My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was good, it was really good. I'm surprised, but I don't remember why I thought it would be disappointing.
When this book first came out I remember deciding it had an amazing cover, but was going to be terrible. Maybe someone told me they didn't like it. Maybe I had just read that awful Aladdin retelling and couldn't handle picking up anything even remotely similar. Maybe I got it confused with something else.
Honestly, I'm not even sure now why I decided to give it a shot, I don't think I'd ever even read the jacket flap.
Anyway, I love the hinted Arabian Nights theme throughout the story that was lovely without being overt. Why do authors feel like they have to re-write great works? Alluding to them is much more magical.
