's reviews
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Ahhhh I love love and I love Uzma’s romance writing!!! She focuses on all of the right things that make this encompass much more than just the romance 🥰 this is the first book that I can remember reading in the romance genre where the love interest was a song writer and I loved it 🥹 Baz is short for Basil but everytime I heard it I thought of Bazzi (who is a singer I adore). This is a great option if you’re looking for a BIPOC, desi, Muslim romance novel that includes a wedding!!

An exploration of undocumented Americans and how they’re viewed and used by our country. They are often the first ones deployed in dangerous situations because they’re the most expendable. 

I thought this was an insightful look into the “jihad” (which means struggle and not holy war which has been erroneously translated in the West) of Muslims living in the US after the 2016 elections. I thought Dr. Virji’s speech was powerful and clearly showed the misconceptions about Islam. 

I really wish I liked it more but I did not like the writing style at all. Too many POVs to keep track of and a very convoluted story that was hard to stay engaged with. 

There was something about this one that was slightly less interesting for me than the first. This is pretty much a prequel to first novella where we learn about the reason why things are the way they are in the first book (go read it so you know what I mean). I’m excited to see what comes next in the third volume. 

This was good. Took me a longgg time to read. I feel like I should have reread Legendborn before diving into this one. I will definitely be doing that before the third book comes out. I really liked the twist at the end

with Erebus being the Shadow King

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I thought this was a wonderful ending to a thrilling, surprising, and fantastic trilogy. Namina Forna is an auto-buy author for me now and I can’t wait to see what she writes next. 

This was a cute coming-of-age graphic novel set during Ramadan. A holiday unlike any other because a djinn entered the human world and became our MC, Nayra’s friend. Nayra doesn’t have many friends and is constantly getting bullied because of this her grades start to suffer. 

Along comes the djinn, Marjan, who is escaping their world for…reasons and ends up helping Nayra with bullying and reconciling with her friend who she grew distant from after the djinn came into her life. 

I wish that this was longer. The conflicts moved too quickly and illustrations of the action scenes were a bit confusing. I did however enjoy the refreshing period in time (Ramadan) this graphic novel was set in. 

I loved this. Exploring generational trauma, Arab/Palestinian culture, the immigrant experience and what it means to be a woman coming from a stricter culture (Palestinian) to a more lenient one (Western) was incredibly insightful. This book touches on a lot of dark things and is not a happy read (though it ends on a happy note) but definitely an important one. Please just keep in mind that this does not represent the whole of Palestinian culture and is not representative of what every Palestinian or Arab’s life is like. 

I’m kind of shocked about the twist…and not really in a good way lol makes me feel a bit icky. Plus it just doesn’t make sense..

how was she in Purgatory when she was alive and in a coma?! I mean I know it’s fantasy and you can bend the rules but I don’t see how it’s possible since she’s not dead…Also idk how I feel about her having to commit suicide to be with Hook… that doesn’t sit well with me at all…. I don’t find it romantic.

I wish she returned another way.. any other way lol

The story wrapped itself up too fast and too neatly for me but I really enjoyed the setting, Hook, and getting to know the Jolly Roger crew.