But she knows better than anyone that the trade she uses to get by-palm readings, zars, healings-are all tricks, sleights of hand, learned skills a means to the delightful end of swindling Ottoman nobles.īut when Nahri accidentally summons an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior to her side during one of her cons, she’s forced to accept that the magical world she thought only existed in childhood stories is real. Certainly, she has power on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent.

It’s a little slow paced at times, but I loved the characters and the world-building and with the way the book ended, I’m definitely looking forward to reading the sequel as soon as I download the audiobook onto my phone! Here is a short synopsis of the book: Enter several weeks of mandatory lockdown and ta-da, suddenly I have all the time in the world to read lengthier books!Īnyway, all jokes aside, I was really looking forward to this one, and I’m glad to say that I did really enjoy it. I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while, but as it’s a lengthier book, I just hadn’t had time to read it. The City of Brass was my #RockMyTBR book for April, and also my book club’s Pick it For Me read for April as well, where we each get paired up with someone else who chooses a book for us to read. Book: The City of Brass (Daevabad Trilogy #1)īECHDEL TEST: PASS: Nisreen and Nahri discuss Nisreen’s origins.Ĭontent Warnings: Mentions of rape, ableist slurs, racism, violence (war, torture, death), genocide, sexism, brief scenes of self-harm

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