The Stardust Thief follows three characters: Loulie, the Midnight Merchant Mazen, the third Prince and the son of a legendary storyteller and Aisha, one of the High Prince’s Forty Thieves. This story moves slowly and there’s clearly no rush, but I loved the slower pace as it gave me time to enjoy the world, get to know the characters, and fall in love with all the stories nested within the pages. It allowed for the stories and memories to pour out, to bring the past to the forefront. While the quest itself was a bit lackluster, the slow pace really gave the world and the characters a chance to breathe life into the book. This is a quest story that follows the Midnight Merchant and her mysterious bodyguard, a prince who has been stuck in the palace all his life, and a jinn hunter who doesn’t know all the secrets around her. An Arabian-inspired fantasy that draws heavily from One Thousand and One Nights, it paints a fascinating story of humans and jinn. The Stardust Thief is a story of stories. One Sentence Summary: In a world where the humans and jinn are at war with each other, the Midnight Merchant and her bodyguard are sent by the sultan to recover a jinn relic from a jinn city underneath the Sandsea and are accompanied by the High Prince and one of his thieves.
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