A review by detailsandtales
The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai

4.0

This is a story about being forced into a box by society and figuring out how to band together in order to break out of that box. The protagonists in this story are both women and both magic users. which puts them at a disadvantage two different ways. At first, this story felt like one I'd read too many times before, but the further I got into the story, the more it became its own thing. It's not just feminist but queer, and it gives a great deal of consideration to the cost of fighting back. My biggest frustration is that it ends on a cliffhanger for one of the two main characters, and that leaves me feeling line I only read half of a longer story.