4.07 AVERAGE


This was perfect in every way. Fatma’s suits, the wonderfully nuanced characters, the elaborate setting, the mentions of food that will make you ravenous, the villainous White colonialists you love to hate. I smiled the whole time I read and can’t wait to revisit it.
adventurous 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 medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Excellent world building; excellent setting; excellent characters.
adventurous 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: Yes

Just...wordy and slow. Very little character depth in 100 pages and the mystery is not very compelling either. 
adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous funny 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

No matter how much I liked the concept and wanted to like it, over descriptions of fashion is not personality. Also, don't tell me your investigator is a brilliant one, and then have them stumble or pointed towards the answer.