#P. Djeli Clark

[authorkarajorgensen]

10 Books on my Wishlist in 2024

This week's post has 10 books I am dying to get my hands on, coming out in the first half of 2024.

As we head ever closer to the end of the year, I thought I might make a very non-exhaustive list of books that I am dying to get my hands on when they come out next year. To be clear, this is definitely not every book I have been eyeing, and if it was, you probably wouldn’t want to sit through that lengthy blog post. I’m also confining this list to the first half of 2024 for simplicity’s sake and…

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#2024 releases #books #cat sebastian #favorite authors #felicia grossman #Hafsah Faizal #Jackie Lau #Jamie Pacton #Katherine Arden #Mariely Lares #nghi vo #p. djeli clark #reading #rebecca roanhorse

[libertyreads]

March Wrap Up 2024--

What a month that was. Did I read more than what I was supposed to? Yes. Am I mad about it? No. My goal for the year is to stay between 52 and 104 books read which means I need to read roughly 8 books per month (technically 8.6 or something like that) at the maximum. All this basically means is that I have to stick to reading 8 books next month. I blame the fact that my library hold came in 2 weeks early and I really didn't want to get back in line for it since it took so long to come in. Let's get to what I read and what I rated what I read.

Comics/Graphic Novels-- 1. Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo--3.75 stars (original rating).

Novellas-- 1. Must Love Hockey by Sarina Bowen (Kindle)--3.75 stars.

2. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark (NetGalley)--4 stars.

Novels-- 1. No Coincidence by Rafat Kosik--1.75 stars.

2. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu--3 stars.

3. The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah--3.75 stars.

4. Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson (Library)--4 stars.

5. Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes (NetGalley)--3.25 stars.

6. The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten--4.25 stars (original rating).

The average star rating for the month ended up being 3.5 stars which was such a surprise given that this is the month with my worst rated book of the year so far. Not too shabby though.

#wrap up #monthly wrap up #march wrap up #books read in 2024 #2024 reading challenge #goodreads challenge #goodreads #bookish #booklr #bookblr #bookstagram #teen titans: raven #teen titans #must love hockey #Sarina bowen #the dead cat tail assassins #p. djeli clark #no coincidence #Rafat Kosik #the three-body problem #cixin liu #the three body problem #the stardust thief #Chelsea abdullah #everyone on this train is a suspect #Benjamin stevenson #ghost station #s.a. barnes #the foxglove king #Hannah f. whitten

[vaguely-problematic]

Quote:

How come they gave us the shortest month?

This question often comes from the Black side of the spectrum. Not stupid, just perhaps under-informed. The good news is, a little Black History is all one needs to understand the answer to that question:

National African-American History Month had its origins in 1915 when historian and author Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. This organization is now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (“ASALH”). Through this organization Dr. Woodson initiated the first Negro History Week in February 1926. Dr. Woodson selected the week in February that included the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, two key figures in the history of African-Americans.

In 1975, President Ford issued a Message on the Observance of Black History Week urging all Americans to “recognize the important contribution made to our nation’s life and culture by black citizens.” In 1976 this commemoration of Black History in the United States was officially expanded by ASALH to Black History Month, also known as African American History Month, and President Ford issued the first Message on the Observance of Black History Month.- Library of Congress

See? No one “gave us” the shortest month. Black people did it. Black people took agency and created a time to celebrate Black History. Nobody handed it to us. No one made it up for us. Pro-tip: you see something celebrating Blackness, guarantee somebody black was probably behind it. The world ain’t been handing out free “Celebrate Your Blackness” points in a minute.

So to recap: A BLACK PERSON CHOSE FEBRUARY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. And he had serious BLACK REASONS for doing so. If you disagree with Woodson’s reasons, that’s fine. We can certainly discuss. But now you have a Black History answer to your question about Black History Month. Go run tell, tweet and preach that. And read more books. Books are cool.

i highly recommend the entire article and this year's too i'm sure

#i did not know so i am sharing #u.s. history #P. Djèlí Clark #p. djeli clark #black history month #carter g. woodson #2022 edition #but i'm sure he's got one for 2023 now #phenderson djeli clark

[lizabethstucker]

The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2022 edited by Rebecca Roanhorse (guest) & John Joseph Adams

4 out of 5 stars.

