I waffle between 3 - 4 stars on this one. I LOVED the art. The whole book is just a brick of beautiful Arabic calligraphy-inspired art. But... the story just didn't grab me. I'm a little prudish when it comes to books and movies and things, so that's part of it, and another part is that the plot doesn't unfold in a chronological way, which sort of threw me off. It isn't a BAD story, just not my bag.