A review by fela_feli
This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

adventurous tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

okay so!!! this book was incredibly boring at the beginning i'm ngl. like it was just so slow and then got really interesting just towards the end. i really like the writing! it helps me picture the scenes in my head super clearly. alizeh is an okay main character. i don't feel like there's much to her personality tbh. she's alright, though. and kamran is just alright, too. neither of them were particularly interesting.

but goddamn. the way he's so down bad for her got me. like it had me giggling. but also like control yourself yk. you barely know this woman and here u are kissing her and wanting to undress her. kamran's a freak fr.

i can't say i find cyrus too interesting either. i mean, i am curious about him. and he seems more interesting than kamran to me. but i have yet to see that. (un)surprisingly my favorite character was miss huda. like i am praying to god she is a recurring character bc she seems like the funny one. and i find omid cute as well! i want him to be one of the main characters, too. hazan, too. just bc he seems like he has the potential to be interesting

then again like.. he got arrested so... 🤷‍♀️  free my man though!!!

the plot was good. like i said, it was really slow in the beginning so i was falling asleep. the focus in this one seemed to be more on just alizeh and kamran's lives and their relationships w the people around them. it wasn't too fun to read for me. but! it got really good at the end for me. so i do look forward to seeing where it goes from here.

marriage of convenience trope maybe?? ooh 🤭