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Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands, #1)

Alwyn Hamilton

Start date: June 12, 2016

Finish date: June 30, 2016

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Jul 10, 2018 Lesa Divine rated it liked it

Shelves: read-it, library, 2018, botm-selection

Amani just wanna get out if Dustwalk away from her aunt, uncle who wants to marry her. So dressing up as a boy to win a game in shooting off a gun which she's good at lead her to run into a out of tower Jin.
Later she ends up saving him and him saving her lead to to find our so much more about Jin and his secrets. She ends up finding out a bit more about herself too.

Interesting tale. ...more

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Sep 20, 2016 Tien rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, own

Rebel of the Sands opens with a suspenseful situation as Amani, dressed as a boy, sneaked out of home and went looking for her fortune, her way out of Dustwalk. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but this beginning reminds me a little of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series; I don’t read much western so if there’s any gunslingers in a world that’s not quite our own, it’ll remind me of Roland! This book grabbed me right from the very beginning and did not let go. It was action-packed and I like that ...more

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Oct 09, 2023 Cora rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, survival, mythology, series, 1st-in-series, kindle, romance, young-adult, magic, adventure

I really enjoyed this unique world. I always find Middle Eastern mythology interesting and I appreciate fantasy works inspired by it rather than usual European mythology. The first half of the book was OK. After an interesting start it felt like it was falling into the typical YA fantasy story with the strong female character falling for a bad boy type character. However, about half way through, they meet up with the rebels and the story took off for me. I was much more interested in these chara ...more

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