“If you’re not free to love, your’re not free at all.” I’ll definitely look forward to more books from her. This is my first book by Jessica Khoury and I’m very much impressed.

I loved the plot, the characters, the writing, and the setting. I’ve read only few Aladdin retellings and this is definitely the best one so far. I finally decided to give this a shot when so many people highly recommended it to me and now I’m so glad that I did. I’m a huge fan of fantasy retellings but I never gave much thought to this book mostly because of the mixed reviews I’ve heard.

The Forbidden Wish is a beautiful retelling of Aladdin and I absolutely loved it. “You’re very pretty,” he murmurs, his voice thick with sleep, “for a jinni.” When saving herself means betraying him, Zahra must decide once and for all: is winning her freedom worth losing her heart?Īs time unravels and her enemies close in, Zahra finds herself suspended between danger and desire in this dazzling retelling of Aladdin from acclaimed author Jessica Khoury. She must disguise herself to stay alive, using ancient shape-shifting magic, until her new master has selected his three wishes.īut when the King of the Jinn offers Zahra a chance to be free of her lamp forever, she seizes the opportunity-only to discover she is falling in love with Aladdin. When Aladdin discovers Zahra’s jinni lamp, Zahra is thrust back into a world she hasn’t seen in hundreds of years-a world where magic is forbidden and Zahra’s very existence is illegal. GENRE: Y oung-Adult, Fantasy, Magic, Retelling, Romance.

The forbidden wish book