This book has stayed with me beyond my reading of it. I was enthralled from the first page of meeting Amira and her Jinni, Namur. The promise of magic and mystical adventure was too great and I dove headlong into this adventure with Amira and her mothers aboard their dhow.
Interwoven with a narrator, storytelling and legends, it is a work of art!

Amira and Namur are linked together and when Amira feels angry, Namur takes the form of a cat. She tends to be quiite angry and so is used to him being in cat form. When the family survive a storm, they limp into the Sahar Peninsula. Needing repairs, food and a chance to earn money, Dunya and Amira head to town to sell their tonics, tapestries and tarot readings. When she gets lost, Amira meets Leo and his Jinni, Semek.

Together they want to find out more about the Jinn, the storms that are increasing in the Sahar Peninsula and the storm bird appearing on the horizon. Leo loves science and uses his knowledge to form some hypothesis for them to investigate. Putting Amira's navigational skills and Leo's scientific knowledge together, they soon find clues to follow in order to learn more and solve the mysteries they encounter.

This book truly has something for everyone- magic in the form of sunken cities of brass, mysteries of the missing Jinn, learning about yourself and trusting in your abilities and sacrifices! There are also mermaids, midnight souks and attacks from the storm bird.
The characters are amazing; Amira is a wonderful character, full of energy and love but needing to see through her anger. Leo, is a young boy in need of family and friends, and Amira's mothers are both brave and true!

This is one adventure I will want to re-read and enjoy again and again. Rumour has it there is more to come from this cast of characters and I will be first in line to meet them again!

What an adventure this was!

A middle grade lover on YouTube had included this video in his exciting upcoming releases video so as soon as I spotted it up on netgalley I had to try my luck as it was not available for request but you could wish for it. My wish was granted and I started reading it right away.

Our main character Amira lives with her 2 mothers and they spend all their time at sea on a dhow only coming on land every so often for market days. Amira is 12 years old a proud owner of a cat who is not your ordinary pet but is a jinni.
On her first market day she meets a boy Leo who has his own jinni companion which is a very rare thing indeed.
This meeting is just the start of their adventures to save everyone from a magical being who feeds of people's emotions.

What a beautifully crafted tale of friendship, family and love. I really enjoyed the story, writing style and all our characters because they were all imperfect in their own ways. The diversity of them was also a huge plus in my opinion.

Couldn't recommend it enough if you or your young ones enjoy action packed adventure tales.