Ahoy there mateys! This book is described by the publisher with “Persian-American author Naseem Jamnia has crafted a moving, nuanced exploration of immigration, gender, healing, and family.” The main character is a nonbinary refugee who has to hide their blood magic and works as a healer. This was another book where I enjoyed a lot of the elements but overall was a left unsatisfied. I did not feel that the book was nuanced, just messy. The mystery was not really surprising and how it gets solved was rather boring. In general I felt like this book would have been much improved with a larger page count. I ended up not really understanding the politics or history of the region. The main character was awkward and clueless and I couldn’t really grasp if they were actually supposed to be an adult or not. The plot gets muddied with the plotline of a rescued street orphan. The main character’s brother had a sympathetic plight but went about it the wrong way. No one communicated properly. I didn’t dislike this book but didn’t really love it either. I would read something else by the author though to give their work another shot. Arrr!