The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi: The epic first book in a swashbuckling new fantasy series from the bestselling author of THE CITY OF BRASS (Amina al-Sirafi, 1)

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Stop ogling a demon's ass! Ogling a demon's ass is what got you into all these troubles in the first place!"- I am intrigued and curious to see where the story will take us. I also hadn’t expected Amina to be a mom, but I really like the idea that it isn’t a younger adult in her twenties who goes on these adventures. Medieval Indian Ocean settings!!! A note about religion : so often in Fantasy, when authors take inspiration from a real, historical setting, they strip it of religion (or make every MC Christian, because of course 🙄), and I really dislike that. Not because I'm particularly religious—I'm not at all— but because religion was an inherent part of society, informing culture and traditions, and to remove it often weakens the richness of the world-building. I'm really happy it wasn't the case here (most characters are Muslims ; other religions are mentioned) ;

I do believe she was right to take the job, especially because of what it can bring for her family when she gets the reward. I also believe she took it not only because of the money, but because she loves the see and her ship. I do wonder if she should be more cautious. If someone is willing to pay that much and so little is known, I feel like it’s not the whole truth. I feel like there is more to the child being kidnapped and who’s behind it. For this scribe has read a great many of these accounts and taken away another lesson : that to be a woman is to have your story misremembered. Discarded. Twisted. " They come up with a rather dramatic charade that ends with them all in the prison. Well, that’s one way to get in I suppose. I was first introduced to Shannon's work through The City of Brass series, for which I am due a reread. Not a spoiler, but you won't have to look far to see a bit of overlap between the series. The premise had everything I wanted in a fantasy novel. A sexually liberated Muslim pirate that captains her own ship? And accidentally marries a demon? Say less.This first installment delivers a complete and fulfilling story while also setting up the plot perfectly for future books in the series. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi is easily the best book that I have read this year. The Adventures of Amina Al-Sarafi reads like one of those real-world myths that creep up on your slowly. As your parents, schoolmates, books, and media tell it to you—it's almost like it's always been there, a fictional story existing outside of your own lived existence and yet wholly real somehow, grounded in historical fact and cultural relevancy. i love that this is a fantasy novel that centers a sex-positive devout muslim woman in control of her own story. i don’t love that this is written like YA when it is marketed as adult. I am very intrigued about how Amina talks of Marjana’s birth… Dalila was there to do what Amina couldn’t if her fears came true? What’s up with that?

I have traveled widely enough that I take everything written about “foreigners” with doubt and know better than to judge a community by their worst individuals.” Books like these are why I adore fantasy with all of my heart. A pirate queen cajoled out of retirement for one last job. A deadly sea with supernatural consequences. And a myth in the making. Since today is day 1, we’ll be reading from the beginning to the end of Chapter 6. Get comfy and let’s get started! I initially thought Yusuf was a guard, but it seems he has a soft spot for Tinbu. Maybe they have another hand to help them break him out? The scope of the story is huge. The worldbuilding is expansive, building far beyond the Daevabad origins, supported by Chakraborty’s signature sweeping, evocative descriptions. Yet it doesn’t feel big and expansive, because the author keeps you close to the main cast of characters, so that you can’t help but fall in love with them even though each one is more unscrupulous than the last. This is found family at its absolute best.It is not always easy to do the right thing, Amina al-Sirafi. More often than not, it is a lonely, thankless ordeal. That does not mean it is not worth doing.”