I love to see spec-fic taken out of it's usual Eurocentric defaults. The conventions of Fantasy as dominated by the British Isles and Ireland still dominate, but become dull retreads for those of us in the long-term-fandom seats. 
 Canadian Alwyn Hamilton takes a left turn with "Rebel Of The Sands", and then another. We've got a blend here of Fantasy, wild west folk fiction, all set in a fairy-tale Arabia populated by Djinn and wild desert-spirit horses, with a young female protagonist trying to pass as a boy. 
 It's sheer fun. What more can you ask for? I'm definitely looking forward to the rest of the trilogy hitting the shelves. 
 Heaven sent for the school librarian trying to find work with a more diverse feel!