This is a collection of twenty of the best science fiction and fantasy short stories published in North America during 2021 as selected by guest editor Rebecca Roanhorse, author of "Black Sun", among other books.

A Netgalley ARC provided courtesy of HarperCollins, the scheduled publication date is November 1, 2022.

Contents:

"10 Steps to a Whole New You" by Tonya Liburd "The Pizza Boy" by Meg Elison "If the Martians Have Magic" by P. Djeli Clark "Delete Your First Memory for Free" by Kel Colman "The Red Mother" by Elizabeth Bear "The Cold Calculations" by Aimee Ogden "The Captain and the Quartermaster" by C. L. Clark "Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story" by Nalo Hopkinson "I Was a Teenage Space Jockey" by Stephen Graham Jones "Let All the Children Boogie" by Sam J. Miller "Skinder's Veil" by Kelly Link "The Algorithm Will See You Now" by Justin C. Key "The Cloud Lake Unicorn" by Karen Russel "Proof by Induction" by Jose Pablo Iriarte "Colors of the Immortal Palette" by Caroline M. Yoachim "The Future Library" by Peng Shepherd "L'Esprit de L'Escalier" by Catherynne M. Valente "Tripping Through Time" by Rich Larson "The Frankly Impossible Weight of Han" by Maria Dong "Root Rot" by Fargo Tbakhi

A fantastic collection of stories with varying degrees of fantasy and science fiction woven within. The collection, in my opinion, tends to lean more towards fantasy or a mixture of the two rather than pure SF. A couple even have subtle touches of horror elements.

The main focus of all the stories is people, not hardware, not technology, and not magic, although all three do enter into the kickoff of many of the stories. People, as all really good SF and Fantasy should center on, their emotions, their reactions to what is happening, and their interpersonal relationships to others. Some of these stories touched me deeply, one made me cry, and all made me think.

In all honesty, I couldn't pick a favorite. In various ways they all had something important to say, many of them falling under the increasingly popular and widespread environmental science fiction subcategory. Would I recommend this collection and to whom? Yes, most definitely I would to all readers who like thought provoking fiction, no love or even experience with SFF required.

#book review #Rebecca Roanhorse #John Joseph Adams #collection #science fiction #fantasy #Tonya Liburd #Meg Elison #P. Djeli Clark #Kel Coleman #Elizabeth Bear #Aimee Ogden #C. L. Clark #Nalo Hopkinson #Stephen Graham Jones #Sam J. Miller #Kelly Link #Justin C. Key #Karen Russell #Jose Pablo Iriarte #Caorline M. Yoachim #Peng Shepherd #Catherynne M. Valente #Rich Larson #Maria Dong #Fargo Tbakhi #Netgalley ARC

[rivertalesien]

Ever just go gaga for a story? Steampunk author P. Djeli Clark is a master (read his novel A Master of Djinn if you don't want to believe me), and his latest short is a masterwork of sharp parody, commentary and the ambition of idiotic Europeans, especially the English.

#uncanny magazine #short stories #P. Djeli Clark #How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub #steampunk

[booksopandah]

A Master of Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark

This post is actually going to cover the entire series up to now, which includes The Angel of Khan El-Khalili, A Dead Djinn in Cairo, and The Haunting of Tram Car 015, in addition to A Master of Djinn. While I don’t think it’s necessary, the short stories and novella are all very well done, and fun additions to the world, so it’s worth the time to read them first.

In short form, this series covers a noir egyptian fantasy steampunk world, in which magic is real, and djinn have taken up residence among humans. The adventure follows a well dressed paranormal investigator and her semi-criminal girlfriend. The trouble of the book begins with the mass murder of englishmen in an occult society, venerating the man who unleashed djinn into the world, by someone claiming to be that man, returned.

