Oh I wanted to fall in love with this because it has such an amazing color palette (I am a sucker for that), and I don't think I've seen a YA graphic novel set during Ramadan. It fills a hole, and I appreciated those aspects of the book. 

However, the writing definitely could have been tighter. A lot of the story was difficult to follow, not just with the Djinn story, but also with the Nayra's story. I think part of it is the fact that it happens over a fairly large expanse of time, but it doesn't feel like time is really passing? I'm not sure I can really explain it, but the feel of the pacing was odd.

I think if the story had the chance to breath a little more, it could have been so successful! The artist has potential, and I think maybe working with a different writer might allow them to add more detail to their artwork, because I really loved their art style. The writing just didn't seem to match it.