sketches of friends (this time for real)

the worst part of being a voracious reader is reading all these amazing series that deserve a vibrant fandom and movie/show deals yesterday, but there are only a few passionate fans doing their best and like five fanarts. mother I crave more attention for my book blorbos

Character, book, and author names under the cut

August Landry- One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Vlad Blutstein- Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites by Joy Demorra

Jamshid e-Pramukh- The Daevabad Trilogy/The City of Brass by Shannon Chakraborty

Jordan Hennessy (the original)- The Dreamer Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater

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I feel like we're all down bad for Alizayd in some form, be it platonic or the strong desire for marriage

@killersweetie

I just finished The City of Brass (the first of The Daevabad Trilogy) and I need an adaptation of these books ASAP. But like, a true, accurate, not-white-washed, Adaptation with a capital A. No half-assed generic "Arab" bright coloured exotic kind of music shit that Netflix will pass as the "greatest series ever produced". I want to hear the differences between the languages (Divasti is different from Geziriyya that is different from Arabic), I want to see the different kind of clothes (appropriate to the specific culture and region they are drawn upon), and most importantly I don't want all actors with a British accent. It's not realistic, it never has been. I don't care if it's fantasy, I don't care that we are in the 18th century, they cannot all have a British accent; give me Persian, Afghani, Turkish, Arabic, East African accent. These books are so interesting because they draw from so many different cultures and folklore and traditions, let's try not to generalise them, yes? So the main point of this to Netflix in case it wasn't clear: DO A FUCKING RESEARCH, THANK YOU.

lit meme: series or books [2/10] ↝ the daevabad trilogy by s.a. chakraborty

i do not believe ambitious men who say the only route to peace and prosperity lies in giving them more power—particularly when they do it with lands and people who are not theirs.

absoutely loved river of silver

Nahri e Nahid and Alizayd al Qahtani , probably my favourite characters ever

Ok so I've seen people do this so I wanted to try for myself, cause why not.

Something gotta get me out of this slump🙏😭

*a darker shade of magic* it won't let me correct it🙄

royal siblings living in my mind rent free

-Daevabad Aesthetic-

“You're some kind of thief, then?"

"That a very narrow-minded way of looking at it. I prefer to think of myself as a merchant of delicate tasks.”

-The City of Brass

The City of Brass Book Review

Overall rating : 5/5

My friend begged me to read this book (the whole trilogy in fact) and I was not disappointed and I completely understand her hype!!

Set centuries ago and spanning the plains of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, this story was beautifully written. The story is based loosely on some Islamic mythology regarding djinn, and I have to say it was so lovely and refreshing to see Islam used in a story without the story being about rebelling against the religion in any way.

That aside, the diversity amongst the character descriptions was amazing, and with the other world building aspects built up beautiful communities based on different cultures across the continents.

The story follows Nahri, a young woman with healing powers who stumbles upon a daeva who insists she’s descendent of a tribe of long lost healers from Daevabad where all the djinn live and he takes her there to restore her ancestors legacy.

Whilst there aren’t many other women featured heavily in the main cast, Nahri is in no way a Mary Sue and uses her rough upbringing to navigate the new world she is forced into and I absolutely love her for her persistence. There are also other characters I love dearly but I don’t want to post spoilers (unless you’ve read it and want to come discuss it with me!!!) but I really really recommend this book to everyone, especially for those of you trying to diversify your bookshelves! It’s got a pretty good pace despite its length and the unexpected plot twists along the way are addictive, please add it to your mile long tbr!!!

alizayd al qahtani i love you so much