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Leaving alone the nonsensical (yet very clichél) plot for now, the book started with a very good pace. And then, the very looooong journey to the Brass City started. And the pace sloooooowed , and the info dumps started. And suddenly, we have another protagonist, one that in my opinion should have been presented in chapter 2 or 3 to make the flow, and plot, more fluid an coherent...

Did they considered her a pariah, so it didn't matter that she was a woman alone? And if so, how could she get ANY respectable clients (with money worth swindle)? And how did she survived as a little girl in the streets of Cairo? Shouldn't she dress as a boy to prevent problems? Shouldn't she still be dressing as a man, for that matter?
So, there goes another star.
And then there's the plot and rhythm problems...

... that's supposedly been living all by herself in the streets of Nineteen Century Cairo. That premise shattered my Suspension of Disbelief.
A lot of questions started to pop-up in my mind: how is it that she has male clients? How can it be possible for her, as a woman, to rent a stall to make a living? Didn't 19th Century Cairo society object to an unmarried woman without a family working for herself?...

..... She has a very interesting set of Judaeo-Christian morals. See how she doesn't kill her "clients", or jump the bones of the very available co-protagonist. Although she technically is a street urchin, she wouldn't do something like that. Anything else though...
So that's one star out of the initial 5 stars.
Then there's the matter of a very modern Caucasian North American teenager...

I'm not liking this. I think it is my fault for not doing a proper check of the genre list (yes, "Young Adult" IS in there, but somehow I didn't see it).
My first problem with this literary piece of... work is the protagonist. She's the stereotypical North American teenager. She's "strong" (as in "wilful") and "independent" (as in "reckless"), also she's devoid of any ethics or sense. But not morals.....

A ver como acaba esto

Pues sigue rara... a ver qué pasa

Ahí la lleva. A ver como se pone.

Ok, se está poniendo un poco pesado.

Hasta ahorita vamos bien.