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A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark

December 5, 2022 by Bothari43 Leave a Comment

I knew Cannonballers had enjoyed a book about djinn by an author named Clark, but I didn’t pay enough attention and accidentally started at book 2. It was all still easy to follow and I liked it, but I think there are a few parts that would make more sense if I knew the history of Fatma and Siti. Agent Fatma works for a magical Ministry where magic is real and djinns live peacefully alongside humans, after being let out into the world by al-Jahiz. […]

“The three of them sat there – a Ministry agent, a half-djinn, and a cat (likely), staring out past the balcony to the sleeping city they somehow had to find a way to save.”

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

August 27, 2022 by Dome'Loki 2 Comments

CBR14 Bingo: “Snake” – A character lies to a partner for fear of reprisal. The same charac ter under goes physical transformation due to heritage and the gifts of a goddess, which includes healing. An alternate 1912 Cairo with lady investigators and magic? Yes, please! 40 years previous magic was reintroduced to the world and djinn were released by the magician, al’Jahiz. After a fraught time, djinn were integrated into Egyptian society. They have since used their abilities to bring wonderous, magical and mechanical inventions […]

If you ever wanted to hear LeVar Burton say the phrase “sweet and salty love”, then this is the collection for YOU!

The Visit by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Black Pages by Nnedi Okorafor

2043...A Merman I Should Turn to Be by Nisi Shawl

These Alien Skies by C.T. Rwizi

Clap Back by Nalo Hopkinson

We Travel the Spaceways by Victor LaValle

March 2, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

You can hear LeVar say lots of other things, if you like! You can also hear Nyambi Nyambi, Naomi Ackie, Indya Moore, Adenrele Ojo, and Brian Tyree Henry! The six-entry Black Stars collection is another new(ish) group of short stories available from Amazon Originals. They are available on both kindle and through audible, and if you are interested in diving into this collection then I highly recommend taking the audio route! Every story is enhanced by the audio performances, and I am sure that I rated […]

An AU of Steampunk Egypt, a magical whodunnit, and a great cast of characters. What more could you want?

A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark

October 26, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 2 Comments

BINGO – REC’D by the wonderful narfna, CoffeeShopReader, ElCicco, Emmalita, and witcherwill. Their reviews are all linked above. I encourage you to read all of these great reviews as well. Fatma el-Sha’arawi is an agent of the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities in an alternate history of Egypt in the 1910s. She is called in to investigate the brutal murders of a cult of people who worship al-Jahiz, the man who brought magic and the djinn into the world. Soon enough, a person claiming […]

The last chapter is a single sentence

The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hussain

December 17, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Have you ever thought a book sounded interesting, got it, then started it, and decided maybe it wasn’t something that would interest you, then picked it up again almost a year later? That was me with The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday. This time, I read it all the way through it about one sitting; it’s a novella so in terms of length that’s not a big thing. I did get drawn in this second time, and the whole thing ended up being pretty […]

Man, Magic, and the Machine

The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Hossain

August 23, 2020 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

This is a delightful novella. It’s fresh and weird and engaging, a sci-fi-fantasy set in near-future Kathmandu. An interesting mix of traditional magic elements (djinn! I love djinn.) with traditional sci-fi elements (vaguely creepy AI!), and pretty bonkers…but weirdly lovable?…characters. The themes and the narrative are brutal, whimsical, funny, and sobering, sometimes all at once. This was riiiiight up my alley, and I recommend it to anyone looking to mix it up a little. Melek Ahmar, the Lord of Mars, the Red King, the Lord […]

Malin on 530 pages and I wasn’t ready for it to be overI'm feeling happier about waiting to finish the series until the third book is out.
narfna on Family secrets and a ghost storyThat cover you have is so pretty!
Emmalita on 530 pages and I wasn’t ready for it to be overI love this series. I can’t wait for the next one, because the second one ends on a knife point.
ASKReviews on Anti-Fat Bias Is RealOh yay! Yeah, it's a good one, and if you read her first book, there's still new information in this one.
GentleRain on A Terribly Sad Book That Probably Shouldn’t Have Been Written at This Point in TimeThanks! Yes, it was a very thought provoking read but I really would have waited to write it, or written a different book if they...

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