The Forbidden Wish (The Forbidden Wish, #1) in Random Readalongs

Sep 14, 2016 Rachael rated it really liked it

The Forbidden Wish is a retelling of Aladdin where our female character is the Jinni and Aladdin is a thief.

The start of book did confuse me a little because there were so many things happening at once, but the story just got so much better and I was addicted. It made me want to continue reading and the writing style was so beautiful! The characters were so fun to read about, and I can't even express how much I LOVED the romance between Aladdin and the Jinni.

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Apr 23, 2016 Emma rated it it was amazing

Shelves: quick-read, books-for-teens, best-protagonists, book-wishlist, all-the-emotions, fantasy, couldn-t-put-it-down, cover-love, should-be-on-tv, girl-power

The Forbidden Wish, is an Aladdin Retelling, from the point of view of the Jinni -- a girl named Zahra who has been trapped in this lamp for thousands of years. She is found by a young thief named Aladdin, and that's where things start to get good...

I read this in about five hours. I loved it so much, that I just couldn't put it down. The main character, Zahra, was so cool and I actually really loved her as a protagonist. She was rather fiery and had a head on her shoulders. She did have an inte
The Forbidden Wish, is an Aladdin Retelling, from the point of view of the Jinni -- a girl named Zahra who has been trapped in this lamp for thousands of years. She is found by a young thief named Aladdin, and that's where things start to get good...

I read this in about five hours. I loved it so much, that I just couldn't put it down. The main character, Zahra, was so cool and I actually really loved her as a protagonist. She was rather fiery and had a head on her shoulders. She did have an internal struggle though, as long ago, she had made a mistake that she deeply regrets. This causes her to shield her heart from any sort of love, whether that be platonic or romantic.

I also loved Aladdin, he was so great and reminded me a lot of the Disney Version but also... different. He had a tragic past, but was still a good guy, which is something that I always miss in YA.

Another character I loved was Caspida, who was our Jasmine character of the book. She had a bunch of "Watchmaidens" who were amazing and kickbutt, and just basically were all around awesome.

This would make such a great movie, and I wish it were a movie so I could experience it all over again! So great!

The worldbuilding was also superb, since there were Jinni that roamed everywhere, and different sorts of Jinni as well - Zahra was one of the last Shaitans, the ones who grant wishes and are super powerful.

The city of Parathenia felt so real, even though I knew it wasn't, this is Fantasy after all. But I was really rooting for the people of this town, and just so many people, and the suspense was killing me the entire time. (view spoiler)

I love the fact that this is a standalone, and everything got wrapped up very nicely, but at the same time, I hate it because it means there isn't anymore which makes me so sad. I feel so head over heels with these characters, with this world, with this story, that I'm sitting here sad that I won't get any new stories about these people I fell in love with.

The Forbidden Wish was such a great book, and if you're an Aladdin fan, then you're more than likely going to be a fan of this book. ...more

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Jul 13, 2016 Lilibeth Teixeira rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite

Lately I've been rewatching all the Disney movies, so I found this book based on the story of Aladdin and wondered: why not?
I could not have read this at a better time.
I went to this book without any expectations and I was totally surprised. Certainly one of my favorites this year, so far.

In this book we have some similarities of the original story but the main character is the jinni of the lamp and it is a girl.
I love Zahra so much and also Aladdin. We have a powerful group of girls that I re ...more

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