The City of Brass

Unfortunately, it just didn't do it for me. Wasn't a big fan of most of the characters to begin with, but they only got worse as the book progressed (the protagonist & especially Dara, I only really liked the character of Ali), along with some forced romance that just couldn't be salvaged by the pretty great worldbuilding. I really wanted to like this book, and I still kind of did for the most part, but ultimately it just didn't do it for me.