Kismet

Finishing this and then coming here to check out the reviews has been super disheartening. The amount of straight up terrible takes is fucking astounding.

Like, if a book has a minority protagonist, and that character experiences racism, and you take that as a personal attack? You might need to take a look in the mirror. Jesus fucking christ. So much disingenuous bullshit. I feel really bad imagining Amina coming here and browsing these reviews :/. Y'all should be ashamed.

So when a story about a secretly wealthy young person who gets rescued and told they're special and is taken to a beautiful secluded land with strange people in robes casting spells and waving magical stones where they can self actualize and develop into a badass stars a Pakistani girl, the book is “shallow and vapid and can't shut up about its liberal politics” but when it stars a little white boy it's “the best selling book of all time”. Ok.

I loved this book. Breezy thriller with a great emotional core. I absolutely loved Ronnie and her self-actualization journey. I loved hating the villains, I loved the ravens, I loved the friendships, I loved the writing. Straight up devoured this book, can't wait to check out more of Amina's work.