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mawmom's review against another edition
4.0
A Tale of Two Djinns is a Romeo and Juliet meets the Djinn fantasy world of Mina Khan.
Being a fairly short novel at around 150 pages we get a wonderful story but not a huge amount of background.
Shay is the oldest son of the King of the earth djinn and Maya is a lesser princess of the water djinn, the Earth and Water djinn have been at war for many years causing problems in both kingdoms. When Shay and Maya meet up at a bar in the Earth realm neither knows the others real identity.
This is a well crafted world down to vivid descriptions of battles as well as realms, with lovable characters and enough heat to make for a great weekend read. I absolutely fell in love with Akshay and I love that he not only stands up to his family but is willing to change the direction of his country for his love.
Maya is at times the heroine we want to shake until her teeth rattle but overall she is a strong heroine with guts and intelligence.
I received this book in exchange for my honest review.
Being a fairly short novel at around 150 pages we get a wonderful story but not a huge amount of background.
Shay is the oldest son of the King of the earth djinn and Maya is a lesser princess of the water djinn, the Earth and Water djinn have been at war for many years causing problems in both kingdoms. When Shay and Maya meet up at a bar in the Earth realm neither knows the others real identity.
This is a well crafted world down to vivid descriptions of battles as well as realms, with lovable characters and enough heat to make for a great weekend read. I absolutely fell in love with Akshay and I love that he not only stands up to his family but is willing to change the direction of his country for his love.
Maya is at times the heroine we want to shake until her teeth rattle but overall she is a strong heroine with guts and intelligence.
I received this book in exchange for my honest review.
aquariandancer's review against another edition
4.0
Standalone Novella
Two Djinn on opposite sides of a war meet in the human world and fall into bed. When an assassin tries to take out Shay, Maya protects him and is injured in the doing. Shay takes her home to heal, not knowing that she is the princess of his enemy. Can these two overcome their differences and create a better world for their people?
If you're looking for a quick, steamy read with magic and a bit of intrigue thrown in, this is the book for you!
Two Djinn on opposite sides of a war meet in the human world and fall into bed. When an assassin tries to take out Shay, Maya protects him and is injured in the doing. Shay takes her home to heal, not knowing that she is the princess of his enemy. Can these two overcome their differences and create a better world for their people?
If you're looking for a quick, steamy read with magic and a bit of intrigue thrown in, this is the book for you!
momsanerd's review against another edition
5.0
Far too often lately when I read a book, I am only giving it 4 stars. There is always one little thing, something about a world, a character, etc that keeps me from doing so. I am please to say that this one gets the full 5 stars from me. First off, who does not like the idea of a djinn romance? They are ones that seemed to have less books than say vampires and ghosts, or even faeries. The world that was built for me by the author was believable and I could almost feel like I was actually a part of it. I felt an immediate connection with the characters, with is a real must for me. I need to love or hate a character enough to sink into the book. This time I was in love with that characters.
This story was like a sci-fi/paranormal yet modern day version of a Romeo and Juliet style story. All the classic and wonderful key components were there; families/djinn kinds that hate each other, the loss of a good friend, the love story between two people that would normally not look at each other and would not be allowed to either, fighting, etc. What makes it even better than that is at the end the couple, who were awesome together, did not end up in a weird death/love story. It did leave me wanting more. I went into the book knowing that it was a novella but finished needing there to be a second book, or more chapters. While the author did sum it and end it on a good note, it was just one of those books where you where you loved everything about it so much you did not want it to end! I see that there is another djinn novella (not the same characters) by the same author that I will have to check out based on the awesome that this one was.
*In full complete disclosure I was given a free copy of this book to read and review for my honest opinion. This is my honest opinion and was in no way persuaded one way or another by the author or anyone else. "book provided by the Author through PNR NaUBA group Author/Reader Exchange" AND place the books you receive from us on a shelf:"PNR NaUBA r2r"
This story was like a sci-fi/paranormal yet modern day version of a Romeo and Juliet style story. All the classic and wonderful key components were there; families/djinn kinds that hate each other, the loss of a good friend, the love story between two people that would normally not look at each other and would not be allowed to either, fighting, etc. What makes it even better than that is at the end the couple, who were awesome together, did not end up in a weird death/love story. It did leave me wanting more. I went into the book knowing that it was a novella but finished needing there to be a second book, or more chapters. While the author did sum it and end it on a good note, it was just one of those books where you where you loved everything about it so much you did not want it to end! I see that there is another djinn novella (not the same characters) by the same author that I will have to check out based on the awesome that this one was.
*In full complete disclosure I was given a free copy of this book to read and review for my honest opinion. This is my honest opinion and was in no way persuaded one way or another by the author or anyone else. "book provided by the Author through PNR NaUBA group Author/Reader Exchange" AND place the books you receive from us on a shelf:"PNR NaUBA r2r"
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