Mehhh, 2.5 rounded up. I really really wanted to love this book. Jinn are fascinating characters, and, boy, do I love random freaky happenings across the globe. Basically, I would have devoured this if it read like genre fiction. Instead,all the good bits were coldly narrated in short blurbs. It's hard to feel the panic and the fear of the common folk or even the supernaturals. And some chunks were so very verbose; I never skim and I skimmed. *shame* Things picked up from the middle, but the beginning was slow going. Jinn on jinn battles were entertaining, but I kept feeling like I was meant to walk away with some bigger meaning but failed to get it.