Genre: Fantasy and Historical Fiction Publisher: Harper Voyager Publication Date: 14 th November 2017 Rating: 5/5 The City of Brass was the best book I have read so far this year. It had everything I needed in a fantasy book: mystical beings, ghouls, flying carpets, swords that catch on fire and so much more. We are introduced to Nahri who is a street savvy swindler saving up money to escape Cairo as she yearns to become a physician in Istanbul. Her dreams crumble when she accidentally performs an exorcism which awakens a centuries old djinn, Dara. He is stunned by her ability to speak his language and the fact that she can heal instantly from injuries. This makes him think that she could be related to the Nahids who were a respectable clan of healers that reigned his land before the current rulers. Dara takes Nahri on an epic journey to Deavabad where his people are from to make sense of her existence and keep her safe from the Ifrit (rogue demonised djinns) w