I felt that the balance between mystery, humor, magic, and actions was achieved nicely. It’s not a surprise that a lot of readers enjoyed A Master of Djinn the whodunit premise was compelling, the pacing was superb, and Agent Fatma plus all the supporting characters were just delightful to read. To make things even worse, there’s a possibility that the murderer might be Al-Jahiz himself.

The year is now 1912, and when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to him, Agent Fatma receives the task to unravel the mystery behind this murder. Plus, two of them are free to read, and all of them are great anyway.Īl-Jahiz was one of the most famous men in history fifty years ago, he transformed the world when he opened the veil between the magical and mundane realms then proceed to vanish. It’s not mandatory to read the three prequel stories in the Dead Djinn Universe series first before reading A Master of Djinn, but they’ll be beneficial. As you can probably guess, I felt like I should, and it didn’t disappoint. But after hearing about how well-loved it is frequently across social media-but still feel a bit apprehensive about jumping into the hype-I decided to finish reading the three prequel stories first to have a taste of whether I should give Clark’s debut novel a try or not. Usually, that’s how they became rich.”Ī Master of Djinn was never in my radar before this year. There’s a lot of praises for A Master of Djinn online, and I can certainly understand why.

Published: 11st May 2021 by Orbit (UK) and TorDotCom (US) Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Steampunk Review copy provided by the publisher-Orbit-in exchange for an honest review.

A master of djinn by p djèlí clark