This was a great start to a series and I'm definitely looking forward to the next couple of books now cause I'm hooked.

The Stardust Thief is inspired by One Thousand and One Nights and weaves in Arab folklore into the story of Loulie, Qadir, Mazen, and Aisha's journey. Some are even relative to recognizable stories from 1001 Nights. I really enjoyed the folklore and how the author interjected the story with a legend that would also be relative to the story of the characters! I loved the magic and mythology in this book, I'm a sucker for anything mythology based and this is perfect with the lore and inspo behind it!!

The only complaint is that I didn't really care for the characters until near the end. Most of the journey is a solitary one for each of the characters and you don't see them together often. You have dark lord type villain, that I'm hoping we will see more of and understand their motives. Loulie, Qadir, and the folklore were the main driving factors for me enjoying this book.

There is little to no romance, but plenty of action in this book. Once chaos ensued, it never really stopped and I really enjoyed that. I hope we get to know the characters more and they get more fleshed out as the series goes. But, overall this was a good read and I really do recommend it.

Disclosure: I received The Stardust Thief as an ARC and I'm voluntarily leaving this review.