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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This tale was an interesting one, weaving history with magic in a way I hadn't anticipated. Like many other readers have already said, it taught me a bit about the history that I didn't know and gave me a refreshing insight. American history classes genuinely skip Pakistan's involvement in things, and it was interesting to see it and learn about it. There is a sprinkling of both cultural religion, as well as cultural lore and myth that we don't often see. Siddiqui did a great job of incorporating these aspects into a book in order to create an interesting and accessible story.

The way that things ramped up so quickly at the end, and the conclusion was so sudden, I felt a little shocked. I enjoyed the tale and the history, but the pacing really hindered this book. I think had the pacing been more evenly paced to a more understandable ramp up, I would have rated this book a full four to five stars. However, because it was so slow in the beginning, I have a hard time giving it more than three stars. If you can stick with the story to get through the slow pacing, this book truly is worth the read.