![]() While this mythology and beautifully imaginative setting first drew me in, the complexity of the tale became a source of disappointment. While it’s categorized as adult fantasy, The City of Brass first appears to be a clichéd young adult novel, where the orphaned heroine discovers she has magic and is not like other girls, but as the book progresses, the reader discovers a dark, complex story rich in setting and riddled with Middle Eastern folklore. It will take all her cunning to survive the coming confrontation. The shafits - the offspring of human and Daeva - are being persecuted for their abhorrent mixed blood, and soon Nahri finds herself trapped in a web of court politics. ![]() Dara tells her she will be protected there, but behind the gilded walls of the city, old prejudices simmer among the six djinn tribes. With the warrior, Dara, at her side, Nahri is forced to flee from ifrits, ghouls, and marid-infested waters to Daevabad, the legendary city of brass. ![]() They’re all tricks and sleights of hand, of course - a way for her to make ends meet on the streets of 18th-century Cairo. But when Nahri accidentally summons a mysterious djinn warrior during one of her cons, she has to accept that real magic exists. ![]() ![]() Nahri is a sharp-tongued, independent young woman, and she can swindle just about any of the Ottoman nobles, be it through palm readings, zars, or healings. ![]()
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