Fire Boy - Sami Shah (4 stars)

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Fire Boy - Sami Shah

4 stars

Fire Boy is the story of a teenager in Karachi, Pakistan named Wahlid who is attacked by Djinn while driving his friends home from a party. The Djinn cause his car to crash, killing his best friend and putting the girl he has a crush on in a coma. In order to save the girl, Wahlid must solve the mystery of why the Djinn attacked him, find them, and retrieve the piece of the girl's soul that was stolen. The story was filled with Islamic mythology that was both familiar and new to me. The author did a good job of integrating the mythology into present day Pakistan and explaining to the reader without taking me out of the story with an information dump. I am looking forward to reading more of Wahlid's story. One warning though - the book just ends midway through the story so if you do not like cliffhangers consider having the sequel Earth Boy ready. They are both relatively short books so they can easily be read together as one big story.