ajenkins979's review
4.0
4.5 stars
Really good story.
I did find it a little odd that Allegra traveled to Morocco with just a maid/companion. No others with her.
Loved the instant chemistry between Allegra and Shaheen. There are still some twist or mysteries, not much.
A bit of violence, some I wanted to skip over but it was very brief.
Thank you Monica Burns for signing my copy!
Really good story.
I did find it a little odd that Allegra traveled to Morocco with just a maid/companion. No others with her.
Loved the instant chemistry between Allegra and Shaheen. There are still some twist or mysteries, not much.
A bit of violence, some I wanted to skip over but it was very brief.
Thank you Monica Burns for signing my copy!
demigoding's review
3.0
This might be a 3.5. Maybe? I really enjoyed the characters and the actual plot (DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA) as well as the setting (especially since I'm in Morocco right now and actually have been very recently to the places she mentioned in Merrakech), but I found the writing really lacking. There was either too much telling or too much showing and telling at once. It got a little too expository and repetitive at times, and some of the sentences were really awkwardly phrased in what might have been an attempt to make them sound more Victorian (?), but I enjoyed Kismet for what it was: entertaining, fast paced desert romance.
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