4.15 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I. Love. This. Series. 
Chelsea Abdullah’s writing is beautiful and her stories are so inspiring. 
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous hopeful medium-paced
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

AHHHH this book was an emotional rollercoaster! I adore Loulie and Mazen, my precious babies. Their slow burn is everything to me.

I’m so intrigued to see more of Omar and his ridiculousness in book three. The world-building and all the new characters added so much depth, and I especially loved Azhar.

I’m glad Hakim got the arc he deserved. He is so precious. I’m praying Aisha catches a break—she’s really going through it.

And above all I am so excited to see where Qadir will go from here. That ending has rendered me speechless

Even though it had a slow start, it quickly became addictive. I’m so excited for the finale!

Thank you Hachette Canada for the free copy in exchange for an honest review.