Full review can also be found on: Paein and Ms4Tune's Book Blog 
 Not going to lie, I wasn't particularly enamoured with this story right off the bat. At first I liked the prologue, but then I thought it didn't help things with the story build because we knew something important! 
 I was also finding that Shazi crossed from strong and brave to bratty too much and at one point I was even tempted to put the book down - but honestly I didn't have time to read something else for this review slot. I'm happy I kept reading because, hey 4.5 Voodoos!! 
 The story was set up so that something very predictable and awful could have happened - and if it had I might not have intended to read book 2, as it happens it really really didn't happen and I'm so happy! I actually liked how things worked out between Khalid and Shazi. He most certainly is my favourite! and Shazi is growing on me. I just need her to grow a little and maybe save the world and she'll be perfect. 
 Tariq is still of no interest to me, but I actually do hope that he listens to the truths he'll be told and I hope that he grows as a character too. He's started a ball rolling and I hope he regrets it. I hope he helps to stop it too. So far this storyline has scoffed at the stereotypes. I hope it does here too. 
 Of course if secrets had been shared from the start, this might not have all been an issue.... 
 As always I want this to all have a happy ending! 
 Actually, speaking of endings - I was under the impression that this had a massive cliff hanger at the end. I am happy to report that it doesn't really. At least, no more than your average first book in a series.