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March 3, 2021

REVIEW: A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsdjinn / Egypt / Fantasy / female detectives / Middle East / POC / POC author / short-story / steampunk / strong heroine / turn of the 20th century / unusual heroine2 Comments

Egypt, 1912. In Cairo, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) divine. What starts off as an odd suicide case for Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha’arawi leads her through the city’s underbelly as she encounters rampaging ghouls, saucy assassins, clockwork angels, and ... more >

December 1, 2015

REVIEW: Shadow’s End by Thea Harrison

KaetrinB+ Reviewsdjinn / Elder Races / elves / gryphon / paranormal romance / Wyr3 Comments

Dear Thea Harrison, Graydon has been my favourite of the Sentinels ever since I read and loved Dragon Bound so I was very excited to finally read his book (even if the cover model, pretty as he is, looks nothing like him). I was happy to see Graydon get his ... more >

June 27, 2014

REVIEW: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / djinn / Fantasy / golem / Historical / Jewish-faith / New York City / opposites attract10 Comments

In The Golem and the Jinni, a chance meeting between mythical beings takes readers on a dazzling journey through cultures in turn-of-the-century New York. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life to by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic and dies at ... more >

Heart of Flame by Janine Ashbless
April 9, 2012

REVIEW: Heart of Flame by Janine Ashbless

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdjinn / Historical Fantasy / Middle East / POC / road-romance / Samhain-publishing25 Comments

Recommended Read

And on the One-Thousand-and-Second night, Scheherazade told this story… By day, Taqla uses her forbidden sorcery to move freely about the city of Damascus in the guise of an old sage. Her true identity known only by her faithful servant woman, Taqla is content with the comfortable, if restrictive, life ... more >

Shaedes of Gray by Amanda Bonilla
December 19, 2011

REVIEW: Shaedes of Gray by Amanda Bonilla

JiaC- ReviewsAssassin / djinn / Paranormal / Seattle / Signet / Urban-Fantasy24 Comments

Dear Ms. Bonilla, If there’s one character type I love seeing, it’s assassins. Especially female assassins. I could probably stand to see less redheaded assassins though. Seriously, what is it with fantasy and redheaded assassins and/or redheaded women? Still, the promise of a female assassin was enough to lure me ... more >

Moonshine by Alaya Johnson
June 16, 2010

REVIEW: Moonshine by Alaya Johnson

JiaB- Reviewsclass-difference / djinn / interracial-romance / New York City / Prohibition-era / Urban-Fantasy / vampires5 Comments

Dear Ms. Johnson, I’ve made no secret of my general malaise when it comes to the urban fantasy genre. I overloaded on it during its boom period, and I still don’t think I’ve entirely recovered. That said, I’m always willing to give a book a chance, especially when it tries ... more >

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