Is this book super deep philosophically? Does it ask questions of humanity and shared cultures and even, perhaps, how the opportunity to reflect upon yourself and others can allow you to realize new truths about yourself? A little, but that’s not the point. The point is that this book (and whole series) was so fun! If you like mystery, or fantasy, or steampunk, or cute little lesbian romance, or even just good writing, then it’s perfect for you. It’s got some pretty rough violence, but man, it’s just so fun, and it was a pleasure to read the whole series. I look forward to Clark’s future full length books, which I will be picking up as soon as I can.

Happy Reading Folks.

#sff books #books #p. djeli clark #a master of djinn

[aseriesofvariousevents]

Ring Shout

P. Djèlí Clark is a masterful author. The fusion of history and monsters made for such an exciting and intense story filled with both unimaginable and all too real horrors. The story was dark and hard-hitting, while still managing to feel hopeful and about the power of community.

Favorite Quote: They say God is good all the time. Seem he also likes irony. 

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Author: P. Djeli Clark

#p. djeli clark #four stars #ring shout #certified nora review

[parsleysagerosemarytimemachine]

'A Master of Djinn' is part of my Hugo reading this year; fun adventure story, murder mystery (and more) in turn-of-the-century Cairo after djinn have been returned to the world.

#books #reading #mtg custom #A Master of Djinn #P. Djeli Clark #Hugo reading

[nikihawkes]

Book Review: The Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

Title: The Master of Djinn Author: P. Djèlí Clark Series: Dead Djinn Universe #1 Genre: Fantasy Rating: 3/5 stars The Overview: Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer. So when someone murders a…

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#book #book review #book reviews #books #dead djinn universe #fantasy #fantasy books #master of djinn #niki hawkes #p. djeli clark #the obsessive bookseller

[libraryspecter]

an absolute yes; give me mooorre. fatma - i know she looks good in a suit.

ig post date: december 20, 2020

#a dead djinn in cairo #p. djeli clark #library books #reads

[klutzymaiden123]

My Thoughts: The Black God’s Drums

So, I finally finished this novella and y’all . . . I really like this one. Not only was it a fast read, but also the world building was really insanely good!

Unsurprisingly, it was the cover which drew me in; I mean, look at that, it’s gorgeous. Then, when I opened the book, the style of narration, the sense of characterisation was so insanely strong. I normally don’t like things written in this style of English, but it was very easy to fall into and gave such a strong sense of both chracter and also world building. 

First, I would just like to say how much I really enjoyed the characters in this book. Creeper, or Jacqueline, is our teenage protagonist; normally the designated age for teenage protagonists are 16 or maybe 17, but here, she’s 13. And something about that was so relieving; it’s young enough for it to sink in how young this girl is. The Captain turning her away due to her age and not really taking her seriously at first feels justified cause who would trust a 13 year old? But I love that their relationship not only develops but is the most focused in the book. Granted, it’s a very short story, but I enjoy watching Creeper and the Captain interact and silently care about one another. 

This book also wasn’t afraid to be funny either. It actually made me laugh which is insanely rare for written works. One of my favourite exchanges in the entire book is this:

“You’re a smuggler!” I point out, extending my arms to take in the airship.

“But not a thief!” [The Captain] retorts evenly.

“The name of your ship is Midnight Robber!”

She pauses at this. Shrugs. Then says evenly: “It’s satire.”

Oh, and before I forget, the style of writing was so insanely good. It was a good way to quickly introduce me to this world and how these people speak, while also revealing a lot about our protagonist as well. I’m such a fan of author’s adapting their style or approach to writing according to either the world they’re writing for or the proagonists’ sense of character. Especially if it’s first person; if a protaognist is of upper class, I should see that in the style of narration.If they’re lower class, I should see that in the style of narration, and etcetera etcetera. It���s an insanely good way of showing a reader exactly what they’re getting into and I wish more writers would do this.

