The City of Brass (Daevabad Trilogy)

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A gorgeous epic as rich in its language as it is in its characterization...Simply one of the best debuts I've read." - Kevin Hearne Daevabad is currently ruled by the Qahtani family, descendants of ZAYDI AL QAHTANI, the Geziri warrior who led a rebellion to overthrow the NAHID COUNCIL and establish equality for the shafit centuries ago Lyrical...Chakraborty's grasp of Middle Eastern history, folklore, and culture inspires a swiftly moving plot, richly drawn characters, and a beautifully constructed world that will entrance." - Library Journal (starred review) Okay, so this is slightly hilarious but I before I read this tragedy, I wrote a pre-review of sorts gushing my heart out about how proud and honoured I was to see an #OwnVoice muslim+/middle eastern fantasy so well celebrated in the YA community (don’t get me wrong, I still am SO HAPPY to see such diversity become a more common occurrence) but LIKE AT THAT POINT I WAS WILLING TO 5 STAR IT ON THAT BASIS ONLY I DIDN’T KNOW THE PAIN AND DISAPPOINTMENT THAT WAS IN STORE FOR ME :’) Blood Magic: The ifrit specialize in blood magic. Nahid blood in particular is revealed to have numerous magical properties, including being poisonous to the ifrit. Manizheh learns blood magic from the ifrit and uses the bodies of her ancestors from the palace crypt to resurrect Dara & re-enslave him.

Also I’ve diagnosed that nahri is suffering from a very terrible case of Special Snowflake Syndrome :( how tragic She learned revolution is, in fact, always unimaginable. It shatters the world you know. The future is unwritten, brimming with potential. The colonizers have no idea what's coming, and that makes them panic. It terrifies them.Ifrit are those daevas who refused to submit to Suleiman's judgment. They're all quite ancient at this point, not to mention vindictive and crafty.

Proud Scholar Race: The bird-like peris are quite knowledgeable about most subjects, but their smug aloofness means getting them to act is an exercise in frustration.In The City of Brass, Nahiri, an orphaned hustler/healer living in the streets of Cairo, accidentally summons a handsome, brooding djinn, Dara. He tells Nahiri of her magical origins and takes her on a reluctant journey to Daevabad, the magical city the djinns call home. The Old Gods: The marid include a couple of these among their number. Sobek, the crocodilian god of the Nile in Ancient Egypt is one. Another is Tiamat, the primordial goddess of the sea (and one of the oldest known divine beings period, as she was worshipped by Ancient Babylon at the same time they were figuring out the whole writing business). Although their glory days of godhood and worship are over, they're still active and powerful. You Should Have Died Instead: Jamshid says this to Ali after finding out about Muntadhir's apparent death. He doesn't accept that Muntadhir chose to take the blow, arguing that Ali failed his duty by ever allowing a situation where his brother could take a mortal wound for him. Jamshid does eventually apologiz for the outburst. Garden of Love: Nahri's parents first met while both of them were hiding away from the unpleasantness of court life in the palace gardens. Rustam magically cultivated the gardens as a refuge from his Gilded Cage; the shafit washerwoman Duriya was secretly growing molokhia for Comfort Food; and she accidentally punched him while trying to stop him from uprooting the vines. The M Word: Muslin Americans Take the Mic - a panel discussion including Chakraboty and two other Islamic women writers – hosted by Hussein Rashid