OMG, this book is a favourite of mine and I almost forgot it.
This story is inspired by “1001 Nights”. The book itself is about a woman from Kairo, Nahri, who mistakenly summons a djinn, Dara, who was a servant for her dead family. He also tells her that she’s half djinn, so a mixed breed. But apparently her ancestors were high-ranking djinn, which is why they would have never mixed with humans. Even the djinn who is supposed to protect Nahri detests her human part. But his country needs her, because she has the ability to heal every ailment. And the djinn are dying.
This book contains great worldbuilding and both Nahri and Dara are very complex characters. The first 50 pages already captured me and after that I just flew through it.
