![]() ![]() First few pages, few chapters, and this book already charmed my socks off! I initially picked this in the list of recommendations for the Asian Lit Bingo challenge and I didn’t really expect to like this book so much - but man am I so wrong. ![]() Interesting, right? I can’t really remember the last time I read a retelling so this was really a thrilling experience for me: the familiarity, the references. Arabian Nights – only this time, the jinni is a girl and she falls in love with HIM. Jessica Khoury‘s The Forbidden Wish is a retelling of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp from the book of One Thousand and One Nights a.k.a. ![]() When saving herself means betraying him, Zahra must decide once and for all: is winning her freedom worth losing her heart?Īs time unravels and her enemies close in, Zahra finds herself suspended between danger and desire in this dazzling retelling of Aladdin from acclaimed author Jessica Khoury. She must disguise herself to stay alive, using ancient shape-shifting magic, until her new master has selected his three wishes.īut when the King of the Jinn offers Zahra a chance to be free of her lamp forever, she seizes the opportunity-only to discover she is falling in love with Aladdin. ![]() Their love will shake the world… When Aladdin discovers Zahra’s jinni lamp, Zahra is thrust back into a world she hasn’t seen in hundreds of years-a world where magic is forbidden and Zahra’s very existence is illegal. The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury Blurb: ![]()
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