DNF @ 145 
 I think my retrospective distaste for the first book has ruined anything else in this series for me. Anything I may have liked about the first book isn't appealing to me now. Shazi annoys me. The writing is grating and forced at times, especially in the dialogue. I want to smack Tariq. Nothing was happening by the time I almost got halfway. It was a lot of Shazi and Khalid pining for each other, Tariq brooding, and some baby romance blooming with Shazi's sister. 
 I'm becoming more annoyed the further I read. I need to let it go and accept that I will be the black sheep on this one.