Not for me. I struggled through and gave up at 50%. Will not be leaving a review on Amazon, I am very sorry but I just couldn’t get into this book.

Three women with different lives , I love the sarcastic tone of Rachel, as I am reading I can see the amount of research the writer went through.
I really like reading the story of Ariana how she lived her life and how she found at the end what she wanted. it actually finished the story with satisfying ending for all three ladies.

As The story goes from Dubai to Oman to Zanzibar you can relate to the story and absolute I can see everything was researched and that the writer traveled there .

it was wired story because the magic aspect but it was like it was she knows how the culture in middle east works.

A great read. Great characters all with their own problems and you are transported to beautiful countries learning about their culture.

I really enjoyed this book. Aside from the main story of the three women, it was interesting to read about the different cultures, and the contrasting and sometimes similar beliefs and issues.
The book kept me interested throughout, the only thing I was unsure about was the dissapearing act!

Thank you Netgalley and the Publisher. I have just finished reading this book and must say that I absolutely loved it. Having worked in Oman for a couple of weeks it bought back all good memories for me. I shall certainly look out for this authors earlier books.

Having thoroughly enjoyed both the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul stories, I was intrigued in seeing what Deborah Rodriguez would serve up in a different country. This time around she set her story mostly in Oman, with a few trips to Zanzibar thrown in.
The story revolves around three women - Rachel, an American photojournalist desensitised and jaded by the horrors that she's seen; Ariana, a Brit living in Dubai who recently lost her job in finance and who is desperate to find work to avoid going back home and who takes a job as a fixer, arranging trips to the Gulf region; and Miza, the Zanzibar wife of the title, who is in a polygamous relationship but who seems to be the real true love of her husband.
Rodriguez does a great job weaving the threads of their stories together into a coherent narrative, but the plot does seem a little formulaic without any real shocks or surprises. It does feel as though Rodriguez thought a change of scenery was enough to differentiate this from her previous works. Fans of her work will certainly feel at home here, and there's plenty to enjoy, I just didn't get the same emotional rollercoaster that the Kabul novels served up.

Rachel takes a job travelling to see the crafts made in Oman. She comes across several problems, not just with her 'fixer' who is supposed to make things run smoothly.
There are three main female characters- Rachel, Ariana the fixer and Miza who is a Zanzibar wife. Their lives become entwined when they all find themselves in Oman at the same time . There are issues they are all trying to resolve in their personal and working lives.
Rachel's photographic assignments keep being foiled and she is very frustrated and I will admit that I was looking forward to the beautiful descriptive prose from Deborah and at times I felt a little disappointed that the novel didn't go the way I was expecting.
There is an element of superstition, which is very interesting to read from all the characters perspective.