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A review by belle2022
Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim
4.0
This was such a deep, adventurous and interesting read. The characters were so intriguing and intricate as well as the culture you felt yourself submerged in. Highly recommend everyone adds this to their TBR! Coming out in Jan 2023!
This was a refreshing take on any normal fantasy/magical novel. With such deep and rich culture, this was such beautiful Arabian-inspired world. I’ve read my fair share of western-esc books where I just found them bland and boring, the gorgeous desert setting was refreshing to read about. I thought the characters were well written with there own deep and internal struggles. I couldn’t help but love Amani but also resent in a way. She is definitely more wealthy and comes from a family rooted in the hierarchy where she is quite blind to the ways the others live. Even after they try to explain to her what she just can’t see. But her loyalty and devotion to her family and loved ones, is so strong.
I adored Taha too, the ending was just something else. He was quite scary then, but what a tortured soul and at the root of it… only wanting to do what is expected of him in order to finally get the respect he wants from his own blood.
This was an adventure almost heist like. With forgotten cities and political drama, magical abilities and djinni. The adventure this group go on are like no other I’ve read, obstacle after obstacle, it felt like they would never reach the end. Beautiful sibling relationships that hurt so bad too. All in all, a wonderful and wonderful read.
This was a refreshing take on any normal fantasy/magical novel. With such deep and rich culture, this was such beautiful Arabian-inspired world. I’ve read my fair share of western-esc books where I just found them bland and boring, the gorgeous desert setting was refreshing to read about. I thought the characters were well written with there own deep and internal struggles. I couldn’t help but love Amani but also resent in a way. She is definitely more wealthy and comes from a family rooted in the hierarchy where she is quite blind to the ways the others live. Even after they try to explain to her what she just can’t see. But her loyalty and devotion to her family and loved ones, is so strong.
I adored Taha too, the ending was just something else. He was quite scary then, but what a tortured soul and at the root of it… only wanting to do what is expected of him in order to finally get the respect he wants from his own blood.
This was an adventure almost heist like. With forgotten cities and political drama, magical abilities and djinni. The adventure this group go on are like no other I’ve read, obstacle after obstacle, it felt like they would never reach the end. Beautiful sibling relationships that hurt so bad too. All in all, a wonderful and wonderful read.