A wonderful reconstruction of 1001 nights. Do not start this book expecting a love story like THE WRATH AND THE DAWN. The stories our nameless narrator tells in this book to safeguard herself from her mad husband Lo Melkhiin are entirely original (and more realistic). There is no mention of Aladdin or Ali Baba. Each story serves to drive the plot and has significant purpose. This is a book about magic and power and demons, a bond between two sisters and a young woman's fight to save a king, even though her own name is eventually lost in future re-tellings. 
 The writing in this book is beautiful. I could tell that the author lived in the Middle East at some point; use of Arabic words was on point. 
 I only wonder where the name Lo Melkhiin is derived from as it does not sound Arabic. Considering that it's the only name that was prominently featured in this book (the others, especially the women, are nameless) this is particularly interesting to me. 
 Also, (view spoiler)[ I am not certain if a love did grow between our nameless Shahrazad and Lo Melkhiin once the jinn was vanquished from his body. Though this is open to interpretation, I am left optimistic that a love did grow between them once he was saved. (hide spoiler)]