Aided by her bodyguard, who has secrets of his own, they must survive ghoul attacks, outwit a vengeful jinn queen, and confront a malicious killer from Loulie’s past. With no choice but to obey or be executed, Loulie journeys with the sultan’s oldest son to find the artifact. When she saves the life of a cowardly prince, she draws the attention of his powerful father, the sultan, who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land-at the cost of sacrificing all jinn. And the characters, while not always likable, were easy to root for.Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. I felt every pain, every doubt, and every anxiety as if it were mine. From cover to cover, I felt like I had been transported by Abdullah’s words. It isn’t too often I find fantasy books with worlds so expansive I feel as if I can disappear in them.
It holds the power to revive dying lands but must sacrifice all jinn to do so. The Sultan blackmails Loulie al-Nazari to trek across the desert in pursuit of a very important magical artifact: a lamp. A name that comes to carry more weight when she saves the Sultan’s cowardly son. In a world where jinn are hunted and their magic is sold off to the highest bidder, she has created a name for herself. She deals in illegal magical artifacts, aided by her jinn bodyguard. All 468 pages of it!Ībdullah weaves an elaborate tale about a woman named Loulie al-Nazari-the midnight merchant. I lived, breathed, ate, and slept this book. I was immediately drawn in by the first line and simply couldn’t put the book down. In fact, I had to talk myself down as I cracked open the pages for the first time. How could I not whip out my wallet with enough speed to break the sound barrier? I worried that my healthy measure of skepticism was compromised. I was promised an epic fantasy-of jinn, magic, shady dealings, and recovered pasts. I found The Stardust Thief,the first installment of The Sandsea Trilogy by Chelsea Abdullah, on Book of the Month, and was immediately drawn in by the blurb.
I enter every Young Adult novel with a healthy measure of skepticism. I either fall desperately in love, or I loathe them. I am of two minds when it comes to Young Adult as a genre.
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