This was genuinely terrible.

Poor plotting, poor pacing, not a single believable character, and excruciating “teen speak” that made it almost unreadable at times.

Also, I feel like the author kinda hates women. The whole first half is just the protagonist being told, telling herself and telling us how hideous she is because she is fat and hairy. This is never contradicted, and appears to be established fact.

This continues sporadically throughout the book, as different teenage girls pass through the story, are judged by the author to be not good enough to be friends with Muzna, and are jettisoned. She doesn’t need them because she has a boy.

Said boy is violent and arrogant, but Muzna falls in love with him instantly. His flaws are forgiven because he is a troubled bad-boy who she wants to save. Yes, this type of domestic-abuse friendly relationship is still appearing in YA.

They are then radicalised (I know this once she suddenly declares “we have been radicalised”, there’s no textual support) by a cartoonishly evil terrorist stereotype. Luckily Muzna realises in time and for no reason whatsoever that she has been led astray, and proceeds to save the world and meet the PM. This happens in a comedically stupid manner, and leaves her free to focus on her marriage. Yes, marriage. A 15-yr-old is married.

An inconsistent, ill-thought-through mess.