The City of Brass (Daevabad Trilogy)

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In the third book, Manizheh invokes this when she gives the ifrit Nahri's birth name, allowing them to bind her. It's especially strong because only Manizheh knew the name, which increases its power. While bound, Nahri considers which name is her true name and realizes that every important event and choice in her life was made as Nahri, making that her true name. And since everyone knows it, it has no power to bind her. One-Drop Rule: A djinn with the slightest amount of human ancestry is considered a shafit and oppressed in djinn society. Deadly Scratch: The magical poison of zulfiqar swords is universally deadly and defeats even Nahid healing, so the Geziri fighting style emphasizes mobility and shallow slashes. At the end of Kingdom of Copper, Muntadhir is cut, but the Seal of Suleiman disables the magic before it can finish him off. Animal Motifs: Comparisons to cats seem to pop up a lot regarding the various otherworldly beings—Dara is likened to a tiger a couple of times, and the Djinn's and Ghoul's actions are sometimes described as cat-like. The Nahids are even said to have ridden winged lions into battle.

In The Kingdom of Copper, Manizheh is willing to wipe out an entire clan of djinn to overthrow Ghassan. Slave Market: During the second book, Ali is outraged and disgusted to find shafit being auctioned off in public under the paper-thin excuse of helping djinn find their shafit relatives. Dara isn't too fond of humans either, and there is intense animosity between some of the Djinn tribes.It was a STRAW. A straw was more entertaining this book. I bet I could’ve swallowed that straw and it would still hurt less than reading this, jesus christ!!! But if you are not inclined to Google the world-building of your new favorite fantasy novel, the Daevabad trilogy offers a hugely entertaining story, filled with memorable characters, great twists, and an intricate setting to get lost in.

The world building is so….complex it actually crossed over into the line of “complicated” and overshadows ANYTHING ELSE The book has two perspectives, one of which is Nahri, who, at the beginning was primarily the kind of MC I love to read about. She was sharp-tongued, independent and a likeable con artist, who makes her living on the streets of Cairo by swindling nobles and also has the ability to sense illness in others and to heal some ailments. I mean, right!? Earn Your Happy Ending: Spelled out by Dara to Nahri. He dedicates himself to finding all the slave vessels scattered through the world to atone for his crimes during the trilogy and to earn himself the right to reunite with his family in the afterlife. The peris have a strict code of noninterference with anyone they consider an "inferior being" and execute any fellow who breaks it. However, they can arm lesser creatures with peri weapons or advice and send them out to do the dirty work. They give Nahri a daeva-killing dagger to kill Dara in The Empire of Gold. She winds up calling them on their "noninterference" bluff by using it on herself at a crucial moment.MANIZHEH, Rustam’s sister and one of the most powerful Nahid healers in centuries, murdered by the ifrit Inherent in the System: One major obstacle Nahri and Ali realize in the third book is that Ghassan and Manizheh are the cleverest, most experienced, and most determined people they know—and neither of them have been able to make Daevabad a peaceful place to live, even after spending decades trying to do so. Now, please tell me if that doesn't sound like the kind of book you'd want to devour in a single day.