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A review by thomcat
The Blue Djinn of Babylon by P.B. Kerr
4.0
Strong characters and great locations continue, including a cameo by a famous king. The humor (and even fart jokes) is a good match as well. Read aloud with my daughter, and we did *not* appreciate the frequent djinn word puns.
Like the first book, this story is mythological fantasy, with magic, but set in our modern day world. This element, along with what is clearly well thought out folkore of the djinn is excellent. My only quibbles with this particular book (aside from djinntolerable puns) was the ending, which crammed a lot of wrap up (and some foreshadowing of future books) into just a few pages.
Yes, this took months to read - but our library system had exactly one (1) copy, with three other people waiting for it on hold. Glad to have finally finished it; may not dive into the next immediately.
Like the first book, this story is mythological fantasy, with magic, but set in our modern day world. This element, along with what is clearly well thought out folkore of the djinn is excellent. My only quibbles with this particular book (aside from djinntolerable puns) was the ending, which crammed a lot of wrap up (and some foreshadowing of future books) into just a few pages.
Yes, this took months to read - but our library system had exactly one (1) copy, with three other people waiting for it on hold. Glad to have finally finished it; may not dive into the next immediately.