Also, and I’m aware this is most likely a thing because of Creeper’s young age, but I love that there’s no romance. I’m honestly getting tired of romance at this point, I feel like it very rarely meets my expectations, I would much rather read of epic tales with the main relationships being friendship and family based. It’s a shame most of the books that attract me centre around romance, as I find found family stories to much more intruiging (if any of y’all can give me POC found family recs, my DM’s are open 😌)

But anyway, yes, so they were a huge draw for me; but I also enjoyed all of the side characters. I loved the Nuns, I surprisingly loved Feral, and even though she was only in it for a few pages, I relished in Jewel’s character. I think the only part I wasn’t very interested in were the actual Goddesses, which sucks since they’re basically the selling point of this story. But I dunno, I wasn’t very intruiged much with their placement in the story(although, chalk that up to ignorance more then anything, unfortunately I don’t know much about many religions outside of christainity). 

It’s also rare that this is a thing, but I was so drawn into the history of this world, I really wish there was more to this story. I have no idea if there are any plans for a sequel, but I would absolutely be down for picking it up, I wanna know what happens with all of these characters.

I definitely recommend this book to anyone who’s into Sci-Fi, women characters and POC lead casts. Oh, and worldbuilding. Lot of worldbuilding. 

I hereby dub this novella:

8/10

Minus points for being so short, but easily it can regain them back with a sequel so I can find out more about this world. 

But anyway, now that I’ve finished this story, I’m going to move onto a novel I’ve had sitting on my bookshelf collecting dust for months. 

As y’all know, I love angst, I love mystery and I love drama. Even though I’ve been slow to get through this, I’m still intruiged to find out what happens in this book. But after reading just the first four chapters, wooooo boy, is it already depressing.

I’m so excited. 

Klutzy out! ✌🏾

#Klutzy Reviews #The Black God's Drums #p. djeli clark #sci fi #science fiction novels #poc authors #poc books #poc writers #black authors #black fantasy #black steampunk

[thegothiclibrary]

Review of Ring Shout—Making Monsters

Review of Ring Shout—Making Monsters

White supremacy can make people into monsters. This is as true today as it was during the heyday of Jim Crow laws and burning crosses. P. Djèlí Clark literalizes this metaphor in his celebrated novella Ring Shout, which came out in 2020. (more…)

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#alternative history #book review #fantasy #horror #P. Djeli Clark #Ring Shout

[novelconcepts]

Another year, another absurd amount of books read (296, because if I wasn't reading or writing this year, my brain was on fire). I was asked again for my top books of the year, so here we go: 2023's top 10, in no particular order.

This was the first book I read of the year--literally, vacated the hangout with my wife and sibling-in-laws to sit on their couch upstairs and eat through it. Do you love The Fall of the House of Usher, but wish for a nonbinary protagonist and a lot more mushrooms? This is the book for you! (T. Kingfisher is fucking rad, I made a concerted effort to only list ONE of her books on here, but honorable mention goes to The Twisted Ones for fucking me upppp.)

A gay, post-apocolyptic Pinocchio retelling involving copious robots, found family elements, and a cool-ass treehouse. Klune always hits for me with his unrepentant queer family dynamics and sense of humor. Honorable mention to the first two in the Green Creek series (although that's got a lot more...adult elements in among the werewolves, you've been warned).

I thiiiink I found this through The Homo Schedule podcast (PSA: if you missed out on Jasmin Savoy Brown and Liv Hewson doing a podcast together, now you know better), and it wrecked my shit. Tons of trigger warnings, as this is a memoir about abuse within a queer relationship, but it's so beautifully written. I personally suggest listening to the audiobook first, then standing anxiously behind someone at a book warehouse sale, hoping they'll set down the only paperback copy so you can swipe it.

A fantastical-historical reimagining in which the KKK is filled with literal monsters, and Black women are resistance fighters armed to take them out. Visceral and intense, and truly an excellent horror story.

Just. Such a soft time travel story about a daughter and her father and cherishing the time you get with loved ones. I was thoroughly unprepared for how lovely I found this one. It's very kind.

Spooky house, take-no-shit redhead, protective sibling elements, bisexual recluse with a sword who really just needs a nap. I haven't found a Harrow book yet I haven't slapped five stars on. She's so good at character and atmosphere, and I'm always surprised at how fast her stories race by.

