The City of Brass

I am not even sure where to being with a review for The City of Brass. I have read fantasy and high fantasy for years yet never have I struggled so much with names, religious sects, and nationalities. Half the time I was not sure who I was reading about and I constantly got characters confused, jumping between nick names for people and their full name did not help either. I really should read The City of Brass again to try to understand it more but it was a hard book for me to hold one handed and my right hand still shows no signs of recovery any time soon.

Nahri lives in the slums and makes her money swindling rich people. Happy to steal from the rich to feed herself and save for her dream of moving out of the slums Nahri takes pride in her abilities to get money from wealthy men without having to resort to prostitution. All is going well for Nahri until she gets in a con over her head, struggling to heal a young teen Nahri accidentally summons a djinn. This is where I started to get confused as to who was who.

Ali is the crown prince but knows he will never rule since he is the second son. Happy to be in his brothers shadow he lives his life by the sword. Mastering his skills he fights with a deadly grace and all is going his way until his father summons him back to court to keep a closer eye on him.

Even though I struggled with the world Chakraborty wrote I still liked the story. I do plan on reading City of Copper and hopefully it wont be as much a struggle. Books like this make me wish for a fold out glossary so it is easier to look up terms and names.