“That would be a disgrace to the monkey,” Nasir answered. you want to know which trope beats ‘enemies to lovers’? these two!! THESE TWO!!!! !!!THESE TWO!!!! the reason for my death: nasir and altair I adored the relationship zafira and yasmine shared, it was so honest and loving and even though we only got to see them interact for a short period of time, the core of their friendship was so strong and sweet MORE LIKE, GOODBYE TO MY HEART BC ITS RUINED

especially nasir, the love of my life, hes so broken 😭😭😭īut he was the Prince of Death, Amir al-Maut, as his mother had once called him in the old tongue, and good night always felt like goodbye.”

'I would be, if I didn't know you stare at me just as much.'ĪND THEYRE ALL SO FRAGILE AND PRECIOUS AND EMO. ' I'm no hashashin, but in my humble observations, it seems you can't take your eyes off her,' Altair drawled in Nasir's ear. I became so attached to them all so quickly, I want to cry just thinking about itĪlso theyre all hilarious, witty, little monsters that do nothing but snipe at each other and their backstories are realistic and revealed in such a timely manner, sprinkled throughout the book. They all have motivations and fears that are respective to their situation. The characters own my heart, they were written in such a deep, realistic, and complex way. ”Surrounding the large platters were smaller ones: oily dolma stuffed with onions and roasted eggplants, round of baked kibbeh garnished with mint, the flattest of manakish laden with tangy zataar and olive oil.”īasically this was me when it came to ‘highlighting the important quotes’ I loved the different settings we got to visit and the drastic change in scenery and omg the descriptions of the FOOD (!!!!!) You can definitely tell that she took the time to construct the culture and let the reader familiarize themselves with the world through very specific scenes (traveling through the azr, a side character’s wedding, the snow/sand parallel, the palace, etc. the descriptions, the imagery, the eloquence of the language used, absolutely brilliant.

The arabian world that Hafsah built felt so vibrant and concrete to me. I cant even begin to explain how much this book means to me (but im going to try and fail with this review) i'm just so happy to see a middle eastern inspired fantasy get so much hype and recognition, I could weepīut we aint here to cry (yet) we’re here to scream until our voice gets hoarse (BC IT WAS SO BLOODY GOOD)

We hunt the flame genre