The whole Daevabad trilogy (of which this is the first book) is just magical. A girl from the mortal world finds herself embroiled with the centuries-long prejudices and wars of djinn in a fantastical city. It's one of the rare stories of its kind that does have a love triangle, but doesn't feel like a love triangle; it's far less interested in the insufferable "who gets picked" than it is in the actual horrors these people are both perpetrating and coping with. It's an intoxicating ride.

Fuck You, TERFS: the book. Given that fact, there's obviously quite a lot of transphobia to deal with, but it's very clear that those people are wrong, and it's a super-engaging (and super-oh-god-what-comes-next) witchy time populated with queer, protective, interesting characters I'm excited to see again in the follow-up.

Have you ever wanted a haunted house story with visceral imagery and a rather lovely twist? Gailey has you covered. As much as I enjoyed The Echo Wife, I think I actually loved this one more, and it makes me so excited to see what else they've got up their sleeve.

One of my final reads for the year, when I was just churning through hardcovers at the speed of sound. I love this book. I recognize it won't be for everyone, but it takes so much of what I love about IT (one of my all-time favorite books, despite its flaws) and twists it through the lens of an author who escaped the Mormon church. It's horrific, it's fantastically abstract in places, it explores childhood and memory, imagination and abuse, and almost every character is queer. It's a great "I simply cannot sleep until I've finished" read.

#long post #book recs #t kingfisher #tj klune #carmen maria machado #p djeli clark #emma straub #alix e harrow #s.a. chakraborty #juno dawson #sarah gailey #kiersten white #plenty of others could go on this list as well but i figured i'd keep it to ten this time around #still can't believe i read just shy of 300 books in a year #bonus shoutout to the animorphs series all of which is out on audiobook now (the main books anyway) #and which honestly really do hold up well

[bookcub]

Book Rec of Djinn . . .Jinn. .. Jinni. . .

Rated on how likely the jinn would be my friend

The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah- Qadir is the jinn with the largest role and I cannot decide if he would find me mildly amusing or mildly annoying. Either way, he would probably not be talkative and not view me as a threat or a priority.

5/10

The Daevabad Trilogy by SA Chakraborty- While the term djinn is a controversial one in this world, there are plenty of djinn to choose from. Nahri might be my friend, if she didn't see me as an easy mark (which is very likely). I would very much enjoy her company if she didn't have her defenses up. Ali would probably find me interesting as a human and ask me a mixture of interesting and boring questions. Both would care if I died, unlike Dara, who wouldn't care if he accidentally caused my death.

6/10

A Master of Djinn by P Djeli Clark- I don't want to cause any spoilers but our main djinn would absolutely find me adorable, if not easily manipulated. We could definitely have a few fun nights for sure.

7/10

This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi- Alizah would 1000% defend me with her life and successfully save it, but I am uncertain how receptive she would be to friendship, considering how guarded she is. I, however, would absolutely put in the effort for her.

7.5/10

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir- If I remember book two correctly, I would absolutely never become friends with this jinn. And I think they would actively want to kill me.

0/10

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker - Ahmed would not be friends with me and be very very rude to me, although he would not kill me. I would rather be friends with Chava, the golem instead. We would be besties.

1/10

Nayra and the Djinn by Iasmin Omar Ata-

Majan is a delight and I think we are likely to get along fairly well, although certainly not to the extent Nayra and Marjan have bonded. But we could tell each other stories and reignite some of the spark in each other's lives, encouraging exploration and connection. A fun and emotional time!!

8/10

#the daevabad trilogy #the stardust thief #the golem and the jinni #nayra and the djinn #an ember in the ashes #this woven kingdom #a master of djinn #tahereh mafi #Chelsea abdullah #sabaa tahir #sa chakraborty #p djeli clark #helene wecker #iasmin omar ata #my book recs #djinn #jinni

[augustinajosefina]

A request

Please suggest books to me! Preferably in the glove kink/lesbian space atrocities, urban fantasy or dark academia genres but I'll happily try any SF/fantasy at least once.

