Title: Mirage
Series: Mirage, #1
Author: Somaiya Daud
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy & Sci-Fi
Publication Date: August 28th, 2018 by Flatiron Books
Format: e-Arc
Source: I received this book on The Fantastic Flying Book Club blog tour in exchange for an honest review.
Rating:
In a star system dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation; she dreams of writing poetry like the old-world poems she adores; she dreams of receiving a sign from Dihya that one day, she, too, will have adventure, and travel beyond her isolated moon.
But when adventure comes for Amani, it is not what she expects: she is kidnapped by the regime and taken in secret to the royal palace, where she discovers that she is nearly identical to the cruel half-Vathek Princess Maram. The princess is so hated by her conquered people that she requires a body double, someone to appear in public as Maram, ready to die in her place.
As Amani is forced into her new role, she can’t help but enjoy the palace’s beauty—and her time with the princess’ fiancé, Idris. But the glitter of the royal court belies a world of violence and fear. If Amani ever wishes to see her family again, she must play the princess to perfection...because one wrong move could lead to her death.
But when adventure comes for Amani, it is not what she expects: she is kidnapped by the regime and taken in secret to the royal palace, where she discovers that she is nearly identical to the cruel half-Vathek Princess Maram. The princess is so hated by her conquered people that she requires a body double, someone to appear in public as Maram, ready to die in her place.
As Amani is forced into her new role, she can’t help but enjoy the palace’s beauty—and her time with the princess’ fiancé, Idris. But the glitter of the royal court belies a world of violence and fear. If Amani ever wishes to see her family again, she must play the princess to perfection...because one wrong move could lead to her death.
*** I received this book on The Fantastic Flying Book Club blog tour in exchange for an honest review, thank you so much to Flatiron Books for giving me the opportunity to read and review Mirage! ***
I really love and enjoy Mirage I know the body double switch troupe in this book was used many times in other book series, but this was my first time reading the body double switch troupe in Mirage and I couldn't get enough of the story within Mirage. I really love the great plotline and world-building in the book I thought it was done really well, I just love how the star system and the kingdom was described and I could so vividly image it in my mind. The writing style to me was flawless and very engaging I just couldn't put this book down I needed to know and learn more about everything that was happening to the characters. My favorite part in reading Mirage was reading the characters I totally love each and every one of them except the cruel and foul Vathek people especially the crowned Vathek King. The King is a very cold-hearted King that completely ignores his daughter the Vathek Princess Maram. And the other reason I absolutely love Mirage was for the diversity in the book, now back to the characters, I have three favorite characters in Mirage. Who are the three characters you say are my favorites well my favorites were the main characters Amani and Idris who are both prisoners of the Vathek empire. Both Amani and Idris connect with each other right away and on a very deep level, they connected toward each other. Amani was very conflicted with her emotions towards Idris that she knows that if she fell in love with him that it would put herself and Idris and both their family in complete danger with the Vathek empire. So by the end of Mirage, I know Amani had to do the right thing as of right now but she is determined and fight to make things right with everything. Now I won't say what she is determined to do because that would be a spoiler you have to read the book to understand what I am talking about. Amani also has conflicted feeling towards the cruel Vathek Princess Maram and I will tell you I absolutely loved Maram. Yes, Maram was very cruel to Amani at the beginning and at first but things start to change when Maram and Amani started to spend more time together that a great bond and friendship was made. Now I won't go into details on how Amani and Maram become great friends because that it is another spoiler, but just know that Amani had to make a great sacrifice at the end of the book that she was determined to make everything work out for herself and Maram in the near future and she was determined to fight for Maram at the end of the book as well. Now all and all I absolutely and utterly loved and enjoyed Mirage which I was highly anticipating this book and to me, this book did not disappoint me at all. Now I can't wait for the next book to come out to see what happens next too Maram, Amani, and Idris in the next book!
I really love and enjoy Mirage I know the body double switch troupe in this book was used many times in other book series, but this was my first time reading the body double switch troupe in Mirage and I couldn't get enough of the story within Mirage. I really love the great plotline and world-building in the book I thought it was done really well, I just love how the star system and the kingdom was described and I could so vividly image it in my mind. The writing style to me was flawless and very engaging I just couldn't put this book down I needed to know and learn more about everything that was happening to the characters. My favorite part in reading Mirage was reading the characters I totally love each and every one of them except the cruel and foul Vathek people especially the crowned Vathek King. The King is a very cold-hearted King that completely ignores his daughter the Vathek Princess Maram. And the other reason I absolutely love Mirage was for the diversity in the book, now back to the characters, I have three favorite characters in Mirage. Who are the three characters you say are my favorites well my favorites were the main characters Amani and Idris who are both prisoners of the Vathek empire. Both Amani and Idris connect with each other right away and on a very deep level, they connected toward each other. Amani was very conflicted with her emotions towards Idris that she knows that if she fell in love with him that it would put herself and Idris and both their family in complete danger with the Vathek empire. So by the end of Mirage, I know Amani had to do the right thing as of right now but she is determined and fight to make things right with everything. Now I won't say what she is determined to do because that would be a spoiler you have to read the book to understand what I am talking about. Amani also has conflicted feeling towards the cruel Vathek Princess Maram and I will tell you I absolutely loved Maram. Yes, Maram was very cruel to Amani at the beginning and at first but things start to change when Maram and Amani started to spend more time together that a great bond and friendship was made. Now I won't go into details on how Amani and Maram become great friends because that it is another spoiler, but just know that Amani had to make a great sacrifice at the end of the book that she was determined to make everything work out for herself and Maram in the near future and she was determined to fight for Maram at the end of the book as well. Now all and all I absolutely and utterly loved and enjoyed Mirage which I was highly anticipating this book and to me, this book did not disappoint me at all. Now I can't wait for the next book to come out to see what happens next too Maram, Amani, and Idris in the next book!
GIVEAWAY
Prize: One finished copy
of
Mirage
by
Somaiya Daud (USA only)
Starts: 8/22/18
Ends: 8/30/18
Prize: One finished copy of Mirage by Somaiya Daud (USA only)
Starts: 8/22/18
Ends: 8/30/18
Somaiya Daud
Somaiya Daud was born in a Midwestern city, and spent a
large part of her childhood and
adolescence moving around. Like most writers, she starte
d when she was young and never
really stopped. Her love of all things books propelled h
er to get a degree in English literature
(specializing in the medieval and early modern), and wh
ile she worked on her Master
’
s d
e-
gree she doubled as a bookseller at Politics and Prose in
their children
’
s department. D
e-
termined to remain in school for as long as possible, sh
e packed her bags in 2014 and
moved the west coast to pursue a doctoral degree in Eng
lish literature. Now she
’
s preparing
to write a dissertation on Victorians, rocks, race, and
the environment. Mirage is her debut,
and is due from Flatiron Books in 8/28/2018.
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