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jackireads 's review for:
The Ashfire King
by Chelsea Abdullah
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:
Complicated
"Remember this, gentle friends: what might today be a flame will tomorrow be ashes. We cannot condemn fire for its nature, but if we attempt to master it, we are doomed to burn with it."
Books in themselves tell stories, but very few authors can capture the beauty of oral storytelling with the written word. Everyone can learn something from Chelsea Abdullah.
We once again join Loulie, Mazen, and Aisha as they try not to die (I know that is putting it in very simple terms, but I'm not wrong). After Loulie and Mazen get dumped into the jinn realm, they end up on yet another quest by a ruling monarch. And once again the motives of the monarch are more than what is at the surface. Back in the human realm Aisha finds herself in alliance with one of Mazen's brothers (no I will not tell you which one) and learns to deal with the voice inside her head.
While I am glad I did a reread of The Stardust Thief before jumping into The Ashfire King, there is an OUTSTANDING recap at the beginning (honestly more authors need to do this). One of my main gripes with series tends to be the lack of character growth in the second/third book as most of the character growth tends to happen in the first book, not here! How Aisha deals with the Resurrectionist is so cute to be completely honest.
There are a few things that confused me (stop reading here for minor spoiler) like Mazen not being very concerned that he sank the jinn realm into darkness? I feel like that would eat at him more?
Books in themselves tell stories, but very few authors can capture the beauty of oral storytelling with the written word. Everyone can learn something from Chelsea Abdullah.
We once again join Loulie, Mazen, and Aisha as they try not to die (I know that is putting it in very simple terms, but I'm not wrong). After Loulie and Mazen get dumped into the jinn realm, they end up on yet another quest by a ruling monarch. And once again the motives of the monarch are more than what is at the surface. Back in the human realm Aisha finds herself in alliance with one of Mazen's brothers (no I will not tell you which one) and learns to deal with the voice inside her head.
While I am glad I did a reread of The Stardust Thief before jumping into The Ashfire King, there is an OUTSTANDING recap at the beginning (honestly more authors need to do this). One of my main gripes with series tends to be the lack of character growth in the second/third book as most of the character growth tends to happen in the first book, not here! How Aisha deals with the Resurrectionist is so cute to be completely honest.
There are a few things that confused me (stop reading here for minor spoiler) like Mazen not being very concerned that he sank the jinn realm into darkness? I feel like that would eat at him more?