So far I've read and loved:

Before 2023

The Imperial Radch (Ancillary Justice/Sword/Mercy) - Ann Leckie

Jean le Flambeur (The Quantum Thief/The Fractal Prince/The Causal Angel) - Hannu Rajaniemi

The Windup Girl/The Water Knife - Paolo Bagicalupi

Memory of Water/The City of Woven Streets - Emmi Itäranta

2023

The Locked Tomb (Gideon/Harrow/Nona the Ninth) - Tamsyn Muir

The Masquerade (Traitor/Monster/Tyrant Baru Cormorant) - Seth Dickinson

Teixcalaan series (A Memory Called Empire/A Desolation Called Peace) - Arkady Martine

Machineries of Empire (Ninefox Gambit/Raven Stratagem/Revenant Gun/Hexarchate Stories) - Yoon Ha Lee

The Murderbot Diaries (All Systems Red to System Collapse) - Martha Wells

The Broken Earth (The Fifth Season/The Obelisk Gate/The Stone Sky) - N. K. Jemisin

Klara And The Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro

Xuya universe (The Citadel of Weeping Pearls/The Tea Master and the Detective/Seven of Infinities plus short stories) - Aliette de Bodard

This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

The Goblin Emperor/The Witness for the Dead/Grief of Stones - Katherine Addison

Some Desperate Glory - Emily Tesh

2024

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V. E. Schwab

The Craft Sequence (Three Parts Dead/Two Serpents Rise/Full Fathom Five/Last First Snow/Four Roads Cross/Ruin of Angels) - Max Gladstone

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution - R. F. Kuang

The Luminous Dead - Caitlin Starling

Last Exit - Max Gladstone

Dead Country - Max Gladstone

Read and liked:

The Moonday Letters - Emmi Itäranta

Great Cities (The City We Became/The World We Make) - N. K. Jemisin

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

Autonomous - Annalee Newitz

Dead Djinn universe (A Master of Djinn/The Haunting of Tram Car 015/A Dead Djinn in Cairo/The Angel of Khan el-Khalili) - P. Djèlí Clark

Even Though I Knew the End - C. L. Polk

Station Eternity - Mur Lafferty

The Mythic Dream - Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe

Shades of Magic (A Darker Shade of Magic/A Gathering of Shadows/A Conjuring of Light/Fragile Threads of Power) - V. E. Schwab

The Stars Are Legion - Kameron Hurley

Ninth House/Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo

Machine - Elizabeth Bear

Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield

She Is A Haunting - Trang Thanh Tran

Sisters of the Revolution - Jeff & Ann Vandermeer

Was uncertain about:

Light From Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki

The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi

Paladin's Grace - T. Kingfisher

The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune

In the Vanishers Palace - Aliette de Bodard

Uprooted - Naomi Novik

And read and disliked:

To Be Taught, if Fortunate - Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon

The Calculating Stars - Mary Robinette Kowal

The Space Between Worlds - Micaiah Johnson

How High We Go in the Dark - Sequoia Nagamatsu

Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo

(My pride insists I add that I have, in fact, read other books as well. Just to be clear.)

#books #lesbian space atrocities #imperial radch #ann leckie #locked tomb series #the masquerade #baru cormorant #seth dickinson #teixcalaan series #arkady martine #machineries of empire #yoon ha lee #the murderbot diaries #martha wells #broken earth trilogy #nk jemisin #tamsyn muir #this is how you lose the time war #the goblin emperor #katherine addison #aliette de bodard #annalee newitz #paolo bagicalupi #some desperate glory #emily tesh #hannu rajaniemi #a master of djinn #p djeli clark #max gladstone #craft sequence

[coffeenonsense]

Can't believe it took me so long to start reading a master of djinn Fatma el-Sha'arawi is the most character ever. She's a magic investigator. She wears colorful suits and a bowler hat to fight magical crime. She gets flustered by her badass girlfriend, who wears lioness claws and regularly breaks into her house. She loves jazz. She carries a SWORD CANE. I'm actively in love with her.

#a master of djinn #p djeli clark #fatma el-sha'arawi #okay i love her #everyone should read this book